Have you recently had a baby and are you worrying about everything and feeling overwhelmed? Are you second guessing yourself and struggling to know what’s normal? Has it been a while since you had your children but you find you’re still preoccupied or bothered by the early postnatal period. If this feels like you, you’re not alone. You’ve come to the right place. We’re here to support you and guide you as you navigate this phase.
By joining us on this course you will gain skills and confidence, better understand yourself and your baby, feel more able to cope and navigate the challenges of parenthood, while also feeling supported and understood by others who are feeling this too.
As a midwife and perinatal psychologist we have the knowledge and tools to support you and to lighten the load. We are also mums who know what it’s like to have your life turned upside down.
We look forward to welcoming you on to this course. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us at whatthefjusthappened.perinatal@gmail.com.
THE COURSE
Navigating Motherhood with Confidence: Building Wellbeing and Resilience Through Every Challenge is a course for new parents and their families. The course comes in two parts, which can be done separately but we recommend you do both parts together as they complement each other and have been designed to support you step by step.
Although the course is for the primary carer of the baby, we understand the challenges that are faced by other caregivers in the family. This is why we have included two bonus sessions - one in each part, the first for partners only and the second for everyone with caregiving responsibilities to come together.
Part one focuses on the practical challenges of the early days, while the second part focuses on the mental load and the complicated challenges that arise once the stress of the early days has abated. Each part consists of three sessions that use evidence-based therapeutic approaches that ensure you leave the session with more awareness and tools to navigate difficulty with calm and confidence.
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COURSE OVERVIEW​​​
Part 1 - Practical challenges
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Session 1 - When worry takes over: Understanding what's normal without igniting the alarm system
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Session 2 - Driven to do it all: Managing expectations, routines, and the urge to ’get it right’
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Session 3 - Taming the chaos: Finding peace in the parenting storm
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Bonus session for partners only - Partners in parenthood: Facing the challenges, finding your role
Part 2 - The mental load
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Session 4 - Healing after birth: Soothing the wounds
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Session 5 - Who am I now? Identity, change and embracing the new normal
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Session 6 - Roots of connection: Nurturing family and community after birth
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Bonus session for the family - It takes a village (to raise a child)
We look forward to supporting you on your journey.
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ABOUT US
Dr. Helena de Klerk
Lena is a counselling psychologist with expertise in the perinatal period (working with individuals, couples and families who are navigating hardships during pregnancy or in the post pregnancy period). This includes but isn’t limited to pregnancy loss, infertility, birth trauma, (postnatal) depression, postpartum psychosis, perinatal OCD, not enjoying parenthood, feeling anxious or inadequate as a parent, feeling alone and isolated, and more.
Lena is registered with HCPC, BPS and EuroPsy. She is also a counselor and psychotherapist with BACP and is also a member of EMDR UK. For more information: www.helenadeklerk.com
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Clover Delaney RM BSc PGdip
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Clover is a registered Midwife and Tongue Tie practitioner, gaining her BSc in Midwifery from King’s College London in 2014 PG dip in Tongue Tie management from the University of Wolverhampton in 2023.
As well as working extensively on the labour ward and the birth centre at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London, Clover has also spent much of her career working with and caring for vulnerable women and their families. Clover spent 3 years working for and then running the FGM services for Imperial Healthcare Trust in London and has been involved in setting up antenatal clinics for, women who have mental health issues, life trauma, fertility issues, and pregnancy loss.
Clover now specialises in postnatal and infant feeding care. She runs her own successful business as a Tongue Tie practitioner and Lactation consultant. As well as working in an NHS tongue tie clinic in London.
Clover is a member of the RMC, RCN, NMC, ATP and is CQC certified.