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Birth Trauma Counselling Centre Free Help for mothers in Surrey
Birth Trauma Counselling centre for women is free of charge for mothers who have been traumatized by childbirth in the UK
In order to carry on helping women suffering from traumatic births we rely on kind donations from the public.
At the centre we work with professional counsellors who works as volunteers. Please make your donations clicking the Paypal button before you make an appointment to receive couselling. Should you prefer to get involved in raising money for Help Women and Children, please click here.
How do we help mothers?
1. Birth Trauma Counselling Centre
This project, organized for Help Women and Children, is based in Surbiton, Surrey in the South
West of London. Run exclusively by volunteers it is a self-run project to help mothers to find their first
steps of recovery after a traumatic childbirth experience. Our female professional counsellors use
different counselling approaches (Person-Centred, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and techniques
combined with years of experience in the field.
If you need to make an appointment for yourself please contact us directly. A counselling session fee
is normally £35, telephone counselling fee is £25. We are a non-profit organization therefore we
would ask you to match this fee with a donation in order to carry on helping other mothers in the UK.
2. Workshops for Health Professionals & Church Leaders
Understanding Women with Traumas
4. Workshops for Parents
Healing the Past to stop the cycle…
Facts about HWCh
Started in Surbiton, Surrey in 2005 Working only with volunteers: 7We don’t advertise, we don’t pay salaries, we are self sufficient
& therefore we need
your supportHelping women suffering from different traumas, especially after childbirthHelped more than 200 women since we started
Opening Times
by appointmen only
Mondays 9.30am-11.30am
Surbiton, Surrey
Face to face or telephone counselling available only on Monday mornings
To book your appointment please write to us at helpathelpwomenandchildren
Why do we help mothers?
Because
Up to 30% of women - Show trauma symptoms after childbirth 1
(this means 200,000 women eachyear)
2% - The Severity to fit full DSM-IV *
(this means 10,000 women each year)
16% of children aged under 16 experienced sexual abuse during childhood 2
11% of boys aged under 16 and 21% of girls aged under 16 experienced sexual abuse during childhood 2
There are only two organizations helping women with postnatal traumas: the Birth Trauma Association and Help Women and Children
We accept referrals from GPs, hospital, schools, churches and other organizations
1 Office for National Statistics, based on 650,000 births per year in England and Wales, Ayers and Pickering, 2001; Loveland Cook, 2004*Data and Scale of Mental Health by the American Association of Psychiatry
2 Cawson, P. et al. (2000) Child maltreatment in the United Kingdom: a study of the prevalence of child abuse and neglect. London: NSPCC. p.85.
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