Mammy Matters 2.94

Mammy Matters, Founded by Joanna Sherlock , sees everyday the effects of social expectation on mother's and how they feel pressured into pretending to feel a certain way when they don't. The fear & shame they feel because of this, and how such heavy stigma prevents them from seeking help or talking to someone. A strong motto of our service is "Let's talk about it". Let's talk about loss of identity and how that feels, let's talk about how I am so often full of anger & irritation. Let's talk about the problems I see between me and my partner and how I think he doesn't understand what I'm going through. Let's talk about how I panic a lot of the time and how I truly believe I'm going mad. Let's talk about how I never seem to put myself first anymore and feel guilty if I do. Let's talk about how tired I'm getting of pretending.

Joanna Sherlock is a qualified Counsellor & Psychotherapist. She graduated from Pci with honours in 2010. She has supported people through depression, anxiety, birth trauma, childhood issues, low self esteem and bereavement.
She is the founder of Mammy Matters, a qualified Reiki Master & Auricular Acupuncturist (Nada 5 point detox). Joanna was also responsible for setting up the counselling service for the Hoped Foundation. She has a decade of knowledge working with children & families during her career with the HSE.
MM was born out of personally experiencing a lack of services specifically for mothers. She has now become exceptionally motivated in providing a high quality service herself.
She is also the local counsellor for Nurture.