Welcome. I'm Dr Becca Knowles Bevis.
However your story goes, please know that it can help to find a safe place in which to tell it, and I am here to listen.
I am an experienced and compassionate clinical psychologist. I spent 15 years working in NHS services offering specialist interventions to people who had experienced trauma and complex mental health difficulties, and founded my own practice ten years ago in order to focus on supporting people along the road to parenthood, which has been my passion for many years. I specialise in working with people facing infertility, complications of pregnancy, miscarriage and baby loss, birth trauma, and perinatal mental health problems including anxiety, OCD, PTSD and depression. You don't have to be suffering from a diagnosable psychological problem to feel in need of support, though: I work with many prospective, expectant and 'in-the-thick-of-it' parents who are finding it hard to make decisions, to adjust to their new normal, or to cope with the ongoing demands of parenthood.
Although my work is now predominantly focused around issues relating to fertility, pregnancy, birth and parenting, I do keep a small number of spaces in my practice for people who are struggling with something that is not directly related to their own path to parenthood. Whatever has brought you to this page, you are welcome to get in touch with me to enquire about the support I can offer. If I am not in a position to be able to help you myself, I will always try to signpost you to somewhere or someone else who can.
I will offer you a safe, respectful, collaborative, and honest place to help you tackle difficulties and grow in the ways that are most meaningful to you. I encourage your active involvement at every stage of treatment, and together we can take on both the challenges and the rewards of therapy.
My comfortable, quiet consulting room is in Wallingford (OX10) with plenty of parking and good public transport links. I also offer online appointments if this is more convenient for you.