Mums in Mind

At Kingston iCope, we run a group specifically for mothers who are experiencing symptoms of postnatal anxiety and/ or depression using cognitive behavioural therapy. This is generally a small group of up to 10 mothers, who have all given birth within the last two years and this course is run online using the Zoom platform for 7 sessions. Babies are welcome to attend the sessions with their mothers, we take a relax approached to the group as we understand that our babies may need to be fed/ soothed or changed during this time and encourage you to see to your babies needs as necessary. Each session runs for two hours, between 10 o clock and 12 o clock on a Tuesday morning.  Throughout the group, we aim to provide you with a toolkit of resources that can be implemented to help ease the difficulties that we often face during our transition into motherhood. We welcome you to share your experiences of motherhood at points (if you feel comfortable to) as this helps to normalise the difficulties faced when we become mothers, however if you do not wish to share, there is no pressure to. We provide you with a weekly handout to summarise each session, which is yours to take away. Feedback from previous group participants have reflected on how useful they have found the sessions, particularly in hearing of other mothers experiences, challenging some of the taboos around mental health difficulties during the perinatal period and learning techniques which they can then continue to use after the sessions. 

Course Content

• Session 1 – Introduction to the group. Normalising our experience​
• Session 2 – Restore balance in our activities​
• Session 3 – Restore balance in our anxious minds​
• Session 4 – Restore balance in our perception of motherhood​
• Session 5 – Taking time to review and manage obstacles ​
• Session 6 – Restore balance in our thoughts​
• Session 7 – Maintaining your wellbeing