About Me
I'm Jolie, an Integrative Counsellor, Mentor and former Birth Doula, supporting people through the moments in life that ask the most of us.
Whether you're navigating grief, anxiety, relationship challenges, burnout, pregnancy, motherhood, identity shifts or simply feeling disconnected from yourself, I offer a compassionate space to pause, make sense of what you're experiencing and find a way forward.
My aim is to help you better understand yourself, reconnect with your strengths and move towards a life that feels more authentic, grounded and fulfilling.
My Journey
My path into counselling began long before I qualified as a therapist. For many years I worked as a birth and postnatal doula, supporting women and families through pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. Witnessing people through some of life's most transformative experiences deepened my understanding of the emotional impact of change, identity, grief and relationships.
That experience naturally led me to train as an Integrative Counsellor, allowing me to offer longer-term therapeutic support to people navigating not only parenthood, but all of life's significant transitions.
Experience & Areas of Interest
Over the past fifteen years I've supported people experiencing:
Anxiety and emotional overwhelm
Grief and loss
Trauma and birth trauma
Pregnancy, motherhood and matrescence
Relationship challenges
Identity change and life transitions
Burnout and stress
Low self-esteem and self-worth
Alongside private practice, my experience includes working as a birth doula, volunteering with Wiltshire Mind, counselling with Radiant Mama CIC, facilitating women's groups and retreats, and supporting creatives, professionals, parents and solo mothers through periods of change.
What Shapes My Work
Alongside my professional training, my own experiences of love, loss, motherhood and significant life transitions have shaped the therapist I am today. While those experiences don't make me an expert on your life, they do mean I'm comfortable sitting alongside people through uncertainty, grief, change and the complexity of being human.
I believe people don't need to be fixed. Given the right support, space and understanding, we already hold the capacity to heal, grow and reconnect with ourselves. It is a privilege to walk alongside people as they do exactly that.
Qualifications &
Professional Membership
Level 4 Diploma in Integrative Counselling
Registered Member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)
Havening Techniques® Practitioner
iRest® Yoga Nidra Training
Daring to Rest® Yoga Nidra Facilitator Training
Birth Doula Training
Previous training in EFT and Matrix Re-imprinting
Ongoing professional development in trauma-informed, somatic and mindfulness-based approaches
Alongside my formal training, over fifteen years of supporting women through pregnancy, birth, motherhood, grief, relationships and life transitions, together with a decade working alongside an internationally respected teacher of somatic bodywork and intimacy, have profoundly shaped the way I work today.
If you have a question, would like to learn more about working together, or you're unsure where to begin,
I'd love to hear from you.