Compassionate midwifery: review of a study day for midwives

摘要

The Compassionate Midwifery study day took place in a comfortable venue near Melton Mowbray on 4th March 2011. Facilitator Mia Scotland's background is in 15 years of psychotherapy for the NHS. However, after the positive experience of the birth of her own children and subsequently training as a HypnoBirth practitioner as well as attending doula training by Michel Odent and Liliana Lamars, Mia found her interest moving into the world of working with women to promote positive childbirth experience. The combination of work both as a therapist and a doula has lead to this 'Compassionate focused approach' which offers the application of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to midwifery. This has in turn led to study days primarily aimed at those supporting women alongside other days that are for the women themselves.