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Counselling services

If you feel you need some extra support, you could consider counselling, either as a couple or individually.

Maternity bereavement counselling

Our qualified maternity bereavement counsellor supports bereaved parents who have received care from either the bereavement midwife or the Snowdrop Team on central delivery suite.

Our counselling is a person-centred, talking therapy that focuses on your unique experiences, feelings and perspectives.

Our counsellor will tailor sessions to meet your individual needs. Counselling sessions can be face-to-face, online or over the phone. Sessions can be provided weekly or less often. The number of sessions provided will be agreed with you, based on your needs.

You can be referred to our counsellor in the 12 months following the loss of your baby or babies.

If you have any questions about our maternity bereavement counselling service, or you would like to self refer please email: [email protected]

At A Loss

A website where you can search for national and local bereavement support services near you. They also offer free immediate access to a professional counsellor, who you can talk to via a ‘live-chat’ facility called GriefChat. 

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Provide information about the benefits of counselling, with a search facility within their website to locate counsellors local to you. Please note, most counsellors will charge a fee.

Counselling Directory

A directory of verified counsellors. Use the “find a counsellor near you” box to search for a counsellor. Please note, most counsellors will charge a fee.

CRUSE

Offers “Crusechat” where you can chat online with a trained counsellor.

IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies)

A talking therapy service from the NHS, offering access to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), counselling, guided self-help and other therapies. You must be registered with a GP to access the service. You can be referred by a healthcare professional or you can self-refer via the IAPT website.

Kara Clinical Psychologist

Provides free monthly support groups to loss parents on Zoom. Held the first Sunday of every month at 7.30pm. You can find further information about the groups here.

Leo’s Perinatal

Offering face-to-face peer support and counselling to families following a miscarriage, a termination for medical reasons, a stillbirth or neonatal loss. The service can be accessed by completing an online form.

Please note, this service is only available to families who live within Redcar and Cleveland and Middlesbrough area.

Qwell

Free, safe and anonymous mental wellbeing support for adults across the UK from UK based Healthcare professionals. Online messaging, forums, on-line chat facility and self-help tools.

RELATE

Services include relationship counselling , family counselling, mediation, children and young people’s counselling. They provide friendly and informal workshops for people at important stages in their relationships with centres located across the UK.

Licensed counsellors provide face-to-face counselling or support by phone, email and Live Chat. The relationship help page offers practical tips, guides and videos. 

Teddy’s Wish

Provide practical advice and support to families grieving the loss of a baby. Offering free counselling support service to parents who have lost a baby to stillbirth (from 24 weeks), neonatal death or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Counselling sessions are for parents who are in the early months of their grief, up until 18 months following their loss.