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Supporting Recovery from Birth Injury
Open for enrolment now!
Calling all birth professionals, pre & post natal specialists, HCPs and antenatal educators
Did you know .....
Did you know?
- 90% of women will experience some kind of tear as a result of their first birth experience.
- Whilst many of these tears or episiotomies heal well and cause no future concern, for lots of women this is not the case.
- Physical symptoms relating to tears include phantom pain, nerve damage pain, unrepaired tears and incontinence.
- Additionally 1 in 2 women will experience a prolapse after childbirth and some women experience both problems with tears and with prolapse.
- Most women will experience devastating issues with their emotional and mental health as a result of birth injury.
- Not only is this common problem with birth injury a cultural taboo but also accessing appropriate treatment can also be an ongoing, traumatic battle too.
As well as the unfolding trauma of living with a prolapse or functional issues with tears women can also experience:
- A loss of self-esteem and dignity
- A loss of trust and confidence in their body
- Self-blame and shame about their injury
- A feeling of hopelessness about future health
- Anxiety about future health worsening
- A negative impact on intimacy and relationships
- A disconnection from their body
This heavy emotional toll can leave parents vulnerable to mental illnesses such as addictions, OCD, depression and anxiety disorders.
However, there is plenty that we, as perinatal specialists, can do to support parents impacted by birth injury.
We can:
- Educate parents antenatally about tears and prolapses so they are better able to avoid likelihood of these injuries during birth but also, they know what to expect, how to treat and how to recover if they do experience an injury.
- Support parents to seek the right treatment path (this is often a battle sadly).
- Support parents’ motivation with pelvic floor exercises and healthy lifestyle choices by using relaxation, conditioning and visualisation exercises.
- Support parents to reconnect with their bodies in a positive, forgiving and loving way that supports healing and recovery.
- Provide a safe space to talk about pelvic floor function, health and sex.
- Take birth injury out of the shadows and break the taboo that keeps women silenced, suffering and alone with their injury.
TBR Practitioners
- are providing accessible, safe and gentle emotional support to the increasing number of parents who seek it.
- are able to offer a range of services among their other practices.
- are able to witness the incredible transformation that is possible using relaxation, visualisation and mindfulness techniques.
- are able to use the skills shared in this course to create space for other positive change to occur; healing births, easier breastfeeding, optimising fertility and more.
- are providing a vital support to their communities
is now open for enrolment
"‘If I hadn’t seen your Instagram post I don’t know where I would be. I have the tools in place to help reset now. Thank you for being a safe space’ "
Sophie
How is the course delivered?
Over 6 modules the course shares a step by step approach that lifts the trauma symptoms that can remain after a difficult event.
- Text and visuals
- Video case studies
- Video summaries
- Audio practice
- All scripts and resources are included
- The online platform encourages student, teacher engagement and allows a question and answer format alongside the material
- A closed, private Facebook community provides answers to questions, support and guidance
- Monthly supervision encourages reflective, best practice and support
- 3 Assessments ensure a high standard, support and guidance
"‘I am feeling a lot more positive about it. I do think that the exercises we did really helped. I supposed it is part of a wider way of seeing myself as whole and valuable again. It sounds like a trivial thing but it’s very deep and quite complex.’ "
Marie
FREE web directory listing
traumaticbirthrecovery.com is a resource for parents experiencing trauma and wanting to know more about the symptoms that they maybe experiencing. The directory page offers parents the opportunity to search for a birth professional who offers support with recovering from a birth injury.
Monthly small group supervision
Small group supervision is available every month for all students and practitioners with Traumatic Birth Recovery for only £10 per session.
These online sessions are held twice a month and aim to support reflective practice and continued learning and development.
Join a supportive and inspiring community
Join a supportive and inspiring community of over 400 birth professionals globally who have all learnt the skills and techniques that can support the transformation from surviving and thriving for traumatised parents.
Lesson 1
- Looking at the numbers impacted by tears and prolapse
- Understanding the aetiology around both.
- Understanding treatment pathways for different degrees of tears and prolapse.
Lesson 2
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Understanding the day-to-day experience of living with the damage caused by a tear or prolapse.
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Understanding the impact on emotional health, relationships and lifestyle and how these all relate to each other.
Lesson 3
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Marie’s video case study.
- Demonstrating practical exercises
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Including strategies to support motivation for daily pelvic floor exercises
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Including visualisations for strength and healing.
Lesson 4
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Sophie’s video case study.
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Including exercises for comfort and relaxation of the perineal nerves.
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Including an exercise for easing fear of penetrative sex
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Including an exercise for feeling positively and lovingly about the body.
Lesson 5
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Jo’s video case study.
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Including exercises for releasing blame and guilt
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Including an exercise for supporting healthy lifestyle choices.
- Chantelle's case study
- Advocating to access treatment
Lesson 6
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Understanding the mind body connection and how this can be utilised to support physical healing, improve self-esteem, encourage positive lifestyle choices and support conservative treatment and surgery.
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This lesson includes all scripts and resources that have been demonstrated with the case studies.
3 Evaluated Assessments
- To write an appeal for an appropriate case study to come forward
- To work with an appropriate case study using the mind body exercises in this course
- A short test
Frequently Asked Questions
What will I be able to do after taking this course?
After completing this course you will be able to educate, advocate, support and provide a safe space to listen to parents living with a birth injury.
This course has a 3 part assessment process to complete that aims to ensure confidence and safe working. After completing this course you can refer to yourself as a TBR Birth Injury Recovery Practitioner and be listed on the website directory, conditional upon signing our code of conduct & ethics and participating in regular supervision.
This course represents one module in the TBR Certificate Course Perinatal Mental & Emotional Health qualification. When all 10 modules have been completed, together with the appropriate coursework then you can become a TBR Practitioner in Perinatal Emotional Health & Wellbeing. .
How is the course delivered?
The course is delivered over 6 mixed media modules that include pdf, video case study (that demonstrates the techniques).
Before you begin the assessment process it is recommended that you review the content twice. It is estimated that one review take 16 hours.
It is required that you have one supervision before your case study and one after. Supervision is just £10 and is the only additional cost to the course.
You have life time access to the material and any updates that it receives.
How long do I have to complete the course?
As long as you like, you will always have access to the content. If you miss the live webinars then you can watch the recordings later when it suits you.
However the course is designed to get professionals up and running after 6 months of reviewing the content twice, completing the assessments, practicing the skills, participating in supervision.
Do you have a refund policy
Yes, if you wish to cancel your enrolment on any TBR online course you may do so within 7 days, so long as the course has not been accessed or started.
Refunds are given at the discretion of TBR College and must be requested in writing within 7 days of purchasing the course.
No refund will be given in the event that the course has already been started; it is not possible to offer refunds for partially viewed courses. We therefore highly recommend you read the course outline carefully before enrolling on a course to ensure it meets with your expectations.
Refunds will not be considered for technical difficulties that are outside our control, such as slow bandwidth performance. Our online courses are designed to be accessed using a broadband connection, but we have no control over the devices upon which the course is being viewed nor internet bandwidths which can affect performance causing brief delays in the downloading and display of film clips or HTML pages.
Is this course accredited?
Yes this course is CPD recognised and accredited. Find out more here https://cpduk.co.uk/
"‘CBT is the only thing that you think of. But it didn’t work for me and you get to the point where you don’t know what else can help you. But this has given me the power to control my mind again’ "
