About me
Hi, I'm Nicky, a counsellor who is passionate about supporting mums.
Do you feel anxious about having a baby or how your kids are doing at school? Are you feeling lonely and experiencing a sense of loss because your expectations of having a newborn are not matched by reality. This could be the loss of your sense of self or that bonding with your baby has been challenging. Or perhaps you’ve been experiencing problems with your relationships because loved ones can’t understand what you’re going through and you struggle to tell them how you’re feeling?
Counselling with me can:
· Enable you to feel less anxious about your children so you can be more emotionally connected to your family without worry.
· Help you to better understand your life with your newborn and who you are now so you can feel more confident in your role as a new mum.
· Help you to explore and understand the feelings you’re experiencing so you can explain to loved ones what you’re going through. They will then be in a better place to provide you with the support you need.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Integrative) (CPCAB)
- Certificate in Counselling Studies (CPCAB) Certificate in Counselling Skills (CPCAB)
- Award in Maternal Mental Health (Oplex Careers)
- Perinatal Mental Health training (NHS England)
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss and Infertility Practitioner Training; and Advanced Practitioner Training (The Foundation for Infant Loss Training)
- Miscarriage Matters Specialist Training (The Foundation for Infant Loss Training)
- Supporting families through pregnancy loss and the death of a baby (Sands)
- Birth Trauma (Birth Trauma Association and Make Birth Better)
- Understanding Perinatal OCD (The Pearl Institute of Perinatal Psychology)
- Understanding self-harm (Herts Mind Network)
- LGBTQ+ Awareness (Herts Mind Network)
With over 13 years of experience in the mental health sector, I specialise in supporting women with the emotional challenges that can come with pregnancy, birth, early motherhood, and experiences of pregnancy or infant loss.
As a mum, I understand the unique challenges that mothers face. Having experienced postnatal anxiety myself, I know how overwhelming it can feel to question every decision, manage constant worry, or navigate big changes in identity and relationships. I also recognise that for some women, the journey into motherhood can include grief — whether through miscarriage, baby loss, or the complex emotions that can follow.
I have worked with women facing a wide range of experiences, including pregnancy and postnatal anxiety, low mood, birth trauma, pregnancy loss, infant loss, identity changes, and relationship or family concerns. This experience allows me to offer compassionate, specialist support to women at every stage of pregnancy and motherhood — including when that journey has not unfolded as expected.
Together, we can explore what you’re finding difficult, make sense of your emotions, and help you feel more confident, grounded, and supported — wherever you are in your journey.
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
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Fees
£70.00 per session
Additional information
I offer a free 20-minute initial consultation.
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Further information
I am also part of Root & Bloom in St Albans, a local collaboration with a doula offering gentle, supportive sessions for pregnancy and the postnatal period. These sessions provide emotional and practical support and are separate from my counselling practice.
Further information can be found on Instagram at @root.and.bloom.stalbans..
