Demand for counselling services to provide specialist treatment for perinatal mental health needs has grown exponentially. As a charitable organisation, CrossReach have been delivering perinatal services for nearly thirty years but recognise that there are significant barriers to accessing meaningful support including geography, time and social stigma.

CrossReach Online Therapy is a collaborative research project between the Digital Health and Care Institute (DHI) and CrossReach.

Using design as a methodological approach, the project aims to co-design a new model of digital counselling that is driven by user experience and can enable people with peri-natal depression (PND) to access and experience meaningful counselling services remotely.