Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Widening access to perinatal mental health group interventions: learning from a trial of the Circle of Security-Parenting programme in England
Originally published 2026-03-26 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1802417 ↗
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What helps a family reach an attachment-focused parenting group in the first place?
The analysis examines access to structured parenting support, including experiences of families and the practitioners delivering it.
Who was studied?
Birthing parents and practitioners participating in a Circle of Security Parenting trial in England
Age / stage: Perinatal services
Read with three questions
- What helps a family reach an attachment-focused parenting group in the first place?
- Which participants were heard and which questions remain outside this program or sample?
- Which features of the study population (birthing parents and practitioners participating in a Circle of Security Parenting trial in England) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
Families and practitioners came from English perinatal services in a trial delivering groups mostly online. Barriers to reaching a group may differ for families outside those services.
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Zoë Darwin; Jude Field; Lani Richards; Sophia Nahz Rehman; Kavita Trevena; Amy Clarke; Basanti Aryal; Nina Morris; Innamana Pettyll; Ruth O’Shaughnessy; Nic Horley; Kim Alyousefi-van Dijk; Peter Fonagy; Camilla Rosan (2026). Widening access to perinatal mental health group interventions: learning from a trial of the Circle of Security-Parenting programme in England Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1802417
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