Gemma Capocci

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About me

Life can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to face it alone. I offer a warm, compassionate, and non-judgmental space to explore any difficult thoughts, feelings, or past experiences. Together, we’ll build a trusting therapeutic relationship, working collaboratively to help you reflect, gain insight, and reach your goals. I offer flexible therapy options for adults, including long- or short-term therapy, single sessions, and support packages tailored for mothers—all online via Zoom.

I specialise in supporting mothers during the perinatal period and beyond, especially with anxiety, depression, perfectionism, overwhelm, loss of identity, and feelings of failure. As an integrative therapist, I draw on a range of approaches and work with you to find what feels right.

Motherhood is a profound life transition, and its emotional impact is often underestimated. By validating your feelings and fostering self-compassion, I help you navigate challenges with greater calm, clarity, and acceptance.

Current offerings for mothers include:

Pregnancy & Postpartum Support Package: Six sessions for the price of five, flexible booking, and babes in arms welcome.
Return to Work Reflection Session: A single session to explore worries, shifting priorities, boundaries, and self-compassion as you transition back to work.

Training, qualifications & experience

  • PGDip Counselling & Psychotherapy, University of East London (2023)
  • BA Hons Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London (2004)

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Fees

£70.00 per session

Additional information

Ongoing therapy: £70 per session (concessions available)

Single session therapy / Return to Work Reflection Session: £120

Pregnancy & Postpartum Support Package (six sessions for the price of five): £350

When I work

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Early morning
Morning
Early afternoon
Late afternoon
Evening

Further information

I was co-founder of We Are Motherly Love CIC, a non-profit organisation providing free peer support for mothers struggling with their mental health for three years.  I also volunteered for perinatal mental health charity, The PANDAS Foundation for two years from March 2020.

London, Greater London, E12

Type of session

Online
Phone

Types of client

Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

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