Individual Therapy
“If a community values its children, it must cherish their parents.”
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Please see below examples of some of the areas I can provide individual therapy support with. If you wish to find out more about whether I can support you with what you are experiencing, please get in touch and we can discuss further.
Pregnancy and Birth
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Contemplating parenthood in the context of current or past difficulties
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Strong emotions during pregnancy, including antenatal anxiety or depression
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Fear of birth
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Preparing for birth and the postnatal period
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Coping with challenges in pregnancy e.g. Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG)
Adjusting to Parenthood
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Strong or conflicting emotions, such as feeling anxious, stressed, guilty, angry or overwhelmed
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Overcoming distressing experiences during pregnancy, around the birth, or in the postnatal period
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Coping with challenges in the postnatal period, including feeding difficulties, colic/reflux
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Birth Trauma
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Postnatal depression
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Perinatal OCD
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Making sense of post-partum psychosis experiences
Growing through Parenthood
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Difficulty adjusting to becoming a parent or expanding your family
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Parental overwhelm
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Relationship conflicts
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Identity difficulties
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Adjusting to return to work
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Seperation anxiety
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Space to explore who you are or want to be as a parent, including parental values and breaking past patterns.