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Through my work at the intersection of trauma, birth, bodywork and female sexual embodiment, my aim is to reflect your inherent potency and resilience at whatever age or stage you may be – whether preparing for birth, renegotiating trauma or anxiety, or immersed in embodiment & self-enquiry.
Our bodies and feelings are access points to simple but profound wisdom. However, this body intelligence is sadly eroded by our fast-paced way of life.
I help clients to reconnect with these inner reference points as they heal from trauma or navigate the perinatal journey.
I believe our greatest longings as humans is that of meaningful connection
– with ourselves and with one another.
And that we thrive best with a clear sense of purpose and the right kind of support
at pivotal times in our lives.
Following a career as a speech pathologist I chose to transition into the complimentary field and have worked as a mind-body practitioner for over fifteen years.
I have added a range of modalities to my repertoire from the bodywork, counselling, trauma, peri-natal and women’s embodiment fields. My deep thirst for learning persists to this day as I seek to continually refine my knowledge and skills in all that I offer.
Among my main callings is to support families through their perinatal journey so that newborn babies receive the blueprint of safety and deep unconditional love to set them up for a lifetime of thriving.
I bring all of my skills and experience to this intention, whether it is through personal sessions, couples’ sessions, doula packages, retreat days, classes or online courses.
I draw continually on my own transformational experiences of birthing my two sons and my body memory of the unbridled power and exhilaration of birth.
I view birth as a sacred and powerful rite of passage
for all concerned – baby, mother, partner –
and that they all require a level of engagement and support in the transition.
Birth by necessity takes us out of our comfort zones to step into the unknown with deep courage and trust.
And so I see it as an exquisite portal for mothers to birth new versions of themselves well beyond their wildest dreams or the limitations of their self-doubting minds.
It’s a time to discover that their softness and fierceness can completely co-exist, and that it’s an act of courage and not weakness to express their vulnerability and ask for support.
All of this I learnt the hard way through my personal journey with post-natal anxiety.
And this, in turn, led me to seek more answers and a career path in working with trauma and anxiety.
I now dedicate to helping people rediscover places of aliveness, coherence and expansion inside themselves as they journey through trauma, anxiety and chronic conditions
with a new kind of awareness and resilience.
This then translates to greater choice and freedom to respond to life in spontaneous and empowered ways.
My qualifications & trainings to date include:
Trauma
- Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner training – Ariel Giaretto & Berns Galloway,
- Touch Skills Training For Trauma Therapists (Somatic Practice) – Kathy Kain
- Holistic Counselling – Brenda Sutherland
- Dip. Counselling (AIPC completing 2018)
- The Core Of Sexuality Trauma workshops – Ariel Giaretto
- Couples’ Engagement workshop – Ariel Giaretto
- When Survivors Give Birth Workshop – Jenn Fontaine
- Therapeutic Application Of The Polyvagal Theory – Anthony Twig Wheeler
- Building Fluency Of SE Language – Anthony Twig Wheeler
- Attachment Mastery Program – Diane Poole Heller
- Healing Sexual Trauma – Peter Levine & Diane Poole Heller
- How To Work With Shame – NICABM
- Expert Strategies For Working With Anxiety
Bodywork
- Dip. Integrative Bodywork – Robert Kain
- Dip. Remedial Massage – East-West College
- Dip. Pregnancy Massage – Catherine McInerney
- Lomilomi Hawaiian Bodywork – Tracey Lakainapali
- Hawaiian Hot Stone Massage – Sue Lee
- Holistic Treatment of the Pregnant Body – Lynn Schulte
- Holistic Treatment of the Postpartum Body – Lynn Schulte
- Creative Ways Of Making Space For Baby Workshops, Parts 1 & 2 – Jenny Blyth & Fiona Hallinan
- Spinning Babies Workshop – Ginny Phang
- Birth Work Meets Spinning Babies & Fasciatherapy Workshop – Jenny Blyth, Fiona Hallinan, Gail Tully & Marcello Windolph
- Uro-genital Training Workshop – Natalie Lejeune
- Arvigo Mayan Abdominal Therapy Self-care Workshop – Andrea Lopez
- Psoas During Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum – Liz Koch
- Aromatic Kinesiology® 1, 2 & 3 Workshops – Robbi Zeck
- Reiki Level 1 Training – Sean Jago
Perinatal
- Birth Doula Training – Anna Papadakis & Sunderai Felich
- Newborn Mothers Postpartum Doula Training – Julia Jones
- Birth Education Training – Royal Women’s, Melbourne
- Birth Hypnosis Training – Anna Papadakis
- Spiritual Midwifery Training – Rachana Shivam
- Shamanic Dimensions Of Pregnancy Workshop – Jane Hardwicke Collings
- Ecstatic Birth Practitioner – Sheila Kamara Hay
Female Sexual Embodiment
- Tigress Yoga Instructor Training – Devashi Shakti
- Sacred Female Yoga Teacher – Devashi Shakti
- Yoni Massage Practitioner – Mangala Holland
- Jade Egg Mastery – Saida Desilet
- Autumn Woman Harvest Queen Workshop – Jane Hardwicke Collings
- OBliss – Layla Martin
Other
- B. Appl. Sci. (Speech Pathology)
- M. Myotherapy & Massage Australia
If you are curious to find out more, feel free to book a complimentary 30-minute consult to see if we are good fit to working together:
