Creating your best transition into life as a parent.
Counselling, education, doula support
Creating your best transition into life as a parent.
Counselling, education, doula support
From pre-conception to pregnancy and early parenting, have your own birth and relationship counsellor, educator and doula by your side.
You can plan, prepare and experience this time of life in a joyful and empowering way.
Meeting your needs to:
• Build trust and confidence in your innate birthing and parenting abilities
• Explore your health care options and make informed decisions
• Prepare you and your partner/supports for an empowering birth
• Nurture healthy relationships for your life as a parent
• Help you be resourced and ready to care for your baby and personal needs
Welcome to Birthready
Building life and relationship skills to adapt well to change!
Having attended every maternity hospital in Melbourne over 25 years and supported hundreds of women, men and families, I am passionately committed to enabling this to be a positive, supportive and empowering time of personal growth and change for you.
Explore Birthready Support Services
Developed over 25 years, I offer a collaborative, integrative and person-centred approach to your health and well-being across the pre-conception to parenting time. Many people can struggle with their mental, emotional, and relationship well-being. An ally by your side can make a positive difference in your experience of this significant time of choices, challenge and change. Feel acknowledged, understood and supported through the difficulties of conceiving, navigating your maternity health care options, processing your birth experience and adapting to parenthood. I am here to help meet your needs.
Supporting individuals/couples/family groups in a wide range of cultural and diverse family constellations to compliment your support team.
Counselling and longer-term psychotherapy
(individuals / couples / co-parents)
In the safety and support of a therapeutic relationship, we nurture your self-worth, empowerment and agency for a healthier and more satisfying life. Process problems, strengthen relationships and deepen your understanding of yourself and others. Collaboratively, we play with various integrative processes to explore how your thoughts, feelings, actions and beliefs can meet your needs. Feel more organised of mind, emotionally attuned, connected to your body and skilled in relating with the world. Set goals alongside nurturing acceptance and curiosity about what is present now.
Group workshops
Receive evidence informed, unbiased information and support so that you can make the best decision for you and your family. You are in a safe place where all ideas are validated and all kinds of family structures cherished.
Pregnancy Support
Know your birth options and let’s get Birthready. Build the knowledge and skills to feel confident and informed to birth and parent your way! Mindfulness. Active birth and parenting. Team work and communication. Birth planning and more!
Doula Support
I help bridge the gap between the natural birth process, today’s model of care and what you want. Get continuity of care that is lacking so you can plan, prepare and experience this time of your life in a more joyful, safe and empowering way.
Partner Support
From pregnancy to parenthood – Feel more supported, knowledgable, confident and able to care for yourself and the people you love. Explore what’s going to help you and your family transition well into parenthood.
Links & Resources
I have put together a wholistic combination of birth, parenting and relationship practices, information and personal growth processes. Have a look through them and choose what works best for you.
Explore Birthready Doula Packages
Birthready Doula packages are tailored to suits your needs.
Initial Meeting
First meeting is free of charge. Any time is the right time to engage a doula. Feel free to contact me to explore your options.
Antenatal
Discuss your needs and wants so you can plan, prepare and experience your pregnancy positively. We explore mindfulness, embodiment, active birthing, communication, birth choices, parenting preparation, relationship wellbeing and more.
Birth
I am on-call 24/7 from weeks 38 until birth! I give emotional, physical, practical support and advocacy during labour at home, enroute and at the hospital. Usually I stay until you have breastfed and have your immediate post birth needs met.
Postnatal
I visit to debrief your birth experience, talk through any concerns you may have, nurture you and help out practically. I am here in whatever capacity to help you feel supported and secure in your role as a new parent.
Don’t know where to start?
Call Erika today on 0407 685 933
Download my full services and fees information
Hear Erika share her wisdom on mindful birthing.
Sexylove Project Podcast with Caitlyn Cook
Birth Stories
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