"Postnatal support"

After the birth of my second child I contacted Birmingham Healthy Minds for postnatal support with anxiety. My experience was very positive from start to finish. The responsiveness of the team to identify and treat my needs and to taylor their approach accordingly was excellent. I began with telephone consultations and online support and eventually moved to one on one more focused support which was rightfully suggested and proved invaluable. The sessions were extremely helpful both during and after.

The therapist put me at ease right from the moment I set foot in the room, I felt very comfortable opening up and felt that my feelings were always valued, I was allowed to go at my own pace and the strategies and support were perfectly in tune with my needs and what had come out in the session.

I felt that the therapist very much understood my needs and taylored her approach to my particular state each session and was willing to be flexible based on how I was feeling and issues that had come up in between sessions. I really appreciated this approach as it helped give me ownership over my own development while providing me with the necessary guidance, objectivity and strategies to move forward.

It was so helpful to have this support at this point in time and I recommend it highly. The period after having a baby can be so emotionally charged and intense it is often hard to recognise our own personal need for support which is in fact so key to being able to support the little ones as best we can.

I am so grateful for this window of opportunity that presented itself to me particularly how well my needs were identified and how personable and adept the therapist was at giving me the support I needed and being able to seemingly instinctively know how to fine tune her approach each session. I was sad to finish but once again it felt right and I felt fully equipped with the necessary strategies and support to move forward with confidence. Thanks to all the staff who made this possible for me.