Sinead Mitchell - Counsellor

29/04/2025

📝 Creative Writing – A Lived Experience Workshop with Laura Dockrill, Friday 9th May, 12.30pm – 1.30pm on Zoom.

To mark this year’s Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, we are delighted that Laura Dockrill, What Have I Done? author and Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP) ambassador, is running another online writing session for members of the APP Network community who have experienced postpartum psychosis.

Join us for a relaxed creative writing session offering a warm, gentle, no-pressure environment to write for you and your wellbeing as we reflect on the week’s theme of ‘Your Voice, Your Strength’.

There is no experience required and no need for fancy vocabulary or incredible spelling and grammar skills. This is a chance for your heart and head to do some talking. So, leave that inner-critic and expectation behind. All you need is something to write with and on.

🔗 There’s more information and details about how to book this free event here: https://bookwhen.com/apppeersupportgroups/e/ev-s693-20250509123000
Free, donations welcome

Perinatal Mental Health Partnership Maternal Mental Health Alliance Pregnancy & Postpartum Psychosis, PPP, Awareness Day World Maternal Mental Health Day

19/09/2024

Today I'm joining Lucy Ambache at 4.45pm on BBC Radio Solent to discuss the latest report out today on Maternity Services within NHS. (Will miss you South Coast Placenta )

24/06/2024

for all you jogging folk and running folk! great cause

Sign up for the Great South Run for PANDAS 🏃‍♀️

We have spaces for this 10-mile event in Portsmouth. Sign up today at bit.ly/pandas_south_run ⭐

[ID: A photo of runners in front of HMS Victory]

30/05/2024

Love this so much - try not to slam on the brakes when you 'hit ice'....and the unexpected comes your way....

You know I love a good metaphor! In this conversation, Amy compares the unpredictable change that's happening right now to hitting a patch of ice while you're driving. She explains that we have to resist the human reflex to slam on the brakes and instead steer into the ice.

It's the perfect metaphor because that out-of-control spin-y feeling is exactly how most of us feel right now.

I think you're going to really love her take on the world, the three trends that make up the current "super cycle" of change (AI, wearable technology, and biotechnology), and the need to increase our capacity for uncertainty (ugh).

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/futurist-amy-webb-on-whats-coming-and-whats-here/id1730985049?i=1000653430864

30/05/2024

You are never alone - please reach out to groups or to me if you need support

29/04/2024

A perfect Hollie Poetry moment to start off Maternal Mental Healthy week - your baby a) probably won't spend time in the nursery (SERIOUSLY) b) will never remember it c) gives no cares about it - babies want human contact (so invest in a range of slings ..hire before you buy...I have contacts) FOLLOW TICKS guidelines ....buy THE biggest bed that will fit in your bedroom.... you'll likely end up co-sleeping at some point...and best to have it planned...than not know what's safe because of exhaustion and it's out of desperation. Info and Links for TICKS and safe cosleeping in comments - Same deal goes for your first pram... you'll likely change your mind...try a decent 2nd hand one... save £££ ...and if you become a sling lover (or baby does)...then you might find you end up putting your shopping in the pram!!!

Long title, short poem. I post this every time I get sent too many ads which would have made me feel like a s**t parent when my kid was little 💜

[image description: poem with a very long title written in white font on a bright pinky purple background: poem reads:

POEM FOR ANYONE STRESSING ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOUR BABY’S NURSERY DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THE NURSERIES YOU’VE SEEN ON THE TOP TEN TRENDY NURSERIES BLOG OR THE INSTAGRAM NURSERIES HASHTAG OR THE ‘HOW TO CREATE A BEAUTIFUL NURSERY’ ARTICLE IN THE PARENTING GUIDE YOU BOUGHT TO HELP YOU DECORATE YOUR BABY’S NURSERY

no baby gives a f**k]