'Supporting Men Becoming Dads' |
3:30pm Saturday 23rd March |
About Darren MattockDarren Mattock is a trained Working With Men Professional who has been practising as an Expectant & New Dad Specialist for the past decade. He has worked with hundreds of dads in community and engaged thousands online, facilitating birth preparation workshops for dads, co-facilitating birth preparation workshops for couples, new dads support groups and private support work with expectant and new dads.
A key element of Darren’s work is educating childbirth and healthcare professionals, empowering them with tools, skills, knowledge and insights on supporting men becoming fathers. He has lectured student midwifes, presented at midwifery and motherhood conferences, doula trainings, and perinatal mental health workshops. Darren is a huge advocate of doulas, is a homebirth dad and passionate about making a difference in the birth, fatherhood and masculine spaces. He lives with his 10 year old son Charlie in the beautiful Northern Rivers region of NSW. |