Talks and Workshops
I offer talks, lectures, and CPD workshops for professionals in perinatal mental health, counselling and psychotherapy.
Drawing on my doctoral research into women’s lived experiences of anxiety after birth, I share insights that bridge clinical practice and reflective inquiry. My work has been presented at national conferences and shared with NHS Perinatal Mental Health Teams. I have also delivered talks for specialist organisations, including MumsAid and NoBumpNoCare.
Topics include postnatal anxiety, identity in motherhood, postnatal depression, and how lived experience can inform therapeutic care. Sessions are research-informed, clinically relevant, and spacious enough to support reflection and dialogue.
If you’re interested in booking a talk or workshop, or would like to discuss a bespoke training session, please get in touch!
Selected highlights - talks, workshops & articles:
- Coming up! Conference Presentation - Listening to Mothers - Understanding Postnatal Anxiety Through Lived Experience. Westmeria Mental Health Summit, 10th October 2026, Oakley House, Bromley.
- International Webinar – Postnatal Anxiety: A Lived Experience Perspective, NoBumpNoCare, Sept 2025 - Watch here on YouTube
- Conference Presentation – Authentic Care in Health, Social Care and Education, Greenwich University, June 2024 - A phenomenological exploration of postnatal anxiety and the implications for psychotherapeutic support
- Journal Article – Postnatal Anxiety: Some Considerations for Therapeutic Practitioners, BACP Private Practice, Dec 2023 - Read more
- CPD Workshop – Thinking About Postnatal Anxiety in Practice, MumsAid, Nov 2023
- Conference Talk – Understanding and Working with Postnatal Anxiety, BACP Private Practice Conference, Sept 2023 (Available online via the BACP CPD Platform - click here)
- Doctoral Thesis – Anxiety After Birth: An Existential Phenomenological Enquiry, NSPC/Middlesex University, Oct 2024 - Read more
- Conference Presentation - Anxiety After Birth - A Phenomenological Understanding, British Society for Phenomenology (BSP), Manchester Metropolitan University, Aug 2023
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