Little Steps Psychology Practice Newsletter

Perinatal and early years psychology, in your inbox every other Friday.

If you've found my work and decided you want to follow it properly, this is where to do that.

Most of what I do, both in clinic and in writing, comes back to the same idea: that the things parents are most anxious about, most ashamed of, or quietly carrying alone are usually not what they think they are. What looks like not coping is usually a nervous system doing exactly what it was built to do under impossible pressure. What looks like a bonding problem is often grief that hasn't been named. What looks like a child's “behaviour” is often a child telling you something they don't yet have words for.

I write about this every other Friday. Fortnightly, because most parents I know don't need another inbox to manage. Honest, because there is already enough parenting content trying to make you feel slightly worse than you did before you opened it.

What's in each email

Four short reflections, one for each of the stages I work with: pre-conception and pregnancy, postnatal, NICU, and the toddler and preschool years. Most weeks, one of the four will land for you and the others will be useful for a friend, or for later.

Each section includes one small, evidence-based thing you can try if it feels useful. Not a programme, not a system, not life advice. Just one thing.

What you won't get

Frequent emails. Marketing for products you don't need. Wellness platitudes. Content that asks you to fix yourself.

A note on the antenatal guide

If you specifically came here for the free workbook (The First Gentle Steps), that lives on a separate page (link below). The newsletter doesn't include it as a sign-up gift, because most readers on this list aren't pregnant. The newsletter is the broader thing, and will also inform you of any updates or resources from the practice.