Bereavement Counselling

Perinatal Grief & Loss

The experience of trauma from your birth or 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 social worker counselling grieving parents, with current grief counselling approaches and trauma theory, with body based practices to offer support and healing.

I support women and parents who have experiencing miscarriage, medical termination, stillbirth, newborn loss and infant loss., both recent and past. I also support women through subsequent pregnancy after experiencing previous loss or birth trauma as well as adoption, both adoptees and birth parents, recent or past.

Sessions are offered face to face on the Gold Coast and Northern NSW 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

If you are experiencing the grief of losing a child, 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 child is one of the most profound and devastating losses a parent can experience. It is often a hidden grief experienced by parents and one that often struggles to be acknowledged or supported well by others.

I offer you a safe and compassionate space in which you can access support as you navigate this journey. I offer bereavement counselling specifically with an embodied healing approach. Drawing on eight years as a perinatal social worker walking alongside parents who have experienced the loss of their child, I have been honoured to witness the anguish as well as strength within parents. Combining this lived experience of many parents with a range of therapeutic approaches and theories, including attachment theory, trauma theory, mind-body practices and current grief models, I collaborate with you in navigating your grief and the process of integrating your loss into your ongoing life.

Sessions are offered face to face on the Gold Coast and Northern NSW or Online.

“I come away from every session with a deeper sense of calm, breath and clarity of mind.”

- Nadia - Embodied Counselling client

Adoption & Forced Adoption

Sessions are offered face to face on the Gold Coast and Northern NSW or Online.

Grief & Loss