Lisa Middleton
Assistant Professor Faculty of Community Services Midwifery Education Program Toronto, Ontario lmiddleton@torontomu.ca
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Lisa Middleton has been a practising social worker in the Ottawa community over the past 16 years and a practising registered midwife since 2015. Primarily working in the area of sexual and reproductive health, she has worked at numerous organizations at a community and national level. Working as...
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Bio/Research
Lisa Middleton has been a practising social worker in the Ottawa community over the past 16 years and a practising registered midwife since 2015. Primarily working in the area of sexual and reproductive health, she has worked at numerous organizations at a community and national level. Working as a trauma therapist in sexual assault led her to become a midwife to help facilitate a safe-passage for people to give birth. Professor Middleton often works with people who carry post-traumatic stress symptoms from previous births. People’s apprehension towards the end of the prenatal period brings up issues of fear and grief. The goal of her research is to create interventions that can lessen these trauma responses for future births.
Professor Middleton’s main area of academic interest is in perinatal mental health for both the birthing person and the family unit. More specifically, her interest is in promoting the healing of birth trauma for the birthing person. The focus of her PhD research is on psychological birth trauma and healing from psychological birth trauma.
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Professor Middleton’s main area of academic interest is in perinatal mental health for both the birthing person and the family unit. More specifically, her interest is in promoting the healing of birth trauma for the birthing person. The focus of her PhD research is on psychological birth trauma and healing from psychological birth trauma.
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