What Does Trauma Informed Care Look Like for Vulval Pain? - My Body Back™: The UK's Specialist Cervical Screening Clinic for Survivors of Sexual Assault

Clair is a Consultant Physiotherapist. Physiotherapy Clinical Lead in Pain Management at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Trust, Senior Lecturer in Advanced Physiotherapy Practice, Brunel University, London, UK. She also works with Freedom from Torture, UK, She holds national and international positions as Vice-Chair of the Pain and Trauma Special Interest group IASP and Co-Chair of the Physiotherapy Pain Association. Clair has 30 years of experience as a clinician, manager, and educator, both within the NHS and Internationally. She is a graduate of Narrative Medicine and an accredited and experienced facilitator in narrative based and psychologically informed approaches. She has recently published a service evaluation on 'Patient perceptions in relation to trauma-informed care on pain management programmes.'

Dr Felicity Saunders is a Senior Clinical Psychologist specialising in Sexual Health and HIV Medicine at London's Barts Health NHS Trust. She is the lead psychologist for the My Body Back™ Clinic, the only clinic in England offering specialised, trauma-informed healthcare—including cervical screenings and STI testing—designed specifically for survivors of sexual trauma- My Body Back Project - Rape and sexual assault support in London. My Body Back™ has appeared on BBC London News and BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour. Felicity also works privately, using Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) to support her clients with complex mental health difficulties and finds it a particularly helpful model when working with Trauma and Psychosexual difficulties.

Dr Jill Zelin is a Consultant in Sexual Health at Barts Health NHS Trust and Medical Lead for the My Body Back™ Clinic London. She has led the development of trauma-informed cervical screening and sexual health services for women and people who have experienced sexual violence, working with NHS and voluntary-sector partners to improve access, choice and psychological safety in care. Her work focuses on survivor-informed service design, inclusive pathways, clinical governance and embedding trauma-informed practice within routine NHS systems