*Our Pricing Policy

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We endeavour to keep prices for clients as low as we can, while ensuring we cover the costs of providing our services in a sustainable way.  As such, prices may fluctuate periodically. Please refer to website for current prices.

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Our pricing structure ensures that we are able to offer reduced rates to those on income assessed benefits.  Please speak to us in confidence if you would like to arrange flexible payment terms.

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Profits made from any of our services are used to provide our postnatal emotional support group, reduced rate places and services to benefit all.

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Refund Policy

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Refunds can only usually be given if you cancel no later than 2 weeks before the course start date, unless we are able to fill your space. Refunds, unfortunately, cannot be issued after the course start date if you are unable to attend all or part of the course

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Jo Lederer (Co-Founder) is a qualified antenatal teacher and transition to parenthood practitioner (DipHE) with several years' experience teaching antenatal and postnatal courses and supporting local mums and dads as they become parents.

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She has a BA (Hons) in Psychology & Sociology

and has undertaken further training and continuing professional development (see below) in infant development and maternal and infant mental health.

 

She has previously worked as a postnatal wellbeing

support worker within Early Help.

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As part of her commitment to safe practice, Jo receives regular clinical supervision for her work

within Becoming Families.

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Jo is a mum of 3 and lives in Worcester.

Jo's Qualifications and Training

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BA(Hons) Psychology & Sociology  The University of Sheffield

Dip(HE) Antenatal Education/Transition to Parenthood  The University of Bedfordshire

Certified Birthlight Teacher in Yoga for Maternity

Certificate of Training in Nurturing Baby Massage, Birthlight

Certificate of Training in Birth Preparation, Birthlight 

NVQ3 Children's Care, Learning and Development

Infant Mental Health Online Certificate Warwick Medical School

Infant Mental Health and Development Foundation Program The Wonder Weeks Academy

Maternal Mental Health E-learning Institute of Health Visiting

Postnatal Depression Training (level 4) Be Ready to Parent

Counselling Skills for Non-counsellors (level 3) Relate

Pregnancy loss and the death of a baby SANDS training

Pregnancy and Infant Loss: the Ultimate Bereavement The Foundation for Infant Loss

Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Institute of Counselling

Attachment Theory OXPIP

Watch, Wait and Wonder OXPIP

Emotional Regulation in Pregnancy OXPIP

Assessing Parent Infant Relationships OXPIP

Ghosts in the Nursery OXPIP

Brazelton Newborn Behavioural Observation Practitioner, The Brazelton Institute

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Cathy Green has been a qualified antenatal teacher (DipHE) for many years and an experienced midwife working in a birth centre and homebirth team.

 

She is also a qualified Birth Trauma Resolution Practitioner. This therapy provides relief from the symptoms of birth trauma in as little as one to two sessions.

 

Cathy is passionate about supporting women and their families to have a positive and empowering experience of pregnancy, birth and the early postnatal period.

 

She is a mum to two teenage daughters and lives in Worcester

Helen Hunt (Co-Founder) is a qualified antenatal teacher (DipHE) and has many years' experience facilitating antenatal education.

 

She and Jo met when they were training and set up Birth Choices Worcestershire to provide accessible and affordable antenatal classes to local parents.

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Helen also works as a midwife, has two children

and lives in Pershore.

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Along with Jo, she develops and runs two community websites that support pregnant and new families voluntarily.

Helen's Qualifications and Training

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BSc(Hons) Midwifery The University of Worcester

Dip(HE) Antenatal Education/Transition to Parenthood  The University of Bedfordshire

Pregnancy loss and the death of a baby SANDS training

Safeguarding Adults, Safeguarding Children

Adult and Neonatal Life Support

Lynn Ratcliffe has been teaching parents-to-be with the NCT, Birmingham Women's Hospital NHS Trust and Birth Choices for the last 10 years.

 

Lynn also teaches NCT Relax, Stretch and Breathe classes in Worcester and Evesham.

 

She is passionate about helping parents to explore their ideas and to get the birth they want and absolutely loves facilitating groups on their journey to parenthood.

 

Lynn has 3 children, lives in Evesham and works part time for the NHS in Worcestershire