Amalia Ancuta.Counselling & Emotional Support

22/07/2025

Your softness isn’t a flaw, it’s a gift.
Let yourself be gentle. Open. Honest.
That’s where your real strength lives.

16/06/2025

🦋 A friendly, supportive and inclusive space for expectant, new and not-so-new parents and caregivers to chat about the challenges of parenthood.

✨️ Drop in session, Tuesday 17th of June

Come in any time between 10.00-11.00

for coffee, tea, biscuits, and a friendly chat.

✨️ Babies and toddlers are welcome

📍Location:
The Intact Centre
49 Whitby Ave, Ingol,
Preston PR2 3YP

🗓 Upcoming dates:

17.06 at 10.00
01.07 at 10.00
15.07 at 10.00

Email Amalia with any questions:
✉️ pandas.preston@gmail.com

🦋 Parenthood can be beautiful, overwhelming, joyful, and isolating all at once.
If you are struggling with your mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, PANDAS Foundation is here to support you.

www.pandasfoundation.org.uk

05/05/2025

This week, for Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re creating space for conversations that matter.

To every mum who has felt unheard, unseen, or overlooked:

Your feelings are real.
Your experiences matter.
Your voice is your strength.

Speaking up about your mental health takes courage - and it deserves to be met with care, not judgment.
This week is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, we stand with every woman who has raised her voice to say:

"I am struggling."
"I need help."
"Please listen to me."

Share this to remind every mum: You are allowed to speak up. You are allowed to be heard.

If you need to speak to someone then please know that we are here for you. We exist for everyone struggling in their perinatal mental health...from conception through to birth & beyond ❤️ You are NOT alone and you can let us support you 🫂❤️

To use the WhatsApp service simply message 07903 508334 and you will be connected to one of our trained PANDAS volunteers. It is free and confidential for users of this service and is open from 8am – 10pm daily (with the exception of bank holidays when we are closed).

We also have a free bookable call back service over on our website at pandasfoundation.org.uk

For our email service write to supportme@pandasfoundation.org.uk…feel free write all your thoughts & feelings & we will get back to you within 72 hours, often sooner. You will be assigned with one of our amazing volunteers who will write back & forth with you as long as you need.

Details of our in person & online support groups are on our website along with details of all our services - pandasfoundation.org.uk (& link in bio)

Lots of love ❤️❤️


Perinatal Mental Health Partnership

03/03/2025

29/04/2024

Welcome to Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week!

The theme this year is Rediscovering You and the theme for today is Demystifying Perinatal Mental Illness.

Join us on our social media channels for these Information Sessions:

10am on our Instagram and Facebook- Demystifying Perinatal Mental Illness, and The Support Available To Help You Recover- with &

12pm on our Instagram - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy- What Is It & How Can It Help You In The Perinatal Period- with & Evie Canavan

1pm on our Instagram - Pregnancy Sickness & Hyperemesis Gravidarum- with & Evie Canavan

3pm on our Instagram- The Use Of Antidepressants In Pregnancy- with & Evie Canavan

maternalmhmattersweek

04/03/2024

Yes anxiety is a common and "normal" part of new motherhood, but that doesn't mean it's easy to live with. It also doesn't mean there aren't things you can do to reduce your anxiety and feel a bit better.

Some of the old tried and true interventions are the best:

Breathing in through your nose, slowly, out through your nose, a bit slower. (longer count)

Grounding yourself with a walk, a nice song, a moment of joy (butterfly, sunshine, reading) or the 5-4-3-2-1 exercise:

Name 5 things you can see
Name 4 things you can touch
Name 3 things you can hear.
Name 2 things you can smell.
Name 1 thing you can taste.

03/03/2024

🦋 Dear mum,

🌼 Please remember that there are no perfect mums. Mums are born, they grow and learn at the same time with their children.
🌼 You are doing great, especially on those days when you feel overwhelmed and you feel like giving up.
🌼 It is okay to cry. Crying lowers cortisol levels (the stress hormone) and calms your nervous system.
🌼 It is okay if sometimes you feel sad and miss versions of yourself, the ones before you became a mum.
🌼 You are the best mum for your children. Be kind to yourself and give yourself the care and love you need.

13/06/2023

🪻I am here for you.

If you need someone to talk to, if you feel low, if you feel lonely, tired, and overwhelmed, I am here for you.
You are not alone. I have been there. I understand.
I am here to offer you the support you need.

I offer a 15-minute free initial consultation. Book yours now.

01/05/2023