Our Story

Founded in 2013, Release has supported the mental health of thousands of women across Sussex. 

Over the last decade, we have developed a skilled and experienced therapy team, who offer a range of services to help women address the issues life throws at them.

What we offer

Our support is unique as everything we do is created and led by qualified counsellors, and we run Therapeutic Groups, Wellbeing Days alongside a national online 1-1 counselling service for all women.

Specialist maternal support

Over the years we have developed a specialism in maternal mental health, and we are passionate about supporting mothers and birthing parents and their babies during the perinatal period; helping everyone to get the best start. 

We began running our MummyShock (now Mother Nurture) support groups for new mums in Brighton & Hove in 2014 as a partnership between founders Rebecca Mitchell and Ellen Baldwin.

In 2023 we renamed our 10-week group for new mums ‘Mother Nurture,’ to better reflect the range of experiences of women attending our groups. When we surveyed mums who had attended our groups, “nurture” was amongst the most common words used to describe their experiences.

And after feedback about a lack of support for mums with multiple children, we then rolled out our Second Nature therapeutic groups in 2022, to help mothers navigate the different challenges of being a parent to siblings. Now we have grown and run therapeutic groups and Wellbeing Days across Sussex.