When you find a womb twin survivor among your clients
- Make sure you are fully informed about the physical and psychological effects on the survivor when a twin dies before birth. [Detailed information here]
- If your client speaks about a lifelong sense of being a twin, take it seriously and explore this feeling in depth. [Published womb twin stories]
- If your client wants to relate to you as if you were their twin, consider the possibility that they are a womb twin survivor and that is why. [Detailed information]
- Consider making a referral to another therapist specialising in working with womb twin survivors. [Some specialist therapies here.]
Therapists are coming across womb twin survivors more and more among their clients but may not be aware of that fact. Some unaware womb twin survivors enter therapy as children and continue to move from therapist to therapist for decades, searching for answers.
How to recognise a womb twin survivor among your clients:
- Print out and keep the check list of the physical signs and indications of a twin pregnancy and use them as part of your preliminary assessment. [Download]
- Learn about the psychological effect on the survivor when a twin dies during pregnancy. [Link to information pages]
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