Antenatal and Postnatal Doula & counselling service

Alma qualified as a midwife in 2024 (BSc in Midwifery from King’s College

London), having previously studied Philosophy (University College Maastricht; Temenos

Academy in London).

For as long as she can remember Alma has been fascinated by pregnancy, birth and parenthood (and, of course, babies). As part of her training (at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trust) she has supported over one hundred women antenatally and in labour and assisted in the birth of forty babies. During this time, Alma also realised that, an appreciation of pregnancy and birth as a multi-layered (physical, emotional, psychological and even spiritual) process, was mostly absent. The priorities, lens and style of practice within the NHS maternity services did not allow her to provide the care that she so deeply believed in- and which moved her to train as a midwife in the first place.

As a result, Alma decided to look for other ways in which she could provide care that was anchored in a holistic appreciation of pregnancy, birth and parenthood, and an understanding of it as a process of internal change and transformation (both for the woman and for their partner).

The focus of the care Alma provides is on accompanying women and their partners through the internal (psychological and emotional) journey of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. Providing them with the space and support to help them engage with their own internal experience and develop an increased understanding and awareness of themselves and their process.

Services Alma offers :

 Antenatal counselling (offered as single sessions or as an ‘Antenatal Care Bundle’).

 Antenatal and birth doula support.

 Postnatal support; debriefing and processing the birth and stepping into parenthood.