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About this page
This page lists counsellors and therapists with specialist knowledge of trauma related to birth. They have paid to advertise their services. While every effort has been taken to verify the counsellors on these pages, any contact with the people listed is made at your own risk.
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If you’d like a listing on our website, you must be accredited with the BACP or a similar professional organisation.
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Vanessa Dale-Hewitt
Hi, I am a chartered clinical perinatal psychologist with over 20 years of experience in working with pregnant women who have experienced traumatic births and post traumatic stress symptoms following birth.
Megan Baldry
Hi, I'm Megan, a BACP-registered psychotherapist who supports women in the perinatal period. I'm based in Macclesfield, Cheshire but offer therapy across the UK via phone and video.
Maddy Norsworthy Counselling
Hello! Are you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or just unsure of who you are anymore? Are you struggling to come to terms with difficult and upsetting experiences around birth and early parenting? You don't have to do this all alone.
Dr Aditi Sharma, Mood in Mind
Hello, I'm Dr Aditi Sharma, I am a Perinatal and Maternal Clinical Psychologist and EMDR Therapist. I work in both private practice and the NHS. I offer a gentle, supportive space for anyone who has found pregnancy, birth, or the postnatal period difficult or distressing.
Helen Bowen-Ashwin
I'm Helen, a perinatal psychotherapist with over 15 years of experience working in NHS mental health teams. Since 2022, I've helped establish maternal mental health services in Oxfordshire. A core part of my work has been supporting women and birthing people affected by birth trauma, pregnancy loss, fear of childbirth, and other difficulties related to parenthood. I've seen the difference compassionate, evidence-based therapy can make.
Kezia Mathieson
Have you had a traumatic birth experience? You’re not alone - and you don’t have to go through this on your own.
Jessica Blair
I can see clients both in person and online in North London. I believe and am passionate that counselling should be offered to anyone who is in need. I strive to give clients a welcoming, respectful and compassionate space to explore challenges and opportunities.
Stasa Morgan-Appel
My name is Stasa ("Stah-sha"), and I'm a counsellor/ psychotherapist and group facilitator in Scotland working primarily on-line. My pronouns are she/they.
I offer pluralistic counselling/psychotherapy through an intersectional feminist lens. I work in a collaborative, non-pathologising way.
Vicky Mould
Hello, I'm Vicky, and I hope to be of support. I'm an NCPS registered counsellor from Eastleigh in Hampshire. I have been counselling since 2011. I offer online therapy (via Zoom or WhatsApp) and telephone counselling to adults of all ages, including parents impacted by domestic abuse or grieving the loss of their baby or babies or feeling troubled by or concerned about postnatal anxiety, depression or PTSD.
Sarah James
Sometimes life can feel very small. After a difficult or traumatic birth experience, it's common to feel stuck in painful thoughts or emotions – and it can be hard to imagine feeling like yourself again.
Louise Dougal
I am a BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural psychotherapist and EMDR therapist. I also have training in prolonged grief disorder therapy, and draw on compassionate focused therapy and systemic/family therapy.
Dr Helena de Klerk
Pregnancy, birth and parenthood are unique phases of life that can be joyful but also incredibly scary and painful. I am a specialist perinatal counselling psychologist, registered with HCPC, BACP and EMDR UK. I have worked in NHS perinatal services (inpatient and outpatient) and in private practice with individuals who are experiencing the challenges of these phases.
Anjelika Rimkoute
I am a BACP-accredited therapist deeply committed to supporting individuals through their most challenging times. With specialized training and experience in trauma and PTSD, I use compassionate methods like the Rewind Technique—an NHS-approved approach for addressing birth trauma—along with mindfulness and Imagery Rescripting. My background also includes extensive experience in helping individuals navigate bereavement, depression, anxiety, and relationship challenges. I hold postgraduate certificates in Couples Therapy and the NHS's approved treatment for depression (PCE CfD).
Jenny Poirier
Hello, I'm an experienced integrative counsellor and EMDR therapist specialising in working with trauma & grief, Based in Muswell Hill N10 and online UK wide. I offer a brief free phone call to see if we are a good fit to work together. I work in an relational, integrative way which means that I blend different ideas as I work with each individual and provide a compassionate, accepting space for you to explore, understand yourself and your relationships more deeply and to process difficult experiences in a manageable way.
Alison Paice
I am a BACP Accredited Integrative Psychotherapist & Clinical Supervisor, working in private practice. Having previously practiced as a Registered Midwife, I have a special interest in Women's health. I combine my extensive midwifery experience and post graduate trauma training to provide counselling support to women in the ante-natal and post-natal period; specialising in birth trauma, perinatal loss and post-natal depression.
Dr Helen Blake
If you are struggling with the emotional impact of a traumatic birth, postnatal PTSD, depression, or grief following miscarriage or stillbirth, you don’t have to go through it alone.
Chloe O’Connor
I specialise in supporting women navigating the complex aftermath of birth trauma and perinatal loss, including anxiety, trauma symptoms, and depression. With over 11 years of experience in the NHS, charity, and private sectors, I offer a compassionate and specialised approach integrating EMDR, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and Art Therapy.
Dr Melanie Gunning, Greenbank Psychology
I am a senior Clinical Psychologist with 15 years experience working in NHS clinical and leadership roles across specialist trauma, maternity and neonatal, and parent-infant relationship settings. I offer face-to-face and online therapy specialising in the perinatal period to support parents, often alongside maternity professionals, or during NHS review and complaints processes. I will meet you with an open heart to hear your story and work together to understand and find a way through.
Katie Robertson
Being a new parent can be an incredibly challenging time, we can often feel judgement and expectations of ourselves and from society that pregnancy and motherhood should feel a certain way. We can have a whole number of questions – Why is being a new parent not what I expected? Why haven’t I bonded with my baby? Why do I feel so sad? Why was the birth not what I had planned?
Izzy Anstis
I'm Izzy Anstis, a specialist CBT and EMDR therapist with over 12 years NHS experience. I am passionate about helping women, particularly during the perinatal period. I understand how having a difficult birth experience can have a profound impact on your mood and experience of parenting. I strongly believe that therapy can help. You might not have felt heard during your birth, I want to hear you now.