RM IBCLC Alison is a certified Havening Practitioner in North London. She has been a midwife for over 20 years, a breastfeeding counsellor and lactation Consultant for the past 16 years. She has also worked and volunteered with the charity Birthcompanions for over 12 years. In this role she has supported pregnant women in prison , asylum seekers and refugees who have been subjected to traumatic experiences. She is a sensitive empathic practitioner. She now works privately supporting women through pregnancy and the postnatal period. Her specialism is working with breastfeeding mothers who are having difficulties with breastfeeding. She has been using Havening to help with healing the emotional wounds of the mother in pregnancy. She also supports women with trauma and emotions around pregnancy loss , birth trauma and breastfeeding trauma.
She feels passionate about sharing Havening with women , their families midwives, doulas and other birth professionals to help them heal emotionally.