Traumatic Birth Recovery

27/10/2025

𝟱 𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮

I have been privileged to witness 1000s of parents recovery and even post traumatic growth over the past 15 years as a Perinatal Hypnotherapist.

Although the context of birth trauma can vary for each person the steps towards healing the trauma symptoms that remain are always the same.

Learn the 5 vital steps for healing perinatal trauma here

Healing birth trauma is a process. Find out about each stage and begin supporting more parents recovery from trauma symptoms.

22/10/2025

It's great to see a flurry of new followers recently and by way of saying 'Welcome' 👋 I also thought I tell you a bit about me; the real life, walking, talking breathing person behind The Birth Republic.

I am a defender of women's health 💪
Proud parent of 2 brilliant young people 🤩
Often slightly embarrassed parent of 2 crazy hounds (pictured) 🤣🐶🤣
51 years young 😉
Lover of yoga 🧘
Wild swimmer 🏊🏻‍♂🏊🏻‍♀️
Budding weight lifter 🏋🏻
Tree hugger 🌳

Clinical hypnotherapist DipHyp since 2010 👀

💡 Created Traumatic Birth Recovery in 2016
📚 Created TBR College in 2019
❤️ Created the Community Interest Company The Birth Republic in Dec 2023
❤‍❤️‍🩹1000s of parents supported by myself and other TBR Practitioners
🛠️ 700 Professionals trained in trauma informed therapy skills so far
✊ Leader of the revolution in perinatal mental health ✊

20/10/2025

While training, I frequently ask attendees what they consider is good listening.

Most people will say;

‘reflecting back what has been said shows active listening’,
or ‘listening without interruption allows people to feel heard’
or ‘listening without thinking what to say next allows us to remain present and focused’

and of course these are constituent elements of good listening but is it enough when listening to traumatic events?

When we remember difficult, traumatic times when perhaps we feared for our life or someone close to us, it will inevitably be upsetting.

Our difficult memories are entrenched with strong emotion.

When we recall them, the emotion comes flooding back.

Constant remembering (which is a trauma symptom in and of itself) strengthens the pathways between memory centre and emotion centres in brain.

This in effect keeps the trauma alive and ever present.

So, any listening session that is only about focusing on what happened is of limited value when it comes to healing the trauma.

Listening alone to the bad thing that happened keeps people stuck and repeating the pattern of their trauma (thinking, feeling and responding

It is what trauma listening really needs is:

• The ability to refocus attention away from the past event and on to the here and now (there is a specific question for this).
• The ability to unpack current feelings.
• The ability to be solution focused with those current feelings.
• The ability to ignite hope with solution focused questions.
• The ability to share a grounding, relaxation or self regulating technique that they can use and practice at the end of the session, allowing them to leave calm and relaxed.

There is a lot of learnable skill that makes listening to traumatic events safe, gentle and healing.

This is what I want to share with every perinatal professional at our next FREE training:

How to listen safely to traumatised parents is happening on Thursday 30th October at 7pm.

Have you booked your space yet?

https://tbrschool.podia.com/how-to-safely-support-traumatised-parents

15/10/2025

If you are a doula. midwife or perinatal professional you will not want to miss this FREE masterclass.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

Use this link to sign up https://tbrschool.podia.com/how-to-safely-support-traumatised-parents

Only 100 places available live.

All sign ups get the recording.

All live attendees get a certifcate of attendance.

15/10/2025

Tonight at 7pm (in their time zone) families around the world will be lighting a candle, in a global Wave of Light, to remember their babies gone too soon.

It’s a beautiful way to honour the memory of all the babies that have been loved and lost 💜

I'll be joining in with others, around the world and lighting my own candle at 7pm 💫

Sending love and light to anyone who has been affected by pregnancy or baby loss - you are not alone and we are here for you 💜

09/10/2025

This week is Baby Loss Awareness Week 2025

If you have experienced pregnancy or baby loss and would like to talk to someone please get in touch.

If you know someone who would benefit from support please signpost to us or to

Losing a baby will always be a devastating and traumatic event.

We can offer:

💔 A listening ear for your sadness and grief
💔 A way of processing the trauma to reduce anxiety and trauma symptoms.
💔 Support with any future rainbow pregnancies

We have funding from the to provide access to perinatal therapy.

07/10/2025

'As a midwife and health visitor, I was shocked at how hard I found motherhood.

I naively, with my professional knowledge thought I'd have the answers and skills to navigate this new journey, but I was quickly humbled and found myself searching for help and support.

I was lucky enough to have sessions with Kris and I shall forever be thankful for her and her guidance when I felt lost in my new role as a mother.

Kris is kind, compassionate and comforting. Her words and knowledge brought me hope when I felt all was lost and I was failing.

Thank you Kris and thank you Birth Republic, I hope that you are able to continue the work that you do and support more families who need it.'

❤️ Thank you Samantha for such wonderful feedback. ❤️

If you are struggling postnatally or in pregnancy with low mood, anxiety, or trauma symptoms please don't suffer alone.

Use the links in the bio to get in touch and find out about our free access to specialist perinatal therapy.

07/10/2025

If you are a doula. midwife or perinatal professional you will not want to miss this FREE masterclass.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

The link is in the bio

04/10/2025

Our last one day listening training of the year!

Send me a DM if you would like to grab a place on this transformational listening course.

03/10/2025

Listening to women struggling with perinatal depression and anxiety I frequently hear that those states are driven by a deeply rooted belief that they have to be the 'perfect parent'.

To have the 'perfect birth', 'bounce back' (whatever that means!), exclusively breastfeed, sign up for all the baby classes, be the elated, happy mother, sexy wife etc etc

Throughout life, us perfectionists have worked hard to achieve at school and in life and then when we become mothers we might apply the same 'goals' to parenting.

The problem with this approach is that parenting isn't something that can be 'aced' or done perfectly.

It is often hard, thankless, lonely and there is no gold star, appraisal or trophy at any point.

It's exhausting to be striving all the time and to feel like we are failing is awful, especially for high achievers.

It's exhausting to not ask for help because we errantly believe we need to be seen as capable, thriving parents.

And that is when harsh inner self talk telling us that 'we are not good enough', that we are 'undeserving' can set in and take us down into depression.

So let go of that part, she has no place in your parenting journey where good enough, really is great.

24/09/2025

We are particularly interested in hear from professionals who already support marginalised groups who struggle to access therapeutic support.

Comment 'link to apply' in the comments and I will share with you the link to apply.

22/09/2025

Do you have a passion for supporting parents recovery after a difficult or traumatic birth experience?

Have you wanted to train as a TBR 3 Step Practitioner for a long time but not had the resources to fund yourself?

Are you a birth professional who is noticing more frequently the symptoms of trauma with the parents you support?

Lack of birth place choice, increased interventions, low midwifery numbers, lack of post natal support, isolation from friends and families have all left parents vulnerable to experiencing trauma.

The sad truth is that left untreated trauma symptoms can manifest into more serious mental health issues such as anxiety disorders and depression.

That is why The Birth Republic School is opening the doors again to it’s scholarship programme for one professional to train in TBR 3 Step for free.

We are particularly interested in hearing from applicants who already have a community of parents that they are serving either through their business, charity or community interest company.

Because this course is now accredited by Think Tree, there is a time constraint of 12 months to complete the course and it assessments and so applicant should bear this in mind before applying.

We also would like to hear from those professionals who are already serving marginalised groups and who could provide access to trauma support to their community with this scholarship training.

This course is a mix of self study online (16 hours) and a mandatory 2 day live training that happens over Zoom. There is a thriving online community for support and access to a mentor throughout the assessment process, which involves a live case study.

We would love to hear from you if you fit this criteria.

The deadline for applications is the 30th September and the successful candidates will be announced on the 1st October.

Use the link to apply https://form.typeform.com/to/xe4LMtNR