Keeping mum: A recovery group for mothers with trauma bonded children after divorce or separation
An online group for mothers facilitated by Karen Woodall

The group will be convened on Zoom, in 6 x two-hour sessions, on the following dates:

• Wednesday 22 January 2025
• Wednesday 5 February 2025
• Wednesday 19 February 2025
• Wednesday 5 March 2025
• Wednesday 19 March 2025
• Wednesday 2 April 2025

Sessions will begin at 18:00 UK time.

To check your local start time, please click the link below, ensure ‘Date’ is selected, and enter 18:00 - 2025-MM-DD - London in the right-hand boxes, here: https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter

PLEASE BE AWARE: London will move from Greenwich Mean Time to British Summer Time on 30 March 2025. This may mean that the start time changes for your local time zone. We advise that you check, using the link above, ahead of each session.

A Zoom link for this event will be included in your order confirmation. This link should be used for all sessions.

Cost £240.00

Limited to 15 places.

About this recovery group:

Mothers whose children reject them are often traumatised. First by the harm they have suffered in the relationship with their abusive partner and secondly by the guilt, shame and sadness which occurs when they realise that whilst they may have escaped, their children have not.

Looking on at a child’s trauma bond with the father who was their abusive partner, many mothers recognise that if it took them many attempts to leave, it will take their children many more. Mothers in the rejected position are often shamed, blamed, silenced and silent. Their needs are overlooked by many, especially, it seems, those very groups who they should be able to look to for assistance.

Keeping Mum is a recovery group for mothers who have been rejected by their children after divorce and separation, it is a six week programme which covers all aspects of this situation from a structural, psychological, emotional and mental health perspective.

Topics covered include:

• Understanding the psychological reasons for children's trauma bonding
• Responding to children's disorganised attachment behaviours
• Managing your court case
• Dealing with professionals to help them to understand
• Advocating for yourself and for your child(ren)
• Self care over the longer term

Please note:

A Zoom link for this event will be included in your order confirmation. This link should be used for all sessions. Please contact parenting@familyseparationclinic.co.uk with any questions you may have.

You can find our terms and conditions here