Hi, I'm Ella.

As a psychotherapist, I believe that not enough attention is paid to the deeply transformative experience of becoming a parent, and to the psychological and emotional changes and challenges it can bring. As a parent myself, I know this first-hand. There is help when things reach crisis point, but far less for the ordinary, everyday difficulty of it, and that is what I work with, whether you're preparing for parenthood or already in the midst of it.

My training is psychodynamic, which means I'm less interested in quick fixes than in understanding what's really going on, and why it might be affecting you the way it is. I trained at the Tavistock and Birkbeck College, University of London, and have experience in NHS and charity settings. I'm a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), so I work to its ethical framework and high professional standards.