A couple of weeks ago, ABTA CEO Amy Dawes and our Group Facilitator Lead Rhiannah Pohlman, visited Tamworth Community Health in Tamworth (NSW) to deliver facilitator training.

Since its launch in 2020, ABTA has been offering our six-week birth trauma support program, Peer2Peer Meets. This program was developed to address the gap left by traditional mothers’ groups, which often leave women with birth-related trauma feeling isolated and unsupported.

Peer2Peer Meets provides women who have experienced birth-related trauma with a safe space to understand and explore their experiences. It helps them connect with peers and develop personalised plans for their healing journey.

Key Objectives of the Program:

• • Provide a sense of belonging: Ensuring participants know they are not alone.

• • Validate felt trauma: Acknowledging and understanding each individual’s trauma.

• • Normalise emotional challenges: It’s okay not to be okay.

• • Create new social supports: Building a network of supportive relationships.

• • Provide access to care pathways: Connecting participants to necessary resources.

• • Assist in developing a path forward: Helping participants plan their recovery journey.

One participant shared her experience: