Offering support to professionals working with new and expectant parents

Doulas, Birthworkers, Antenatal Teachers, Maternity Nurses, Midwives and Night Nannies are just some of the professionals who dedicate their working life to supporting new and expectant parents as they navigate their journey to parenthood.

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Here at Marvellous Mammas, I wanted to create a space for you as a professional working in this field . We are here to ensure that you feel both supported and have access to evidence-based therapy and coaching to nurture your own mental health, enhance your overall well-being and empower you to thrive both personally and professionally. I am excited to share with you the benefits of the Human Givens approach to health and wellbeing.

So let’s see how this new approach to mental health and wellbeing can help ?

How Human Givens Therapy can support you?

by providing practical strategies and psychological support to help you manage stress, anxiety and
overwhelm, heal from trauma, and discover ways to feel calm and confident in work & in your personal life

Managing stress and preventing burnout.

Professionals supporting new families can encounter prolonged emotional and physical demands in their work which can lead to stress, emotional exhaustion and burnout. Human Given Therapy can help you to effectively address the stress you may be feeling by helping you to understand and meet your emotional needs, such as the needs for security, autonomy, meaning and connection, which can be implicated in both stress and anxiety. Research indicates that chronic stress can negatively impact our emotional resilience, our job satisfaction and the quality of care that we can provide to our families.

If you are feeling stressed, anxious or burnt out, and looking for ways to manage your stress and overcome your anxiety, do get in touch. The Human Givens approach is a practical solution focused approach and will provide you with tools and strategies including psychoeducation, breathing techniques and guided relaxation to help you move forward in your life and back to feeling calm and confident at home and in work.

Assertiveness and Communication Skills.

Would you like to improve your assertiveness skills, your ability to set healthy boundaries at work and at home or perhaps your confidence has taken a knock due to difficulties you have encountered at school, work or in your personal life ?

Clear and assertive communication is crucial in our role as we advocate effectively for our clients ,manage their expectations and maintain healthy boundaries. If you would like support to develop your confidence in communication skills, assertiveness or setting boundaries in both your personal and professional life, then do get in touch.

Gaining confidence in these skills could really help to improve your feelings of job satisfaction and foster a sense of achievement and happiness in your personal and professional life. We look forward to working with you.

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Building confidence and self-esteem.

Would you like support to build confidence and self-esteem? Would you value guidance as you prepare for job interviews, negotiating contracts or starting a new job ?

Human Given Therapy focuses on enhancing your natural resources and strengths, helping you effectively challenge limiting beliefs and build professional resilience. This can significantly improve professional effectiveness and psychological wellbeing. Do reach out to get support with whatever challenges you may be facing and we can work together to help you build your confidence, gain new skills and overcome the barriers which you feel may be holding you back.

Recovery from trauma

The Human Givens approach is able to effectively support birth and baby professionals dealing with work related or personal trauma.

Understanding and resolving trauma

Human Givens therapy uses the rewind technique, a gentle yet powerful method to neutralise trauma without retraumatisation. This approach can quickly and effectively alleviate symptoms after traumatic births or stressful events at work, baby loss, accidents. bullying or traumatic events in your personal life.

By addressing unmet emotional needs and unresolved trauma, Human Givens Therapy significantly reduces risks of burnout and compassion fatigue prevalent amongst the caring professions. We will help you to recognise early signs of distress and implement strategies to promptly maintain your emotional health and professional effectiveness.

Career Choices and Professional Growth

Human Given Therapy can help you to explore ways to promote greater career satisfaction and direction.

Structured coaching techniques can help you to clarify your personal values, professional goals and develop practical action plans. We are here to support you to gain professional satisfaction and career progression.

Incorporating the wisdom of the Human Givens approach into client care.

We as professionals working with new and expectant parents have been given an incredible opportunity to support parents to foster loving and nurturing relationships with their babies and children. The human givens approach shares many tools and resources with you to manage your own well-being.

Once you have seen how impactful this knowledge can be in your own life, you can share these very same tools and strategies and resources to empower the parents in your care and enhance your own practice.

For example you would be able to share the framework around human needs and resources, relaxation & breathing exercises, stress management techniques, communication strategies, stress management and communication techniques.

This will allow you to help others to greater emotional well-being. Sharing these wisdom and understanding will enhance the overall family well-being, directly benefiting parents and their children.

Why is Human Givens Therapy particularly effective for maternity professionals?

It is holistic and practical

It addresses emotional needs alongside practical actionable steps crucial in the fast-paced emotionally complex birth and maternity environment.

Offers immediate relief and sustainable improvement

Human Givens Therapy supports and fosters relief from emotional distress as quickly as possible teaching coping strategies that are relevant in both personal and professional life.

Grounded in evidence

Human Givens Therapy utilises validated psychological and neuroscience research, offering credible and effective interventions.

Adaptability

Human Givens Therapy is easily tailored to meet diverse and evolving needs, particularly relevant for neurodiverse maternity professionals.

Empowering and Strengths-Based

Helps professionals tap into their natural resources and strengths, building lasting confidence and resilience.

Incorporating the wisdom of the Human Givens approach into client care.

What to expect with Human Givens Therapy?

Solution-focused sessions, tailored specifically to your professional context and individual needs.

Effective research-based techniques to quickly alleviate anxiety, stress ,depression, OCD, addictions and trauma.

Empathic knowledgeable guidance from a therapist who has worked as a birth and postnatal doula, nanny, night nanny and with families worldwide as a maternity nurse.