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Specialist Psychologists in Perinatal Mental Health

Helping parents to thrive at home and at work through therapy, coaching, training and consultancy.

Our team of specialist Clinical Psychologists and Psychotherapists offer workplace training and consultancy as well as therapy for parents struggling with stressful life events that impact on their mental health and wellbeing. Our specialisms include severe sickness in pregnancy, recovery from birth trauma, baby loss, parenting children with special educational needs, depression, anxiety and stress.

Know Your Mind Psychologists and Therapists

Our team consists of HCPC or BACP registered and qualified clinical psychologists and psychotherapists with a vocation to support new and expectant parents.

Clinical Psychologist and Founder

Dr Rosie Gilderthorp

Offering: Compassion Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, CBT and EMDR

Specialisms: Birth trauma recovery, pre and post-natal depression, severe sickness in pregnancy (HG)

Rosie is a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). She is also a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society (BPS). She holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Canterbury Christ Church University and has completed subsequent training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for trauma, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focussed Therapy, EMDR (specialist trauma therapy) and mindfulness. She holds an additional qualification in providing online therapy and have worked online since 2018. Her career has been varied, including working with people with a wide range of difficulties in the NHS and privately. She has also undertaken research and other academic work. She uses this experience to bring the best, evidence-based approaches to our clients. All of the Clinical Psychologists on our team are fully qualified and regulated by the HCPC and when you contact us for an appointment we will match you with the psychologist whose expertise is the best fit for your individual needs.

Psychotherapist

Louise Bell

Offering: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, CBT, Trauma Focussed CBT, Psychodynamic psychotherapy, and Counselling

Specialisms: Trauma therapy, Post-partum psychosis, IVF, perinatal mental health.

Louise is a Psychotherapist registered with the BACP. Lousie says: "I am a BACP qualified and registered psychotherapist and currently training to become a Clinical Sexologist, specialising in trauma, childbirth, attachment, perinatal mental health with a keen interest in postpartum psychosis. The transition to parenting isn't always how it is portrayed in the media, well it rarely ever is, let's face it, it can be pretty challenging. Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, attachment, fear, intimacy after childbirth, connecting with your newborn we are here to help. I've seen many clients hesitate to start work on their mental health. It's intimidating to see a new therapist and vulnerability is a hard thing to ask for. I typically work with clients who have experienced postnatal illness, struggling with motherhood, miscarriage, stillbirth, IVF, fertility and difficulties in their relationships. I also have extensive experience working within perinatal services, I am experienced working with postnatal depression, anxiety, PTSD, complex mental health, and suicide. I work with both men and women, individually or as a couple. My approach is to take it slow. Through patience, compassion, consistency, mutual respect and understanding we'll tackle stressors from your relationships, family and other areas of your life to facilitate self-growth and healing. Eventually, my clients feel comfortable unpacking 'their stuff' which helps with their daily emotions and reactions. Exploring the impact in the here and now. This is where we see real growth." All of our team are fully qualified and regulated by either the HCPC of BACP. When you contact us for an appointment we will match you with the psychologist whose expertise is the best fit for your individual needs.

Clinical Psychologist

Dr Lindsay McMillan

Offering: CBT, Trauma-Focused CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy.

Specialisms: Gender dissapointment, Perinatal mental health

Lindsay is a Clinical Psychologist specialising in supporting parents throughout the UK to invest in their own mental health and emotional wellbeing via 1:1 online therapy. Becoming and being a parent can feel challenging at the best of times and even harder when we face struggles with our own thoughts, emotions and mood. Lindsay can help with a variety of common mental health difficulties. Lindsay holds a specialist clinical and research interest in Parental Gender Disappointment. She is a mum of three young children and she absolutely understands how hectic family life can be! She currently offer weekday evening session times to make it easier for busy parents to put aside time and space for themselves, to access therapy sessions. The therapeutic relationship is a really important factor and to help you get the most out of your therapy she will aim to create a compassionate, safe space where you feel listened to, without judgement

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Why work with Know Your Mind Consulting?

Our founder, Dr Rosie Gilderthorp is a Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience in mental health helping parents to overcome mental health difficulties, connect with their values and thrive personally and professionally.

Rosie experienced severe pregnancy sickness (sometimes called HG) while pregnant with her first child. Her experience of attempting to continue working in the NHS as a Clinical Psychologist, a role that gave her a sense of identity and meaning, while facing the steepest challenge of her life led her to struggle with her own mental health. Since then she has been dedicated to helping other parents going through challenging circumstances to maintain their sense of self and hope so they can thrive at home and at work.

Our team of HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologists have doctoral-level qualifications and decades of experience across the public, private and academic sectors. Our psychotherapists and counsellors are all highly experienced and regulated by the BACP. When you work with us you get the benefit of our whole team as we work together to share best practice and to bring the most effective treatments to our clients.

Our specialist interests include severe pregnancy sickness, birth trauma, post-partum psychosis, gender disappointment and neurodiversity. In order to stay at the cutting edge of evidence we are collaborating with the Innovation in Mental Health project CIC and Kings College London on our own research. Our current project is focused on developing effective interventions for severe pregnancy sickness.

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Our Clients Say

“It was such a pleasure working with Dr Rosie Gilderthorp on putting together recent a line manager focus session on Family Support Leave and supporting working parents and carers at Bloomsbury Publishing.

As well as some recent statutory changes to policies in this area, we as a business have put together some new family-friendly company policies and wanted to provide a session designed for line managers which would provide an overview of these new polices, but also show line managers how they could complement them by understanding the proactive support they could offer. Dr Rosie’s expertise and engaging delivery provided much needed clarity and guidance on how to effectively support our teams, particularly in managing mental health concerns.

The session was insightful and also practical, providing our line managers with improved knowledge and the tools necessary to navigate the complexities of family support leave. Dr Rosie offered some really valuable tips on how managers can ensure our employees utilising these new polices feel supported and understood during challenging times.

The feedback received from our teams has been really positive, with many of the attendees commenting on Dr Rosie’s engaging and approachable style and the actionable advice that she has provided. The session has not only increased our line manager’s confidence in raising the topic of mental health with a colleague, but has reinforced our commitment to fostering a supportive and empathetic workplace.

I would highly recommend Dr Rosie for any organisation looking to enhance their understanding and implementation of family support leave and mental health support.”