Bespoke Training

Creating the best experience to meet the needs of your organisation or team.

Our priority with all bespoke training (online and offline) is to create an experience which fits your needs. We can shape the experience according to your available time and your preferred training style.

We are driving major shifts in knowledge and skills

We measure the effectiveness of our training and we are proud that our training delivers a significant shift in knowledge, skills and confidence across all five of our evaluation measures: trauma prevention, recognition and treatment as well as skillset and confidence.

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“Please can I say a huge thank you for the 3 days training you have provided to the team. Your attention to detail is exemplary – we have all felt engaged, informed and educated. I am beyond impressed that whilst the training has been delivered virtually you have connected with us regularly through the chat and break-out rooms. I don’t think I have ever felt as heard in a virtual setting, we have so much to take away, reflect on and implement into our service.”

— The North West Clinical Network

Bespoke Training Information

  • (to cover all of these topics effectively we suggest 2-3 days of training)

    • Introducing Birth Trauma

    • Symptoms and Assessment

    • Managing trauma in the moment

    • Trust, communication & enquiry

    • Susceptibility to birth trauma

    • Treatment & healing

    • The cost of caring and how to look after you

    • Systems change & factors impacting birth trauma (power, healthcare systems, politics)

    • Trauma-informed ways of working

  • (we suggest half day minimum per topic)

    • Pregnancy loss and reproductive trauma

    • Race, cultural sensitivity and birth trauma

    • Developing birth reflections clinics: evidence-based and psychologically safe

    • Looking after you: wellness that works

    • Embedding trauma-informed ways of working

    • Debriefing and reflective practice for teams

    • Trauma enquiry deep dive - practical tools to making screening for trauma much more effective

    • Effective integration of lived experience into maternal mental health teams

    • Exploring new models of therapy e.g. compassion focused therapy (CFT)

    • Improving communication to prevent birth trauma

    • Much more - just ask!

  • Our online and offline packages always include the following:

    • Training faciliators have extensive experience of working with birth trauma and all content is evidence-based and informed by expert clinicians (GMC, BACP or HCPC registered).

    • Insights from those with lived experience of birth trauma and/or vicarious trauma.

    • A phone call and emails in advance of the session to agree your training design and learning outcomes.

    • A follow-up email with answers to questions which came up in the session (e.g. signposting other resources, further reading etc).

    • A follow-up conversation one month after the training to discuss how the training is being embedded within your team and any final questions.

    • Everyone attending the session will also receive: A PDF copy of all session slides and handouts on how to put your learning into practice.

    • Pre and post evaluation to assess training impact and outcomes

    • ONLINE ONLY: A recording of the session uploaded onto the MBB website on a password-protected page for those who missed the session.

  • We can build training around your specific needs, knowledge or skills gaps and provide as many sessions as you require. We can deliver in half day or full day sessions, online or offline. We can also work with you on a consultancy basis for ongoing service development.

  • We have trained a full range of professional teams from across the NHS and third sector organisations. This includes perinatal mental health teams, maternal mental health services, midwifery teams, multidisciplinary teams, health visiting teams and many more.

    Examples of the NHS trusts and organisations from across the UK we have collaborated with include: Health Education England, Kent and Medway, Cornwall Partnership, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health, The Tavistock and Portman and NHS Fife.

    Examples of third sector organisations we have collaborated with include: Bradford Doulas, Amma Birth Companions, Pregnant Then Screwed, Birthrights, Safer Beginnings.

  • Online: Full Day: £2050 | Half Day: £1500

    In Person: Price on enquiry

    Costs are based on groups of up to 16 participants. For a medium group (up to 49) add 10% for larger groups (50+) add 25%.

    Please note that these figures reflect all costs associated with delivering our training packages and include a donation to Make Birth Better. We also provide discounts for MVP’s and small third sector organisations.

The Team

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    Dr Rebecca Moore

    Founder & Perinatal Psychiatrist


    Rebecca works as a Perinatal Psychiatrist (20+ yrs) in London, dealing with infertility, pregnancy loss, anxiety, depression, OCD and trauma. She founded MBB with Dr Emma Svanberg.

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    Trudi Webber

    Training Director

    Trudi has over 15 years of project management experience, particularly in charity and corporate relationships in maternal health and education sectors. She has also worked as a childbirth educator, yoga for pregnancy teacher and doula for 20 years. She uses her extensive skillset to facilitate and improve our Make Birth Better (bespoke) training and its effectiveness.

  • Natasha Williams

    Associate Trainer

    Natasha is a trauma informed Psychotherapist with nearly 30 years of working within social care and mental health provision. She brings a wealth of personal and professional experience, knowledge and insight in terms of Reproductive trauma. Natasha is passionate in advocating for change, particularly through effective training.

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    Louise Nunn

    Consultant Midwife


    Louise's passion and expertise is in mental health and birth trauma. She was a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist Midwife prior to her Consultant role., Consultant Midwife. Louise's passion and expertise is in mental health and birth trauma. She was a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist Midwife prior to her Consultant role.

FAQs

  • We use Zoom for all of our online training.

  • No. While smaller groups of 10-16 work more effectively for reflection and questions, we can train larger groups online too and will make use of break-out rooms where needed. When training in person, we can train up to 100 people.

  • Yes. We send out a questionnaire pre and post training to capture the difference in knowledge. 

  • We can record the sessions for those who cannot attend – this video recording is then hosted on our website and password protected (no additional cost).

  • To ensure the training we provide is as up-to-date as possible, we can host this recording on our website for no longer than 6 months.

Contact Us

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If for any reason you need to contact us directly, please email hello@makebirthbetter.org