Shortland Psychology provide personalised support for adults, children and families who are impacted by trauma. Having a traumatic experience of any kind can be life changing and affects how we feel, think and behave. The effects of trauma are complex and can present as severe withdrawal, extreme anxiety, to having times of not feeling real, or any combination of these.

I am a mother of three boys, a clinical psychologist, and a birth doula – my experience as a doula gives me a unique understanding of what actually happens in the birthing room. I have been treating trauma successfully for over 25 years and have specialised in perinatal mental health for the past 15 years.

The key to my approach is to create a genuine and understanding relationship with you that’s as free of judgement as possible and then to support you to find your own answers to your distress at your own pace.

Every person is different so I work integrating models drawing from CBT, EMDR, Schema Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy and Compassion-Focused Therapy as well as others depending on the needs and preferences of the person coming to see me.

As a midwife I have a unique insight into the trauma which can occur during the perinatal period and am passionate about using this insight to support individuals, couples and families effected by birth trauma, perinatal mental health issues, feeding issues and all areas of birth trauma.

I am a qualified social worker and psychoanalytic psychotherapist with over thirty years’ experience working in the field of mental health, in both the private and public sectors, with people presenting with a wide range of problems.

I am an Accredited CBT Therapist with over 10 years of experience in supporting people with mental health problems. My specialism is in working with new fathers who have found the transition to parenthood particularly challenging.

I am an accredited psychotherapist, Registered Midwife and EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant specialising in the treatment of post-traumatic stress following traumatic birth.

As a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and member of EMDR Association UK & Ireland, I am experienced in delivering evidence based psychological therapy to address a wide range of difficulties with anxiety and depression.

Your body and your brain have gone through a huge experience. You might be questioning what has happened to you or experience flashbacks, low mood, heightened anxiety, panic attacks and the thought of having another baby might be completely out of the question, but all of these things can be helped with counselling and talking therapies.

I want to support new parents affected by birth trauma so that they can come to terms with their birth experience, helping them to recover and enjoy life with their baby.

I’m a senior practitioner within a large private general psychology practice offering psychological therapies and consultation to both children and adults. I also volunteer for the largest sexual health charity in the UK as a Practitioner and, in addition, offer a number of hours to the Birth Trauma Association.

I specialise in providing high-quality CBT and EMDR therapies, and can support you to work through a range of issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety (general anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, social anxiety, health anxiety), anger, adjustment difficulties or parental difficulties (perinatal-depression, perinatal-anxiety or birth trauma).

Tracy works with clients on a daily basis suffering from anxiety and the effects of trauma, and has a special interest in birth trauma. She has also volunteered for the BTA, keen to give back to the association, as they were so supportive in her own recovery.

Christina is a kind, compassionate, gentle Human Givens psychotherapist with over thirty years experience working across the social care sector including the NHS, GP surgeries, community mental health teams , the charity sector and in private practice. For the last fifteen years she has been working with those who are pregnant, giving birth or in the early months of parenthood.

You shouldn't be left feeling upset when you think about your birth experience. Perhaps you ended up having an emergency c-section after planning a water birth. Maybe there was a medical problem with you or your baby, or you felt ignored by people who were supposed to be caring for you. Instead of being joyful and happy, as you had imagined it, your experience of giving birth felt lonely and frightening.

25 years as a practising midwife places me in a prime position to offer women and partners a specialist therapy. I trained as a birth trauma resolution therapist with the acclaimed psychotherapist, Jennifer Mullan in 2017 and work in North Bedfordshire.

I work with women who have experienced birth-related trauma. I gently hold space for you to share your stories, explore your feelings with all the tender parts of you. I ask curious questions, offer reflections, guidance and wisdom to help you decide on how you want to move forward.

I am a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, specialising in pregnancy and postpartum therapy. In my practice, I regularly assist new mums to recover from traumatic births, to feel confident and content.

You do not need to suffer in silence. There are evidence-based therapies that can support you not only to recover from a traumatic birth, but to emerge from this experience as the parent that you want to be.