Counselling

We offer a donation-based counselling service to support you with your grief

Counselling

We offer specialised bereavement counselling for those who have experienced the loss of a baby or young child. Our goal is to make this support as accessible as possible by operating a donation-based service. Counselling provides a therapeutic relationship that allows you to explore your grief in a structured way. Our trained counsellors are here to guide you through the grieving process following the death of your precious baby. This service can be accessed on its own or alongside our other offerings, and it is completely confidential, governed by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy as well as COSCA, Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland.

Grief is something that everyone goes through at some stage in their life. However, this is not the case with the loss of a baby or child, as there are far fewer families who experience the death of their own child. This can lead to you feeling extremely isolated and alone in your journey. The grieving process is not linear, but is a process that everyone who is experiencing grief will go through.  For some people, they may become stuck in the process and need a little help to enable them to move forward. The loss of a baby or child can lead to very complex thoughts and feelings, and counselling can help to explore these and make sense of what’s happened.

The relationship which you develop with your counsellor should offer you a safe, non-judgmental and empathic space to explore your loss and inevitably other factors within your life which contribute to you feeling stuck within the grieving process.

Our waiting list is open, but sessions may not start immediately due to current availability.

Our Counsellors

I didn’t access the counselling service at Held In Our Hearts until after my fourth loss. I had been going to support groups for nearly 2 years before but after speaking to a friend who had told me about how much it had helped her, I decided to give it a go. Jeni was great and made me feel really comfortable and able to talk about how things were. It wasn’t always about my losses, it was about how I was coping, how other parts of my life were. It was a chance to talk and share without worrying about saying the wrong thing. I looked forward to going and always felt lighter afterwards. I really did not think counselling would ever by my ‘thing’ but I was surprised by how beneficial I felt it to be. It helped to get me through some really tough times and it helped me to find some perspective when I needed it. I cannot recommend this service highly enough.