I'm Jessica. I help people through some of the hardest moments of becoming a parent.

Counsellor, clinical supervisor and trainer in perinatal mental health.

HOW CAN I HELP?

I'm a BACP-registered counsellor based in Norwich, working with clients across the UK and internationally online. My specialism is the perinatal period: the time from preconception through pregnancy, birth and the first years of parenthood, including the losses and traumas that can happen along the way.

I came to this work through both clinical training and personal experience of pregnancy loss. Becoming a parent, or trying to, can be one of the most disorienting periods of a person's life. When things go differently to how we hoped or expected, the silence that often surrounds those experiences can deepen the wound. I believe people deserve specialist, properly trained, properly compassionate support.

Alongside my counselling practice, I supervise other counsellors and psychotherapists, and I deliver training to NHS trusts, charities and counselling services who want to support their staff and clients better around perinatal issues.

HOW I WORK

Warm but direct. Always led by you.

My approach is integrative, which means I draw on a range of therapeutic models rather than working within a single school. The thread that runs through all of it is relational. Therapy works because of the quality of the relationship between us, not because of a technique.

In practice, you can expect me to be warm but direct. I will not avoid hard subjects. I will not push you towards them either. I work at the pace you set, and I'll be honest with you about what I think is or isn't useful as we go.

For perinatal work specifically, I draw on training in trauma-informed practice, somatic approaches, and the specific frameworks developed for pregnancy loss, infertility and birth trauma. I take continuing professional development seriously and update my training every year.

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QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Qualifications and training.

A specialist field deserves specialist training. These are the qualifications, accreditations and memberships behind my practice.

Core counselling qualifications

● BACP Registered Member (MBACP), Member No. [X]

● [Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, awarding body, year]

● [Postgraduate qualification if applicable]

Perinatal specialist training

● Foundation for Infant Loss Trainer

● Specialist perinatal training, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

● Specialist training, Seleni Institute

● Trauma training with Babette Rothschild

● [Additional specific perinatal training courses]

Academic background

● BA in Religion, [University], 1998

● [Any other relevant academic background]

Professional memberships

● BACP Registered Member

● [Any other professional bodies]

QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Published and featured work.

My article on [specific topic] was published in BACP's Therapy Today journal in [year]. I also speak and write regularly on perinatal mental health, infant loss and the training of counsellors in this field.

Read my Therapy Today article →

COMMON QUESTIONS

Good to know.

A few of the things people most often want to know before getting in touch. Can't see your question? A short call is the best way to find out if we're a good fit.

Yes. I am a BACP Registered Member, which means I have met the standards of training, supervision and ethical practice required by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. You can verify my registration on the BACP register.
I have been in clinical practice since [year], and have specialised in perinatal work since [year].
Integrative and relational. I draw on a range of models including trauma-informed practice, somatic approaches and specific frameworks for perinatal work. The thread is the relationship between us.
Yes. While my work is most often with women, I work with anyone affected by perinatal experiences, including men, non-binary people and partners of people experiencing pregnancy loss, fertility difficulties or birth trauma.