Meet the Team
Find the right perinatal therapist for you
Our team offers specialist support through fertility, pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
You don’t need to know which therapy or therapist you need before getting in touch.
Book a free introductory call with Jess and we’ll talk through what’s going on and help you decide on a next step.
Dr Jesse Ofori
Perinatal Clinical Psychologist, Founder and Clinical Director (HCPC Registered)Jess is a Clinical Psychologist specialising in perinatal mental health and the founder of Motherhood in Mind. She works with women and parents experiencing psychological difficulties across fertility, pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
Jesse has particular expertise in anxiety, intrusive thoughts and OCD, birth trauma and PTSD, depression, self-esteem and the psychological adjustment to becoming a parent. Her approach is integrative and formulation-led, drawing on evidence-based therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) and trauma-focused approaches including EMDR.
She founded Motherhood in Mind to offer thoughtful, specialist therapy that goes beyond symptom management; helping people understand why they feel the way they do, what may be keeping difficulties going, and what can help them to thrive in early motherhood.
As with the rest of the team, Jess is a mum herself and brings an appreciation of how joyful, messy, demanding, and deeply transformative this life stage can be.
Elizabeth Siddell
Specialist Perinatal Psychotherapist (BABCP Accredited)Elizabeth is a specialist perinatal psychotherapist and mum of three, offering evidence-based support to individuals and couples through the complicated bits of early parenthood. She has almost 20 years' experience working in NHS services and delivers specialist perinatal teaching, training therapists for the NHS alongside her therapy work.
Elizabeth is experienced in working with difficulties such as PTSD, birth trauma, childhood trauma, pregnancy loss, anxiety, OCD, low mood, and relationship issues. She draws on a range of approaches to tailor therapy to you; this might include thinking about what becoming a parent has brought up from your own experiences, as well as working on practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns and feel relief in the here and now.
Whether you're pregnant, postnatal, or navigating the demands of a toddler. Whether you're coming alone or with your partner. Elizabeth offers a space to be honest about how hard things can be, without performing how well you're coping.
Frances Wild
Specialist Perinatal Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (BABCP Accredited).Fran is a specialist perinatal CBT therapist, supporting women and parents through pregnancy, birth and the often complicated transition into parenthood. She offers therapy for a range of difficulties including anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, trauma and birth-related difficulties, as well as relationship difficulties that can arise during this life-changing stage.
Fran is also a fully trained EMDR therapist and Behavioural Couples Therapist for Depression. She draws on these approaches alongside CBT to tailor therapy to each person, whether that means working through distressing past experiences, understanding patterns that may be keeping difficulties going, or developing practical strategies to feel more able to cope in the here and now.
Alongside her private practice, Fran has worked within a specialist NHS Perinatal Team, supporting parents experiencing a wide range of perinatal mental health difficulties. She brings this specialist experience into her private practice, alongside additional skills in Compassion Focused Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Circle of Security Parenting Programme, which she can integrate where helpful.
As a mum herself, Fran understands that becoming a parent can bring enormous joy alongside unexpected emotions, pressures and challenges. She offers a warm, compassionate and non-judgemental space where you can be honest about how things really feel, without judgement, while working collaboratively towards meaningful change.
Dunya Griffith-Aramesh
Senior CBT Therapist and EMDR Therapist (BABCP Accredited).Seeking mental health support during pregnancy or early parenthood can feel daunting. With over 10 years’ experience across NHS, voluntary and private settings, Dunya provides compassionate, evidence-based CBT and EMDR, with across a range of common mental health problems (Depression, Anxiety and PTSD) with particular focus on perinatal mental health.
Having worked within a NHS primary care and perinatal mental health teams, Dunya has extensive experience supporting people experiencing birth trauma, postnatal depression, anxiety, maternal OCD and intrusive thoughts, maternal anger, tokophobia, and the emotional challenges of adjusting to parenthood.
Dunya offers a warm, non-judgemental space to explore difficult thoughts and feelings, understand your experiences and develop personalised strategies to support recovery. She recognises that pregnancy, birth and becoming a parent can affect everyone differently, and that seeking help can sometimes bring feelings of guilt or shame.
As a BIPOC and anti-racist therapist, Dunya is committed to providing inclusive, culturally sensitive therapy that respects your individual experiences and identity.
Dr Jenni Adams
Specialist Perinatal Clinical Psychologist (HCPC Registered)Jenni is a Clinical Psychologist specialising in supporting women and parents through pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. She has particular expertise in trauma and loss, including difficult or traumatic birth experiences, pregnancy loss and the emotional impact of a challenging journey into parenthood.
Jenni has training in CBT, EMDR, Compassion Focused Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy. Her approach is warm, compassionate and collaborative, taking time to understand each person’s experiences and tailoring therapy to what is most helpful to each individual.
As a mum of two herself, Jenni appreciates the many changes and challenges that becoming a parent can bring to our emotional wellbeing, relationships and sense of self. She provides a safe, non-judgemental space where women and parents can feel heard and understood, make sense of difficult experiences, and find a way forward that feels right for them.
Rosie Smith
Perinatal Counselling Psychologist and Parent-Infant PsychotherapistRosie is a Counselling Psychologist and Parent Infant Psychotherapist who has over 15 years experience, working in the NHS, charity sector and in private practice. Although she is trained in various approaches, Rosie mainly practices attachment-focussed psychodynamic therapy. This therapy focuses on understanding how our childhood experiences and relationships may be impacting on our current difficulties. This approach can be so helpful in the perinatal period, as our childhood experiences are often stirred up when we become parents.
Rosie is experienced in supporting parents with a range of presenting difficulties, both antenatally and postnatally, including anxiety, low mood, difficulties with bonding and attachment, sleeping, feeding, separation, adjusting to parenthood, parental ambivalence and perinatal loss.
Rosie aims to foster a warm and compassionate relationship where change can take place. She feels passionately about supporting parents in the perinatal period, a unique time in our lives of great change and transition. Therapy aims to enable you to feel heard and supported and help you make sense of what you are feeling.