Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum Counselling in Ilminster
I have a wide range of experience of all that life can throw at us including perinatal mental health.
If you are feeling that you need help in your life for whatever reason, perhaps in your relationship, family dynamic, a work situation, with depression, anxiety or your mental health; for significant loss or past or present trauma; if life is just too challenging to cope with; if the way ahead feels uncertain; if you are without hope and feeling isolated or overwhelmed; or if you simply want to explore a problem or experience to help your general wellbeing and happiness, we can work together.
I have a wide range of experience of all that life can throw at us including perinatal mental health.
If you are feeling that you need help in your life for whatever reason, perhaps in your relationship, family dynamic, a work situation, with depression, anxiety or your mental health; for significant loss or past or present trauma; if life is just too challenging to cope with; if the way ahead feels uncertain; if you are without hope and feeling isolated or overwhelmed; or if you simply want to explore a problem or experience to help your general wellbeing and happiness, we can work together.
Warmly welcoming new enquiries - I promise a response within 24 hours. Hello, I'm Anna, a registered counsellor and member of the BACP. My focus in therapy is to provide a lifelong set of tools that supports emotional balance, self-understanding and helps you separate safe and toxic relationships. In therapy, I encourage a more compassionate inner narrative, using my mantra "Recognise the Inner Critic and balance this with the Inner Therapist", this allows my clients to have more self-acceptance, resilience and a healthy communication style. If you're looking for a compassionate therapist, I’m here to help.
Warmly welcoming new enquiries - I promise a response within 24 hours. Hello, I'm Anna, a registered counsellor and member of the BACP. My focus in therapy is to provide a lifelong set of tools that supports emotional balance, self-understanding and helps you separate safe and toxic relationships. In therapy, I encourage a more compassionate inner narrative, using my mantra "Recognise the Inner Critic and balance this with the Inner Therapist", this allows my clients to have more self-acceptance, resilience and a healthy communication style. If you're looking for a compassionate therapist, I’m here to help.
As a CBT therapist, I can support you in overcoming mental health and emotional challenges by helping you identify and reframe negative thought patterns and behaviours that are keeping you stuck. Together, we'll develop practical coping strategies tailored to your unique circumstances and goals that you can take away and be yours forever.
By setting realistic objectives, we can create a clear path toward your desired outcomes, whether that’s reducing anxiety, improving self-esteem and mood, or managing stress.
I am afraid I only accept referrals from individuals over the age of 17 years.
As a CBT therapist, I can support you in overcoming mental health and emotional challenges by helping you identify and reframe negative thought patterns and behaviours that are keeping you stuck. Together, we'll develop practical coping strategies tailored to your unique circumstances and goals that you can take away and be yours forever.
By setting realistic objectives, we can create a clear path toward your desired outcomes, whether that’s reducing anxiety, improving self-esteem and mood, or managing stress.
I am afraid I only accept referrals from individuals over the age of 17 years.
With over 10 years of experience, I specialise in working with teens and their struggles. The teenage years can be some of the hardest, as we find our place in a confusing world. I prioritise building skills and resiliency that will support you through your life.
Starting a counselling journey is not a sign of weakness—it is one of the bravest steps a person can take. In a world that often tells us to "keep going," "stay strong," or "just get over it," choosing to pause, sit with your thoughts, and seek understanding is a radical act of self-respect.
With over 10 years of experience, I specialise in working with teens and their struggles. The teenage years can be some of the hardest, as we find our place in a confusing world. I prioritise building skills and resiliency that will support you through your life.
Starting a counselling journey is not a sign of weakness—it is one of the bravest steps a person can take. In a world that often tells us to "keep going," "stay strong," or "just get over it," choosing to pause, sit with your thoughts, and seek understanding is a radical act of self-respect.
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There will be transitions in your life where you may feel anxious, stressed or overwhelmed. Have you experienced a loss or bereavement?. Maybe difficulties within a relationship, a life change or event. This can make everyday life challenging and you may feel stuck, confused and unsure. Counselling is time and space for you to explore your personal experience and story and will support you to gain awareness of your needs and how to find balance in your life to support your overall well being. This can help you with finding a way forward. Give you choice and options.
There will be transitions in your life where you may feel anxious, stressed or overwhelmed. Have you experienced a loss or bereavement?. Maybe difficulties within a relationship, a life change or event. This can make everyday life challenging and you may feel stuck, confused and unsure. Counselling is time and space for you to explore your personal experience and story and will support you to gain awareness of your needs and how to find balance in your life to support your overall well being. This can help you with finding a way forward. Give you choice and options.
Dr Claire Parker - Perinatal Clinical
Psychologist, PsychD, HCPC - Clin. Psych.
1 Endorsed
Exeter EX1
I am a clinical psychologist with a special interest in the perinatal period, offering safe, empowering, and compassionate therapeutic spaces for all.
I draw from a variety of evidence-based therapeutic approaches tailored to your individual needs and goals. These include attachment-based interventions, Compassion Focused Therapy, systemic approaches, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Circle of Security.
I offer both short- and longer-term work, depending on your needs.
I am a clinical psychologist with a special interest in the perinatal period, offering safe, empowering, and compassionate therapeutic spaces for all.
I draw from a variety of evidence-based therapeutic approaches tailored to your individual needs and goals. These include attachment-based interventions, Compassion Focused Therapy, systemic approaches, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Circle of Security.
I offer both short- and longer-term work, depending on your needs.
I offer psychodynamic/integrative psychotherapy. I also offer clinical supervision to trainee therapists and experienced therapists. I have a broad range of experience providing specialist psychotherapy to clients experiencing PTSD, depression, trauma, relationship issues, loss and anxiety. I believe that my clients are the experts in their own lives and have the capacity to fulfil their own potential given the conditions to thrive.
I offer psychodynamic/integrative psychotherapy. I also offer clinical supervision to trainee therapists and experienced therapists. I have a broad range of experience providing specialist psychotherapy to clients experiencing PTSD, depression, trauma, relationship issues, loss and anxiety. I believe that my clients are the experts in their own lives and have the capacity to fulfil their own potential given the conditions to thrive.
I am an accredited, integrative therapeutic counsellor, finding that working in this way, gives uniqueness with each client, connecting in a way that is best suited to them as an individual. I have extensive experience, working with a variety of clients, of all ages.
I am an accredited, integrative therapeutic counsellor, finding that working in this way, gives uniqueness with each client, connecting in a way that is best suited to them as an individual. I have extensive experience, working with a variety of clients, of all ages.
I can support you if you are struggling with anxiety in pregnancy or after birth.
I use Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to process 'stuck' memories around birth and help you move on from these experiences, hopefully reducing the amount of space this takes up in your head.
This work may be helpful soon after your birth, or if you having another baby and find you are getting anxious about problems happening again.
I can support you if you are struggling with anxiety in pregnancy or after birth.
I use Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to process 'stuck' memories around birth and help you move on from these experiences, hopefully reducing the amount of space this takes up in your head.
This work may be helpful soon after your birth, or if you having another baby and find you are getting anxious about problems happening again.
As a Clinical Psychologist, I offer compassionate, evidence‑based support for adults and young people navigating emotional challenges across all life transitions, also inclusive of fertility, pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
I offer tailored, trauma-focused therapy including EMDR, to support recovery from difficult experiences—whether related to birth, parenting, or other forms of trauma. I also work with anxiety, depression, OCD, bonding issues, and other emotional challenges, providing compassionate, evidence-based support.
As a Clinical Psychologist, I offer compassionate, evidence‑based support for adults and young people navigating emotional challenges across all life transitions, also inclusive of fertility, pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
I offer tailored, trauma-focused therapy including EMDR, to support recovery from difficult experiences—whether related to birth, parenting, or other forms of trauma. I also work with anxiety, depression, OCD, bonding issues, and other emotional challenges, providing compassionate, evidence-based support.
I am a counsellor and psychotherapist who works with you as an individual, to meet your specific needs. I keep my client numbers low in order to really get to know you and work to meet your needs. I use counselling skills, CBT, and solution focused therapy to help you to raise your awareness and achieve the goals and outcomes you want and need. Together we can make a plan and set goals to get you to where you want to be, with new insights and understanding. We can work at your pace, in bite sized chunks. I use worksheets and articles for you to explore relevant topics between sessions, to keep that motivation flowing.
I am a counsellor and psychotherapist who works with you as an individual, to meet your specific needs. I keep my client numbers low in order to really get to know you and work to meet your needs. I use counselling skills, CBT, and solution focused therapy to help you to raise your awareness and achieve the goals and outcomes you want and need. Together we can make a plan and set goals to get you to where you want to be, with new insights and understanding. We can work at your pace, in bite sized chunks. I use worksheets and articles for you to explore relevant topics between sessions, to keep that motivation flowing.
I have a specialist interest in bereavement and trauma, as well as pregnancy, postnatal depression, and anxiety.
My aim is to offer a warm, compassionate, safe, and non-judgmental space where you can explore whatever’s going on for you, at your own pace. I see counselling as a shared journey — a space where you can be heard, understood, and supported through life's challenges, make sense of your experiences and move towards acceptance and positive change.
I have a specialist interest in bereavement and trauma, as well as pregnancy, postnatal depression, and anxiety.
My aim is to offer a warm, compassionate, safe, and non-judgmental space where you can explore whatever’s going on for you, at your own pace. I see counselling as a shared journey — a space where you can be heard, understood, and supported through life's challenges, make sense of your experiences and move towards acceptance and positive change.
Who knows what is going on inside your mind better than you? You are the expert on you and therapy with me helps you to connect the parts of you find unhelpful and move them from outside your awareness to your conscious mind. Once you become aware of them, we can work to enable you to challenge, nurture, adjust, modify and heal them allowing you opportunity to accomplish significant lasting change.
Being an integrative counsellor, allows me to use different theories to give you insights, tools, growth and change within yourself.
Who knows what is going on inside your mind better than you? You are the expert on you and therapy with me helps you to connect the parts of you find unhelpful and move them from outside your awareness to your conscious mind. Once you become aware of them, we can work to enable you to challenge, nurture, adjust, modify and heal them allowing you opportunity to accomplish significant lasting change.
Being an integrative counsellor, allows me to use different theories to give you insights, tools, growth and change within yourself.
I work with clients who are in need of personal support and can't find what they need from the people around them. This may be due to personal crisis in relationships, self-esteem difficulties, life transitions or longer term mental health issues. I usually work with clients in an open ended way and look at both the present and the past. Together we get to know how you tick and see if fresh insights can support you to feel able to face the world again.
I work with clients who are in need of personal support and can't find what they need from the people around them. This may be due to personal crisis in relationships, self-esteem difficulties, life transitions or longer term mental health issues. I usually work with clients in an open ended way and look at both the present and the past. Together we get to know how you tick and see if fresh insights can support you to feel able to face the world again.
I offer online and face to face therapy, working with those affected by pregnancy, baby and child loss and infertility.
As a therapist working with baby loss and infertility - I know what it feels like. Perhaps you're feeling lost, no idea where to turn, feeling like you can't be your true self or are simply overwhelmed with grief. Working with me will enable you to express yourself fully. Nothing will be too much and together we can find a way forward to help you feel less lost and alone.
I offer online and face to face therapy, working with those affected by pregnancy, baby and child loss and infertility.
As a therapist working with baby loss and infertility - I know what it feels like. Perhaps you're feeling lost, no idea where to turn, feeling like you can't be your true self or are simply overwhelmed with grief. Working with me will enable you to express yourself fully. Nothing will be too much and together we can find a way forward to help you feel less lost and alone.
I'm an integrative counsellor offering therapy indoors, online, and outdoors in nature. I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches to help you make sense of your experiences, connect with your inner resources, and find a way forward that feels authentic and meaningful. At the heart of my work is the therapeutic relationship — a safe space where you can feel seen, supported, and free to explore whatever is arising for you. I have a particular interest in the body-mind connection, bringing a holistic approach to everything we explore together. I offer a warm, collaborative presence, meeting you with openness, curiosity, and respect.
I'm an integrative counsellor offering therapy indoors, online, and outdoors in nature. I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches to help you make sense of your experiences, connect with your inner resources, and find a way forward that feels authentic and meaningful. At the heart of my work is the therapeutic relationship — a safe space where you can feel seen, supported, and free to explore whatever is arising for you. I have a particular interest in the body-mind connection, bringing a holistic approach to everything we explore together. I offer a warm, collaborative presence, meeting you with openness, curiosity, and respect.
We are all products of our upbringing and experiences and sometimes this can lead to problems in the present. Anxiety, low self esteem and not feeling good in relationships for example. I can work with you to unravel what this is about and help you find new ways of coping and moving forwards. We can talk or use creative methods to facilitate this discovery process. I work with young people, adults and couples and the work is all driven by you and on your terms. I offer a free, initial meeting so you can decide if I am the right Counsellor for you.
I also offer Clinical Supervision for other Professional Counsellors and Trainees.
We are all products of our upbringing and experiences and sometimes this can lead to problems in the present. Anxiety, low self esteem and not feeling good in relationships for example. I can work with you to unravel what this is about and help you find new ways of coping and moving forwards. We can talk or use creative methods to facilitate this discovery process. I work with young people, adults and couples and the work is all driven by you and on your terms. I offer a free, initial meeting so you can decide if I am the right Counsellor for you.
I also offer Clinical Supervision for other Professional Counsellors and Trainees.
Is there something in your life you want to change? Do you feel lost, unable to get on with your life? Are you looking to conquer a fear, break a habit, make a change in your life or simply want to manage the stresses of everyday living. Take a look at my website and make the first step in creating the positive changes you want in your life. Given the current COVID - 19 situation and also our busy lives and hectic schedules I offer confidential online therapy using Skype or Zoom. I am also seeing clients face to face both in my Reading and London locations.
Is there something in your life you want to change? Do you feel lost, unable to get on with your life? Are you looking to conquer a fear, break a habit, make a change in your life or simply want to manage the stresses of everyday living. Take a look at my website and make the first step in creating the positive changes you want in your life. Given the current COVID - 19 situation and also our busy lives and hectic schedules I offer confidential online therapy using Skype or Zoom. I am also seeing clients face to face both in my Reading and London locations.
It’s good to talk. Voicing your issues and what is going on for you can be the first step to understanding your struggles, worries, confusion or pain. Are you struggling with something? Is there something you would like to understand about yourself? Are you feeling stuck? Are you feeling alone?
It’s good to talk. Voicing your issues and what is going on for you can be the first step to understanding your struggles, worries, confusion or pain. Are you struggling with something? Is there something you would like to understand about yourself? Are you feeling stuck? Are you feeling alone?
Hello, I’m Caroline. I’m an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist and ACAT-accredited CAT Practitioner. I offer assessments and therapy interventions to adults aged 18+. I aim to provide a compassionate and non-judgemental space in which to hear your story, and work alongside you to identify specific goals for therapy. Therapy interventions will be evidence-based and tailored to your needs. I have over 14 years' experience of working in NHS Adult Mental Health services, and services for adults with acquired brain injury and neurological conditions (including spinal injuries and Multiple Sclerosis).
Hello, I’m Caroline. I’m an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist and ACAT-accredited CAT Practitioner. I offer assessments and therapy interventions to adults aged 18+. I aim to provide a compassionate and non-judgemental space in which to hear your story, and work alongside you to identify specific goals for therapy. Therapy interventions will be evidence-based and tailored to your needs. I have over 14 years' experience of working in NHS Adult Mental Health services, and services for adults with acquired brain injury and neurological conditions (including spinal injuries and Multiple Sclerosis).
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What are the most effective ways to address pregnancy, prenatal, and postpartum concerns?
The most effective way to address pregnancy, prenatal, and postpartum concerns is by finding a therapist who has prior experience helping other patients overcome the challenge being faced. For example, a marriage and family therapist may have experience helping couples adjust to their new relationship dynamic. An anxiety specialist may have experience helping with phobias or illness anxiety related to the child’s health. A depression specialist may have experience treating postpartum depression.
When should I seek treatment for prenatal or postpartum concerns?
Pregnancy and the postpartum period involve intense physical and mental changes; a degree of upset and instability is normal. However, if these changes impair daily functioning, it may be time to seek help. This distinction is pertinent for postpartum depression: A period of teariness, irritability, and distress is difficult but normal in the one to two weeks after childbirth (sometimes called the “baby blues.”) But if feelings of sadness and hopelessness persist beyond that period, the person should seek treatment.
How do I manage worries during pregnancy or the postnatal period?
A therapist can help patients develop the tools they need to manage anxieties during or after pregnancy. Cognitive behavioural therapy can help people identify and reframe harmful patterns of thought, and change their behaviours. Other techniques and skills can allow people to develop acceptance, psychological flexibility, self-compassion, communication skills, and more.