Counselling & Support
Everything shifts when you become a mother. Your identity, your body, your relationships.
Your emotional and mental wellbeing. The way you see the world.
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These changes can feel really hard. Much harder then you expected.
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Sometimes we need a little support through these changes and challenges to help create the motherhood experience you want.
Maybe you are feeling:
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Overwhelmed with the demands and expectations of motherhood.
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Emotions that feel more intense than you expected – anxiety, anger and resentment towards your children and partner, mum guilt, depression, worrying thoughts.
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Unsupported, lonely or missing the way relationships were before motherhood.
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Like you are not a good mother and lacking confidence in yourself as a mum.
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Experienced birth trauma, or wishing that your birth, pregnancy or postpartum experience had been different.
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Missing your old self. Feeling lost in motherhood.
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Wondering why you don’t enjoy being a mum and comparing yourself to other mums.
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Greiving a pregnancy loss and challenges in becoming pregnant.
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And you want to feel more joy, fulfillment and confidence.
Understand what is underneath your feelings and have tools to support you through the hard moments and difficult emotions.
Less comparison of yourself with others, and less guilt and more compassion for yourself.
To feel more connected to yourself and others again.
To start taking better care of you, in realistic ways.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW:
There is nothing wrong with you.
You are a good mother.
Your current experience of life and motherhood can change.
You matter.
Your experience of motherhood matters. Your needs matter.
Having support to help navigate the transition into, and throughout your motherhood journey can make a big difference in how you experience motherhood. You hold a lot as a mum, and you deserve to feel held too!
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In one-to-one sessions I provide a compassionate, non-judgmental space for you to feel deeply heard, seen and validated in your experience, gain more understanding of your journey so far, and provide you with guidance and tools to navigate the challenges you are facing.
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Together we explore your experience of motherhood and identify the areas you are finding challenging, give your tools to help manage the challenges, and work towards creating the life and motherhood that feels more joyful and fulling for you.
What can I support you with?
Some of the common concerns that I support women with:
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Finding the adjustment to motherhood challenging.
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Coping with overwhelm, worry, anxiety and depression.
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Birth debriefing, birth trauma or preparing for birth.
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Guilt and anger.
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Not enjoying motherhood.
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Becoming more confident and trusting yourself as a mum.
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Change in, or loss of identity - "who am I now that I am a mum?"
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Preparing for conception, pregnancy, birth or postpartum.
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Pregnancy loss.
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Assisted conception and IVF.
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Learning to prioritise your wellbeing.
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Attachment with your baby/children.
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Parenting challenges.
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Understanding how your own experience of being parented has influenced you and your parenting journey.
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Transitions to a new stage of motherhood - i.e from one to 2 or more children, returning to work.
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Parenting neurodivergent children or children with additional support needs.
How to book in:
I offer appointments via telehealth, or in-person in Ringwood or Lilydale VIC.
If you would like to organise a 15 minute chat to make sure I am the right person for you please fill out your details via the Enquire Here button or email me on hello@briellethomson.com
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If you would like to go ahead and book in your first appointment, click on the Book Here button below, and select Online and then select the time that works for you. For all Ringwood and Lilydale appointments please contact me on hello@briellethomson.com or via the Enquire Here button.
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Individual Sessions
Appointments for counselling and support are available online, or in-person in Lilydale or Ringwood (VIC)
$160 -50 minute session (please allow 60 minutes)
* If you are pregnant or have been pregnant in the previous 12 months, no matter how that pregnancy ended, you may be eligible for a Medicare rebate of $68.10 for up to three sessions. I cannot accept Mental Health Care Plan's.