What is Perinatal Counselling?
‘Perinatal’ refers to the period between falling pregnant and up to two years after the birth of your child.
The transition into parenthood can be bumpy, with many twists and turns along the way. Getting pregnant, your birthing experience and those early months with baby may not look or feel how you expected them to.
If you or your partner are pregnant, or caring for an infant under the age of two years, you might be eligible to gain free counselling to support you with issues such as:
- Perinatal anxiety and depression
- Birth trauma
- Relationship issues or changes since pregnancy or birth
- Managing stress and difficulties of caring for an infant
- Feelings of guilt or uncertainty about parenthood
We offer eight one-to-one counselling sessions that can be taken online, in-person or over the telephone depending on your preference. Sessions run on Wednesdays and Thursdays during the daytime.
We also offer low-cost, general counselling for Greenwich residents and those living within a mile radius of Quaggy Children’s Centre.
Meet the counselling team
Our Counselling Spaces
If you need immediate help
If you are in crisis and need immediate support please call 111 and press 2 for the NHS mental health team.
Alternatively, you can contact the following organisations who are ready to help you:
Greenwich residents can call Oxleas crisis line 0800 330 8590
Lewisham residents can call the SLaM crisis line on 0800 731 2864 or www.slam.nhs.uk/crisis
The Samaritans on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org
