Caroline Baddiley
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About me
What I offer
Hello and welcome!
Are you looking for compassionate maternity counselling for all stages of the journey into parenthood and beyond ie pre- pregnancy, pregnancy and postnatally?
Are you suffering from any type of grief, either related to pregnancy and birth or another kind of grief such as loss of a parent, sibling, friend or pet for example . I am experienced in working with clients with any type of grief.
How I work
I am an integrative counsellor, meaning that I draw on several different counselling theories; some elements of Mindfulness, as well as bringing myself to our counselling relationship. This means I can adapt our work together to suit your particular needs.
My work is underpinned by Person-Centred theory which trusts people’s innate ability to look at what is troubling them and grow and develop with the counsellor “walking beside them”.
Maternity Issues I work with
As an experienced, fully trained counsellor and retired midwife I have extensive professional experience in supporting women and/or partners with:
- Anxiety. This could be when thinking about getting pregnant; inpregnancy or any time after the birth
- Depression. This can come up in pregnancy or any time after the birth
- Birth Trauma .Any event that left you or your partner feeling afraid, anxious, out of control or helpless can be trauma
- Baby loss and Stillbirth
- Pregnancy following a previous baby loss
- Miscarriage – one or recurrent miscarriages
- Termination
- Fertility Issues – trying to conceive; IVF; feelings around pregnancy following successful conception; not conceiving and feelings around this.
- Postnatal Depression / Anxiety - both in pregnancy and/or postnatally any time after the birth. Both mothers and fathers can suffer from postnatal depression and from birth trauma.
- Antenatal Depression. This is depression and/or anxiety during pregnancy. Both mothers and fathers can suffer from this
- Fear of giving birth (Tokophobia)
- Baby being unwell or in Neonatal Intensive Care either currently or in the past
- One or both of you feeling very upset or angry by the birth even if it was considered to be a “normal “birth
- Feeling overwhelmed by becoming a parent
- Breastfeeding Grief - when feeding your baby did not go to plan
- Grief of any kind. I am experienced in working with clients around grief,, not necessarily linked to maternity and welcome enquiries around this.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited Training Course) obtained from Iron Mill College, Poole, Dorset.
Diploma in Higher Education/ Midwifery (Registered Midwife, retired)
I have recently spent a number of years working within an NHS Maternity Counselling Service, providing counselling for both mothers and fathers individually as well as within a charitable counselling service offering counselling therapy to all adults.
Previously I worked for over 20 years as a midwife, both within the NHS and within private, independent practice.
Registration:
MBACP - I am a fully registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
Registration Number 400073.
I am guided by a professional Ethical Framework and respect my clients as people, endeavouring to demonstrate equality, value diversity and ensure inclusion for all clients with regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).
Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I offer counselling for any issues surrounding pregnancy; trying to conceive; Tokophobia - fear of giving birth or any pregnancy, birth or postnatal issue not mentioned in the list further up on this page. Sometimes emotional issues only emerge months or years after the birth. We can look at these together in a safe, non-judgemental environment.
Additionally I am experienced in working with clients around grief of any kind, not necessarily linked to maternity and welcome enquiries around this.
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Fees are £60 per 50-minute session, to be paid in advance or at the latest on the day of the session. Card payments are taken.
Concessions for low waged may be available following discussion.
One week's cancellation notice is required, otherwise, the full fee is applicable, including the first session. Card payments are taken.
When I work
I work in the daytime and some evenings. Days and times are negotiable.
Further information
I offer an initial free, no obligation 30-minute phone call for you to find out more about me and my service and for us to see if we could work together.
Please use the Contact form on my website to ask about this or call me and leave a message.
If we do decide that we could work together then counselling sessions are typically on a weekly basis, lasting 50 minutes.
In the first session, we will look at what brought you to counselling; and I will ask you about your social, emotional and medical history.
I offer in-person sessions in my therapy room within a private practice in Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset. I also offer counselling online or over the phone, so you could be living anywhere in the UK.
I offer both long and short-term counselling and we will discuss the possible length of your counselling at our initial appointment.
I am fully insured as a counselling therapist with cover provided by Towergate Insurance.
