Earth & Womb is a space for coming home to yourself 🌙 Holistic counselling & EMDR for trauma, sexuality, birth, parenting, spirituality, astrology | Matriarchal-focused art | Soulful community gatherings: ceramics, yoga & creative circles. Help to integrate your experience, particularly if you are planning to have another baby (or not). PREGNANCY SESSIONS:
Support with fears around birth or postpartum, and support to make a plan to help you have the most positive transition to motherhood as possible. Support with anxiety, low mood, relationship concerns, unplanned pregnancy, previous difficult birth, pregnancy loss, previous life trauma (sexual violence, childhood trauma, PTSD). BIRTH PLANNING SESSIONS:
Childbirth preparation from a mind-body, trauma informed perspective. Helping you plan for a positive birth. Holding space for inner work to uncover what will help you in your rite of passage and transition to parenting. POSTNATAL SESSIONS:
Fourth trimester support (and beyond), parenting and newborn support, identity transition and matrescence, support with feeling anxious or overwhelmed, bonding with your baby, relationship challenges, birth trauma support. TRAUMA-INFORMED HOLISTIC COUNSELLING:
Sessions for women wanting support to heal after trauma, childhood abuse or developmental trauma, domestic violence, or sexual violence. Support with general anxiety or depression, sleep issues, or low mood. MENTORING & SUPERVISION FOR SOCIAL WORKERS/DOULAS
Now offering support and mentoring for other doulas and birthworkers who want space to debrief with their work, how it's impacting them, and support for vicarious trauma. Also offering support and supervision for social workers (especially working in perinatal mental health). IN-PERSON SESSIONS:
Available on Tuesdays, Fridays and some Saturdays at It Takes A Village Midwifery in Kenmore, Brisbane. A beautiful clinic with some amazing, heart-centred midwives. ONLINE SESSIONS:
Now offering Australia-wide counselling or mentoring sessions via phone or video. I offer a warm, collaborative approach to healing and transformation, that builds on safety and trust, and meets you where you're at. Medicare rebates may be available if you’re pregnant/postpartum. Mental Health Treatment Plan option coming in 2022. WOMEN'S CIRCLES
Please see the Red Thread Sisterhood Facebook or instagram page for updates on the dates for circles. I have been honoured to walk alongside hundreds of pregnant women, mothers and people in the past 15 years. I hold a degree in Social Work from the University of Queensland (UQ) as well as undertaking many different doula, childbirth, midwifery and trauma related trainings. Holding the vision for women, mothers, parents and families to feel more held, heard and supported. In Solidarity,
Anne
http://www.annecastles.com.au
