Fiona Rogerson – Perinatal and Trauma Counselling
When parenting feels overwhelming: How birth trauma can make you anxious in everyday moments “I don’t understand why everything feels so hard. My baby cries, and it’s like my whole body goes into overdrive. I feel like I’m failing. Why does everyone else seem to cope, and I can’t?” As birth trauma counsellors, this is […]
No one told me parenting after birth trauma would be so hard… Tips from Australia’s Birth Trauma Specialists Do you ever feel like you missed the parenting gene that has everyone else talking about how magical it is? You dreamed of being a happy mum, having fun with your baby, connecting, and enjoying that blissful
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“My fertility struggles left me with a sense of failure” – When Becoming Pregnant isn’t Easy Struggling with fertility issues and undergoing IVF treatments are some of the most emotionally challenging experiences a person can face. As someone who has walked this path myself, I understand firsthand the rollercoaster of emotions, the sense of
What happens in trauma counselling? It took me three weeks from finding the counsellor who I thought could help me, to finally picking up the phone to call her. I had never been to see a therapist before so I had images in my head of sitting in front of someone with a clipboard
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Birth trauma counselling – 6 ways it can help Are you one of the 1 in 4 women who feel trauma surrounding the birth of your child? Do you find yourself feeling grief, anger, sadness, rage or fear when you recall the events from your birth experience? Please know that what you’re going through
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6 myths about birth trauma 1 in 4 women describe their experience of birth as traumatic, however there are many misconceptions and myths about birth trauma that contribute to preventing mothers and fathers from getting the support they need for recovery. This article explores 6 common myths about birth trauma. 1. Myth: Trauma
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Why is it so hard to change things? You know things are tough right now. In fact, they’ve been tough for a while. So you know that something has to give. Something has to change, but you’ve tried it before and you’re back to where you started. Maybe it’s setting boundaries with family members,
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Out with the old, in with the new If you’ve read my story, you’ll know that what initially established back in 2015 as Exhale Birth, then moved to Exhale Counselling & Wellbeing in 2019, was founded as a culmination of my own personal experiences, my education and my deep desire to facilitate an avenue
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Let’s talk about grief after birth trauma. Your baby is here. He’s healthy, he’s growing. All you ever wanted was for him to be born safely and healthy. But months on, there’s still a lingering darkness that you can’t shake. There are times when you look at him and you are overwhelmed with a love
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