Paula is a psychotherapist and training facilitator, specialising in providing bereavement support to families and training for professionals, following the death of a baby or child. Paula worked for more than ten years in the NHS, providing support to families and professionals. She was also appointed as bereavement counsellor for the Wandsworth Child Death Overview Panel, the first role of its kind in England.

Since 2008 Paula has designed and delivered training workshops for healthcare professionals whose work includes supporting families when a baby or child dies. Learning from families lived experience is always at the heart of Paula’s training.

Having worked within the public and charity sector, in 2019 Paula founded Bereavement Training International, a baby and infant loss consultancy. Working in partnership with some of the leading baby loss charities Paula’s consultancy delivers training to more than two thousand healthcare professionals each year.

Paula has informed national policy, shaped professional practice and provided transformative support to thousands of bereaved parents and professionals. She has consulted on many national baby loss projects and initiatives and has authored or co-authored papers and journal articles. In recent years she has guest featured on a number of baby loss podcasts. In 2019 Paula joined the Ockenden Review Team to help set up and lead the Family Support Service for the Shrewsbury & Telford NHS Trust Maternity Review.

Paula is a proud ambassador for two charities; Abigail’s Footsteps, a baby loss charity providing support to families and professionals, and Footprints Baby Loss, a charity providing specialist support for parents who experience a loss from a twin or multiple pregnancy. Paula is also a trustee for First Touch, the charity supporting the neonatal unit at St George’s Hospital.