Carol Smyth

Talk it out Claire :)

Those are all so important, thanks Claire, but definitely none of these are catching the problems for some women. I appreciate this is a hugely complex situation for everyone involved (particularly in EmCS) and that all the professionals are doing their utmost to care for their patients

I work a lot with the perinatal community (I’m a CBT therapist). It’s worth noting that many women who have a bad experience (whatever form that takes) often don’t report it. They feel vulnerable and afraid and v aware that they (and baby) are under the care of these professionals until discharge

I’ve had this reported to me. Client was presenting with PTSD sx following it

Big fan of the book!

It can be good for kids too as long as they are old enough to engage in thinking about their thoughts, emotions and behaviours. Personally I almost exclusively work with adults though

Many people need a little help figuring out their formulation and understanding it is very therapeutic in itself

I’d suggest a couple of sessions with a therapist first to get the basis of a formulation. Then consider whether to continue with the therapist or if they can suggest self-help resources that would be helpful (e.g. CCI).

I just did a search there for “France Starter Pack” and found a few diff options Angeline

Well I followed some NI / Ireland ones, some politics ones and some psychology ones so far. And every couple of days I check into twitter, see who I’m missing and just do a search for them to see if they’ve come over yet.

Had been hoping to get along, but have to take the littlest to a sports club thing at that time!

I’m a CBT therapist. CBT can definitely be really helpful but CBT is a toolkit with lots of different strategies and the right strategy might be different from person to person.
The key is developing a shared understanding of what is happening between therapist and client

Lovely. Claire. Focusing on living. I almost hear Kamala’s “unburdened by what has been”