Holistic Birth Debriefing &

Perinatal Mental Health Support

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Compassionate, holistic, and trauma-informed birth debriefing and perinatal mental health support in Perth and online, helping you to feel empowered and to reconnect after birth.

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Services

Comprehensive birth debriefing and emotional support for women and families recovering from a difficult or traumatic birth. Sessions available via zoom or as a home visit within Perth (Rockingham to Alkimos)

Birth Debriefing

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Postpartum emotional support designed to help you process and debrief your postnatal experiences, manage your motherwhelm, and navigate your transition into motherhood.

Holding The Mother

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Dedicated debriefing services for birthworkers - including doulas, midwives, birth photographers, or student midwives - focused on recovery from traumatic births or preventing burnout.

Birth Worker Debriefing

Not sure which option is for you?

Let’s chat and find out!

Book in an obligation-free chat below so we can assess your needs and see which services would best support you on your motherhood journey. Please bring all your questions and we can chat over zoom with a cuppa in hand.

Hi, I’m Emma.

I provide holistic birth debriefing and postnatal emotional support services for mothers, helping them navigate and process their birth or postnatal period.

Through personalised sessions, I create a safe and empathetic space for mothers to express their emotions, reflect on their birth or motherhood journey, and address any unresolved feelings or concerns.

By offering a holistic approach, I consider not only the physical aspects of childbirth and the postpartum period but also the emotional, psychological, cultural, systemic and spiritual aspects. My aim is to empower mothers by promoting recovery, understanding and acceptance, and gaining confidence to move forward in their motherhood journey.

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I have worked as a nurse and a midwife in the healthcare industry for 13 years and I have seen (and experienced myself) time and time again, how little support there is for women during this deeply important time in a woman’s life - matrescence (what is matrescence you ask?). This is why I do what I do.

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I would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land from which I work - the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation. I pay my respects to the elders past and present and I acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.