Bereavement Counselling
Perinatal Grief & Loss
The experience of the loss of your baby due to stillbirth, miscarriage, termination of pregnancy or infant loss can leave an everlasting and devastating impact on you, your body and those you love. From a place of deep compassion I integrate many years as a perinatal social worker counselling grieving parents, with current bereavement counselling approaches and trauma theory, with body based practices to offer support and integration.
I support women and parents who have experienced miscarriage, medical termination, stillbirth, newborn loss and infant loss., both recent and past.
I also support women through subsequent pregnancy after experiencing previous loss.
Sessions are offered face to face on the Gold Coast or Online.
Reasons women seek support:
perinatal loss:
early pregnancy loss, miscarriage, termination of pregnancy for medical reasons, stillbirth, neonatal death
fertility difficulties
unexpected birth outcomes (incl. prematurity & NICU admission)
adoption (recent or past)
forced adoption
pregnancy after previous loss
prolonged or complicated grief
Embodied Counselling for Perinatal Loss
If you are experiencing the grief of losing a baby, either recently or from years past, my heart goes out to you.
I am so sorry you are experiencing this unimaginable heartbreak and I acknowledge the courage you have in seeking out support.
The loss of a baby is a profound and devastating experience for a parent. It is often a hidden grief which is more complex than many acknowledge and one that often struggles to be supported well by others.
The emotions which may arise can be unpredictable and confusing as grieving traverses not just sadness, but possibly anger, self blame, fear, hopelessness, anxiety or depression and desperation. And whilst grief is a normal human experience, its impact may be crippling your ability to function and in your relationships as you find your way through your loss.
I offer you a safe and compassionate space to be deeply seen, heard and understood as you navigate your grief. I offer bereavement therapy specifically with an embodied healing approach, walking alongside you as you learn to slowly manage your emotional overwhelm and the many facets of grief that accompany the loss of your baby.
I support women and parents who have suffered miscarriage, medical termination, stillbirth & infant loss, either recent or past.
Sessions are offered face to face on the Gold Coast or Online.
“Maia has a way of making you feel so safe & held. I’m able to drop all of my masking & not feel silly or scared to say all that I am feeling or have experienced.”
- Embodied Counselling client
Termination for Medical Reasons (TFMR)
TFMR is distinct experience of perinatal loss. Like all experiences of losing of a baby it is devastating, unexpected and has a profound impact. When combined with news of a prenatal diagnosis and the subsequent decision making you are faced with, it can add yet another unimaginable layer of complexity to your grief.
Drawing on many years supporting parents through this complicated journey in a hospital maternal fetal medicine clinic, I offer a sensitive and compassionate understanding in providing support through this time. This support may be in coping with the diagnosis, providing non-directive and un-biased decision making counselling or in offering grief therapy before or after a TFMR or in continuing a pregnancy, or with navigating the anguish of a future pregnancy.
No matter whether you have just received an unexpected diagnosis, or are further along on this path of the unexpected, I offer a warm, safe therapeutic space for you to be heard and honoured.
