Jessica Vaccaro
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About me
Counselling can help when life just feels too much to bear. My specialism is supporting those who are experiencing challenges related to pregnancy. The issues I work with include: infertility, termination, miscarriage, ectopic or molar pregnancy, stillbirth or neonatal death, foetal genetic diagnosis, birth trauma, experience of NICU, and postnatal depression. I also work with parents who have a child with a disability, particularly around the time of diagnosis or suspected diagnosis. I am continually engaged with training and research in these areas in order to best serve my clients.
My practice is informed by my humanistic and integrative counselling training, and I strive to develop a meaningful therapeutic connection with my clients.
I know that reaching out to a counsellor can feel daunting, especially if you feel like everything is just too much as it is. But if something is weighing on your mind, counselling can help.
I work online or in person in central Norwich.
Training, qualifications & experience
Originally from the US, over the past 20 years I have lived in London, Bristol, Utrecht, the Hague and, currently, in Norwich, England. My working life has included fundraising in the voluntary sector, teaching Pilates, research about ethnic conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa, advocating for refugees, and facilitating groups for new mothers.
In addition to my private practice, I work at TimeNorfolk, a pregnancy loss charity, as a counsellor and trainer.
My academic qualifications are as follows:
- Certificate, Somatic Trauma Therapy Training with Babette Rothschild, 2023 (expected).
- Certificate, Counsellors & Therapists Working with Pregnancy or Baby Loss, Sands, 2023.
- Certificate, Working with Pregnancy Loss, TimeNorfolk, 2021.
- Certificate, Perinatal Mental Health, Tavistock Clinic, 2021.
- Certificate, Perinatal Mood Disorders, Seleni Institute, 2021.
- Certificate, Perinatal Loss and Grief, Seleni Institute, 2021.
- Diploma, Humanistic and Integrative Counselling, Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling, 2015.
- Certificate, Community Mediation, Open College Network, 2010.
- MA African Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, 2002.
- BA Religion, Smith College, 1998.
Member organisations
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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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Fees
£55.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Additional information
I am happy to arrange a 15-minute free introductory phone call or Zoom call to discuss your needs prior to arranging an initial session.
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