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Whether your birth trauma is recent and feeling very raw or lingering after years post birth - I know how overwhelming, isolating and heavy it can feel to carry the weight of these experiences. â€‹

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I've been an advocate for maternal mental health and did specialist antenatal and postnatal psychotherapy training way before I myself became a mama and experienced my own birth trauma. All of a sudden I found myself on the other side of the therapy chair; feeling extremely alone, enraged and ashamed, believing my body has totally failed me and my baby. It took me some time and work with wonderful talking therapists and body workers to get to process, deconstruct and reconstruct my understanding of my birth story and feel confident and empowered by the time I was ready to give birth again.

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While no birth story and it's imprint on us is the same, I now feel it is truly a privilege that I'm in a position to combine my professional training and expertise with personal experience to pour into each and every healing journey that my clients choose to undertake with me. 

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My Professional Background

This is the psychobabble-y bit but it's important that you know I'm fully qualified to be your therapist. I have over 15 years experience of practicing in the NHS as well as private practice and I am an accredited member of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). This accreditation confirms that my qualifications meet rigorous standards and that I practice in line with the BABCP code of ethics. You can verify my credentials by searching for my name here:  CBT Search Results (babcp.com)

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Qualifications:

  • Level 1-3 Somatic Therapy for Non-Complex and Complex Trauma
  •  Postgraduate Diploma in High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions 

  • MSc Clinical and Forensic Psychology 

  • BSc in Psychology and Counselling 

Recent Continued Professional Development:

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  • Compassion Focused Therapy for the Self-Critical Mind 

  • Putting Polyvagal Theory Into Practice: Essential Strategies for Creating Safety and Connection with Post-natal Trauma Clients

  • Using Compassion Focused Therapy to Work with Shame Based Trauma Memories

  • Cognitive Processing Therapy for Trauma 

  • Acceptance Commitment Therapy: ACTivating in practice 

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