Maple Service (Maternal Mental Health Service)
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We are a community-based psychological therapy service. We support people experiencing fear, trauma or loss arising from fertility, pregnancy or birth-related difficulties as well as the loss of a baby.
The North London Partners Maple Service is a dedicated team of clinical/counselling psychologists and a peer support worker (someone with lived experience of birth-related trauma).
We offer comprehensive assessment and therapeutic support to people whose level of distress is significantly interfering with their quality of life. Distress may be related to the following areas:
- Fear of childbirth (tokophobia)
- Birth trauma: this may be directly experienced or witnessed
- Pregnancy loss: associated with fertility treatment, miscarriage, termination or due to a serious medical condition
- Stillbirth or death of a baby
- Loss of a child due to social care proceedings: This includes working with parents whose babies under 18 months have gone into care or when an unborn child may go into care at birth.
For people who have experienced a perinatal loss or loss of a baby due to social care procedures, it doesn’t matter how long ago the loss occurred, they can still access Maple if they are currently experiencing difficulties primarily related to it.
- Borough(s): Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, Islington
- Email: NCL.perinatal@candi.nhs.uk
- Age range treated: 18+
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Address:
Maple East (Enfield & Haringey): Forest Road Primary Care Centre | 308A Hertford Road| N9 7HD. Team number: 020 3317 7198 Maple West (Barnet): Cedar Place | 890 High Road | N12 9RH. Team Number: 020 3317 7001 Maple South (Camden & Islington): 1st Floor West Wing | 4 St Pancras Hospital | NW1 0PE. Team number: 020 3317 7114,
- Phone number: Maple East (Enfield & Haringey): 020 3317 7198 Maple West (Barnet): 020 3317 7001 Maple South (Camden & Islington): 020 3317 7114
- Service hours: 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday
- Conditions treated
- How to access this service
- Who is this service for?
- What to expect
- Service manager(s)
Conditions treated
Trauma, Grief, Depression, Anxiety, OCD and a full range of mental health conditions.
How to access this service
Referrals can be made by any professional working with the service user, including GPs, midwives, health visitors, inpatient teams, home treatment teams and non-medical clinicians such as social care. Professionals should email the referral form to NCL.perinatal@candi.nhs.uk.
If you would like to self-refer you can contact the team and ask for a self-referral form. This can then be emailed to NCL.perinatal@candi.nhs.uk. Alternatively, you can call us directly and a member of our team will call you back to complete a referral form over the phone.
After receiving a referral we may contact you for further information, if required. Referrals will be reviewed weekly and we aim to advise you of the outcome within three working days. If the referral is accepted to Maple, we aim to offer an initial assessment within four weeks.
Who is this service for?
- People who are planning a pregnancy / currently pregnant / gave birth within the last 18 months
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- have symptoms of trauma as a result of their maternity experience that have a moderate or severe impact on their mental health.
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- live in Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington.
We welcome referrals for women / birthing people and fathers / partners.
What to expect
We aim to offer flexible and individualised psychological assessment and intervention which may include:
- Evidence-based psychological therapy (e.g. Trauma-Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Exposure Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Compassion Focussed Therapy)
- Peer support
- Specialist advice, training, consultation and co-working with referrers and related health professionals
- Specialist liaison with maternity colleagues in local hospitals
Although we have team bases, we aim to be as flexible as possible and can meet people in community locations, hospital, at home or virtually.
Service manager(s)
Rebecca Hardman