May 15th is the International Day of Families and CAN have chosen DorPIP to be our Community Hero in the Spotlight for this month.

DorPIP (Dorset Parent Infant Partnership) is a unique parent infant relationship service. Its mission is to give babies the best start by nurturing them through the first 1001 days of life. This is from conception to the age of two.

DorPIP empower parents/primary carers to form a secure attachment with their baby. This is through psychotherapeutic interventions, attachment-led infant massage and peer support groups.  By promoting the importance of early attachment and investment in very early relationships they aim to ensure infants and their parents/primary carers live healthy and happy lives together.

DorPIP offer expectant parents, or families with children under 2, a warm, nurturing, confidential space for them to talk about the emotional transition to parenthood. Parents/primary carers and the child’s mental health and wellbeing is of top priority. A highly qualified, experienced team support parents/primary carers to develop a safe, secure relationship with their infant.

Parents/Primary Carers may be asking:

• why is being a new parent more difficult than I thought?
• have I got post-natal depression (PND)?
• why haven’t I bonded with my baby?
• what are the baby blues?
• why do I feel so sad and stressed?
• when does becoming a parent get easier?

DorPIP are here to help. One parent said, “Something magical happen in this safe space. I grew in confidence as a parent and my relationship with my baby flourished.”

CEO and founder of DorPIP, Viv says “One of the reasons I founded DorPIP was because of my own experience of becoming a parent, with the unconscious ‘ghosts in the nursery’ lurking in my psyche, impacting on my ability to be fully present and emotionally attuned to my children’s needs.

“This robbed me of the joy and pleasure of parenting and my children of the sensitive care they needed. Through DorPIP I wanted to provide a safe, confidential space where parents could explore their own ghosts in the nursery with empathy and caring of a skilled professional, so that families can flourish together, and children can get the best start in life.

“Parents and their infants need DorPIP’s support, and being CAN’s Community Heroes in the Spotlight for the month of May means we’re more able to reach those families who may have otherwise not heard of us.”

Listen here to Viv from DorPIP, and CAN’s Engagement Lead Hannah speaking with host Blair Crawford on Hope FM

• For further information visit www.dorpip.org.uk
• Call 07813 989707
• Email contact@dorpip.org.uk