Welcome to Bump & Beyond Doula Nervous System Support and Counseling Services
I am honoured to partner with Bump & Beyond Doula services to offer you nervous system support and counselling services during your pregnancy and post partum journey. During my 20 year career working with clients therapeutically, some of my most cherished moments have included working with parents.
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Connect to Calm Vagus Nerve Regulation Program
This six session program (30 minutes each) aims to support you to manage feelings of stress and anxiety you may be experiencing during your pre and post partum journey. Research shows that by engaging your vagus nerve in a safe and supportive way can elicit a regulatory response in your body, contributing to greater emotional regulation, increased self compassion and improved relationships.
Lowering the level of stress hormones present in your system can help
create a safe and supportive environment for your baby to develop
promote healthy growth, optimal birth weight and emotional development of your baby
foster a healthy bond between you and your baby, setting the foundations for improved social, emotional and relational experiences in later life
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Somatic Counselling
Michelle takes a client centred outlook and will support you in a compassionate and non judgemental way by using a combination of active listening (top down) and body based (bottom up) approaches to help you safely and gently explore what is coming up for you. This approach to counselling aims to support you manage stressors and triggers that can come about during sessions, helping you to feel more capable to lean into and tolerate uncomfortable subject matter.
Michelle uses the frameworks of attachment theory, Polyvagal theory and Inner Relationship Focusing, a parts based somatic approach to support you.
Somatic Counselling can be helpful to support you during times of change and uncertainty, grief and loss, those dealing with the impact of single incident PTSD and complex trauma.
Please contact me should you wish to discuss your needs. I’m happy to work with you to formulate a treatment plan to suit your specific circumstances.
I’m looking forward to accompanying you on your pregnancy and post partum journey, to foster feelings of nurture and safety for you and your baby.
“Parenting, in short, is a dance of the generations. Whatever affected one generation but has not been fully resolved will be passed on to the next.”
