Your Birth Experience Matters
- So Does Your Healing

Talking Therapy Online and in Leeds

I'm an accredited Specialist Perinatal Psychotherapist working in Leeds and Online.

Hi I'm Anjelena

I work with mums who are struggling after a difficult birth.

Who instead of enjoying motherhood, are just about keeping their head above water. Feeling anxious, easily overwhelmed, dismissed and resentful, alienated from their body and the world, stuck replaying what happened over and over and terrified of being pregnant again.

I get it because I've been there and I know that with the right support, you can heal and live the life you'd hoped to have.

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More about me

By us working together, you will:

Feel safe first
We start by making sure you feel supported and grounded. I’ll share simple tools to help calm your body and mind, so you know you have ways to cope when things feel too much.

Make sense of what’s happening
We’ll explore how trauma can affect your thoughts, feelings, and body. This often brings relief—because it helps you see that your reactions are not your fault, they’re a natural response to what you went through.

Get practical coping tools
Together we’ll practice strategies for easing anxiety, managing flashbacks, and handling overwhelming emotions, so you feel more in control day-to-day.

Process the distressing memory
When you’re ready, we’ll carefully look at the birth experience itself. The aim is to help your mind and body file the traumatic memory away as something that happened in the past, so it no longer intrudes on your present.

Shift unhelpful beliefs
Trauma often leaves behind painful beliefs like “It was my fault” or “I’m not safe.” We’ll gently challenge these and replace them with perspectives that are more compassionate, true, and empowering.

Move forward
We’ll focus on helping you reconnect with yourself, your body, and the life you want—so the birth no longer defines you, but becomes just one part of your story.

I'm ready to take the next step

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Your Birth Experience Matters - So Does Your Healing

Talking Therapy Online and in Leeds

By us working together, you will:

Feel safe first We start by making sure you feel supported and grounded. I’ll share simple tools to help calm your body and mind, so you know you have ways to cope when things feel too much.

Make sense of what’s happening We’ll explore how trauma can affect your thoughts, feelings, and body. This often brings relief—because it helps you see that your reactions are not your fault, they’re a natural response to what you went through.

Get practical coping tools Together we’ll practice strategies for easing anxiety, managing flashbacks, and handling overwhelming emotions, so you feel more in control day-to-day.

Process the distressing memory When you’re ready, we’ll carefully look at the birth experience itself. The aim is to help your mind and body file the traumatic memory away as something that happened in the past, so it no longer intrudes on your present.

Shift unhelpful beliefs Trauma often leaves behind painful beliefs like “It was my fault” or “I’m not safe.” We’ll gently challenge these and replace them with perspectives that are more compassionate, true, and empowering.

Move forward We’ll focus on helping you reconnect with yourself, your body, and the life you want—so the birth no longer defines you, but becomes just one part of your story.