ACT for Perinatal Mental Health

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the perinatal period

Supervision

We offer two types of supervision to support practitioners using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) within perinatal mental health services.

Phase 2 ACT-PNMH Training: Supervision 

If you have attended our phase 1 training, considering not only how to deliver ACT within perinatal mental health but also delivering ACT-PNMH to groups or individualy, we can provide supervision to support intervention delivery. Drawing on our own experience of delivering ACT‑PNMH for approximately 12 years, we share practical learning from real‑world practice, including common challenges and strategies that have proven helpful in overcoming them.

We offer particular support around remote delivery, including managing group dynamics, engagement and attendance, and maintaining safety in online settings. Supervision also provides space to reflect on how structured interventions can be effective for many participants, while considering how to work flexibly and responsively with what individuals bring into the service.

 

ACT supervision for your practice

Our second supervision offer is not linked to our training pathway and instead provides more general, ACT‑consistent supervision for practitioners working in perinatal mental health. This supervision draws on our extensive experience of using ACT across community perinatal mental health services and maternity settings, working both with groups and individuals. It is designed to enhance your ACT practice, support clinical reflection, and deepen confidence in applying ACT principles across a range of perinatal contexts and presentations. These include perinatal trauma such as using ACT with hyperemesis gravidarum, with bereaved parents and their experiences of perinatal loss and common difficulties faced by those experiencing perinatal mental health.

Dr. Cerith Waters and Dr. Jennifer Berrett have received training in providing supervision which draws on a range of supervisory models, and have engaged in ACT-specific supervisory training and learning. They have both supervised a range of mental health professionals including Clinical Psychologists, midwives, nurses and occupational therapists. Claire Traylor has also attended ACT-specific supervisory training and learning, and has been integral to the supervisory delivery of ACT in national and international settings.

 

Both supervision offers are collaborative, reflective and grounded in practice and research, supporting practitioners to deliver person‑centred, effective ACT‑informed interventions within perinatal services.

If you have any questions about accessibility, suitability for your practice or arrangements such as group supervision for a number of clinicians in a service, please don’t hesitate to contact us.