Dr Lauren Forrest is an HCPC registered highly specialist perinatal clinical psychologist. She has been employed in the NHS Scotland psychology services for nearly two decades in a variety of clinical settings, across the lifespan. She specialises in trauma and trauma informed practice, and has worked in a variety of specialist teams. This has included a specialist service for veterans and a trauma informed service for females in the criminal justice system. She currently works within NHS perinatal mental health providing specialist psychological input within a maternity and neonatal service. 

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Therapeutically, she is trained to deliver CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation) including EMDR with complex trauma and CFT (Compassion Focused Therapy). She has completed additional specialist training in:

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• CBT for fear of pregnancy / birth (Tokophobia)

• Perinatal loss and grief

• Trauma focused CBT in the perinatal context

• PTSD in the perinatal context

• Depression in the perinatal context

• Parent - baby relationships support including Newborn Behavioural Observation (NBO) and Video Interactive Guidance (VIG)

• Infant Mental Health Online

• The Birth Trauma Training Programme (Make Birth Better)