Nadia Raafat

Specialist Birth Trauma Counselling

Experiencing birth trauma can leave you feeling frightened, overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or unable to make sense of what happened. You may be struggling with intrusive memories, anxiety, guilt, grief, or fear about a future pregnancy. Whatever your experience, you deserve to be heard with compassion and without judgement.

I am a BACP Accredited Psychosynthesis Counsellor specialising in maternal wellbeing, pregnancy, birth and the transition to motherhood. Before qualifying as a counsellor, I spent over 15 years supporting women as a birth doula, childbirth educator, and perinatal yoga and mindfulness teacher. This gives me a deep understanding of birth, its clinical context, and its emotional and physical impact.

My practice is trauma-informed. I have completed specialist birth trauma training with Birth Better and am currently undertaking advanced trauma recovery training with internationally recognised trauma therapist Babette Rothschild.

Together, we will gently make sense of your experience, safely integrate it, rebuild trust in yourself and your body, and help you move forward into motherhood with greater confidence and self-compassion.

I offer counselling online throughout the UK and in person in Clapham Junction and Kingston upon Thames.

Free 20-minute introductory call
M: 07771 687128
nadia@therapywithnadia.co.uk