Specialised psychological support

Perinatal Grief

The loss of a baby during pregnancy, birth or shortly after is a pain that deserves to be recognised, named and held. There is no rush. There is no right way.

Specialised psychological support

A space where your pain has a place

Perinatal grief is one of the most invisible and least understood forms of loss. Society often does not know how to sit with it, minimises it, or hurries the people living it to move on. But this pain is real, and the bond with your baby is too.

I offer you a specialised psychological space for people who have experienced the loss of a baby during pregnancy, birth or shortly after. A space to put words to what you have lived, at your own pace, without anyone trying to erase your pain.

Here your loss is recognised and held. Your bond is treated as real. Your pain is met, not hurried away.

I can support you with

  • Miscarriage and early pregnancy loss
  • Late pregnancy loss and stillbirth
  • Neonatal loss
  • Termination for medical reasons
  • Losses that were never acknowledged or made room for
  • Intrusive thoughts, guilt and self-blame
  • The impact of grief on the body
  • Fear of a new pregnancy
What fits in this space

The emotions that live in grief

In grief there are no stages to follow or deadlines to meet. There are emotions that come, that stay, that need space. Here, each one is welcomed.

Jar of Pain — Perinatal Grief
Pain
Jar of Sadness — Perinatal Grief
Sadness
Jar of Misunderstanding — Perinatal Grief
Misunderstanding
Jar of Respect — Perinatal Grief
Respect
Jar of Tenderness — Perinatal Grief
Tenderness
Choose a jar to discover the emotion

Key concept

The Bond

Perinatal grief is often minimised because there are few tangible memories, because the world did not get to know your baby, or because others believe the pain should be proportional to the time shared. But the bond with your baby began long before birth and does not end with loss.

Your baby existed. Your bond is real. Your grief is legitimate. Part of the work we do is integrating your baby into your life story — not erasing the loss, but honouring what was lived.

How we work together

What the sessions are like

A holding space, at your pace, with no pressure of any kind.

First session

Recognition and listening

The first meeting is, above all, a welcome. Together we explore:

  • What happened and how you have experienced it
  • How you are: emotionally, physically, and in your relationships
  • The impact of the loss on your daily life
  • Your support network and how it has responded
  • What you are looking for in this space
You don’t need to be ready or know what to say. It’s enough to come.

During the process

Sessions can focus on
  • Naming and validating what you feel without judgement
  • Working through guilt, self-blame and intrusive thoughts
  • The impact of grief on the body and day-to-day life
  • How to manage dates, anniversaries and difficult triggers
  • Loneliness in your relationships, and not being understood by those around you
  • Memories, rituals and meaningful ways to honour your baby
  • Grieving as a couple, and the differences in how each of you feels it

Integration

Over time, the work moves towards
  • Integrating the loss into your life story
  • Finding a way to carry the bond that does not paralyse you
  • Rebuilding a sense of meaning and continuity
  • Emotional support through a new pregnancy, if one comes
  • Recovering your sense of identity and your plans for life
  • Living with the absence in a conscious and connected way
Integrating grief does not mean forgetting. It means finding a way to carry it that allows you to keep living.
Tools we use
Narrative and autobiographical work
Putting your story and your loss into words at your own pace, to give meaning to what you have lived and feel less alone with it.
Emotional processing techniques
Gentle tools to welcome and move through pain, sadness and anger, without forcing or rushing your grief.
Psychoeducation on grief
Understanding how perinatal grief works helps you recognise that what you feel is a natural response to a very real loss.
Memory and ritual work
Creating space to remember and honour your baby, building gestures and rituals that hold their place in your story.
Body-focused awareness
Reconnecting with a body that has also gone through the loss, easing tension and finding moments of calm and presence.

Related reading

Perinatal grief: surviving the loss of a baby Read article Birth trauma: what it is and how to heal Read article Postpartum depression Read article

If you feel you need this space, I’m here

You don’t have to know where to start. Not wanting to go through this alone is enough.

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Initial assessment session · Online

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