Hi, I’m Jo,
That’s me with my little boy, enjoying ourselves in the sunshine. I really was enjoying myself that day, but it had taken a lot to get to that point. As a primary school teacher who looked after small children all day I expected to sail through parenthood. I didn’t count on birth trauma and postnatal anxiety showing up to ruin the party!
But they did and everything felt hard and overwhelming for quite some time. I knew it wasn’t how I wanted to feel and it wasn’t what I or my family deserved. So I started to learn about parenting, birth, trauma and mental health and along the way I found people who helped me feel like myself again.
After nine years working in the education system, I hung up my metaphorical teaching hat and made it my new mission to help families in a different way.
Now, as a solution focused clinical hypnotherapist and psychotherapist, specialising in maternal mental health, I help parents to find themselves again, to feel confident again and to heal. Whether that’s from birth trauma, anxiety, postnatal depression or the sheer overwhelm of life and parenting, I can help you to find a way back to yourself.
When I’m not working, you can find me snuggled up in a slanket (blanket with sleeves… yes, you need one), exploring the great outdoors and admiring the flora and fauna that come with it, or herding my own small child through life!
I have a lovely, relaxing therapy room where you can attend in person hypnotherapy and therapy sessions in Peterborough and I also work online with clients from all over the UK.
If you’d like to know more about how solution focused hypnotherapy can support you, get in touch for a free initial consultation.
I’m fully insured, hold a DBS certificate and am a full member of the NCH, AFSFH and the CNHC.
Training:
PGCE Primary Education
Hypnobirthing instructor Training - The Calm Birth School
Applied use of mindfulness -British Mindfulness Institute
Three Step Rewind for Trauma - The Rewind consortium
Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate - The Embody Lab
Beyond Birth Mental Well-being Practitioner Training
Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Training - Perinatal Mental Health Training CIC
Diploma in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy (DFSH)
Hypnotherapy in Practice Diploma (HPD)
