Our Clinical Team
Our Clinical team is made of qualified professionals.
Sharing the same aims, visions and values as DorPIP and having the privilege of working in partnership with them provides me with both hope and excitement for a purposeful and united approach to enable and support all new parents within our local community. I have worked with many families who have shown me that the one thing that is eminent for many new parents from is that early parenthood does not always bring the perceived joys that many marketing and romanticised promotions can lead us to believe. Feeling alone in your thoughts, your anxieties and your love and yet emotional distance from your new-born can lead to feelings of failure and detachment. I have often seen how attending your first new baby group can help. Emotions, joys, anxieties, and tribulations can be shared honestly and safely, without judgment. With additional support if needed, the early journey of bonding and attachment can begin.
Groups Lead, IAIM Certified Infant Massage Instructor
Lesley O’Brien
Summer started volunteering with DorPIP in 2021. Her passion for supporting parent's and their babies has grown which is why she has progressed from doing all things admin to becoming an IAIM instructor. Her current role mixes the administrative tasks of running the groups, whilst also being able to see the benefits that nurturing touch brings first hand. She is also studying to become a counsellor.
Clinical Administrator, IAIM Certified Infant Massage Instructor
Summer Cook
From a young age I have always felt compassion and intrigue towards infants. I worked within the NHS Health Visiting Team whilst my four children were young. This opened my eyes up to the Children & Families Services and how they manage a new baby coming into its family setting. From that point I moved on to becoming the Personal Assistant to the Children & Families Manager and was able to really see the “behind the scenes” to what goes on for offering families the best possible help they need. It was then that I realised I wanted to be a Counsellor and eventually work with families. I qualified and worked as a Maternity Counsellor within the NHS whilst building my own Private Practice. I am a mum of four, Ive experienced life as a single mum and how hard this can be in so many aspects, yet so rewarding. Now happily married and the proud owner of my first Grandchild.
BACP certified Counsellor
Emma Wood
The team at DorPIP is made up of our Trustees, Clinical Staff and Operational Staff and Volunteers.
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