Care and Coach/ Counseling Support

Through my perinatal supports, I provide parents with the education and supports they need to prepare for birth, baby, and postpartum. These services reduce family stress and the likelihood of traumatic birth experiences and postpartum mood disorders (e.g. postpartum depression).

Strongest Families Institute (SFI) is an award-winning not-for-profit charitable organization. SFI provides Mental health services to children/youth, adults, and their families, when and where they need it. They provide timely care by teaching positive skills through a distance coaching approach over the phone and internet in the comfort and privacy of the family’s home.

Looking for personalized holistic care in the comfort of your home? Seeking qualified breastfeeding support? On the hunt for prenatal classes on your schedule? Desperately trying to find sleep for your family? You found it!

The Mama Coach is a team of Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners who are committed to making motherhood easier. Their programs are based on science, empathy, and support. They offer free consultations for mom and baby (addressing sleeping, feeding, and toilet training), as well as prenatal classes and resources on pregnancy, and safety in the home. They also have several articles and other online resources on being a mom.

The Doula Collective of NL is dedicated to supporting parents before, during and after birth. An essential part of the healthcare team, doulas support parents throughout the perinatal period. Doulas can help with birth education and preparation, comfort measures, infant feeding options, bonding with baby, infant care, safe sleep support, light housework, and more. The Doula Collective provides a doula care subsidy program for families in financial need through the Sabiha Fund.

Association of Midwives of Newfoundland and Labrador is the provincial association for midwives in NL which promotes midwifery, and advocates for publicly funded midwifery that is accessible to childbearing families throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. Resources, and contact information for midwifes practicing in the Central Regional Health Authority are listed on the website.

Laura Strong is an experienced mental health counsellor with an interest in perinatal mental health and wellness, loss and grief, anxiety, depression and other areas. Available for in person, virtual and e-counselling. Contact her at (709) 770 4975 or lstrongcounselling@gmail.com.

Isla Grace is a company which created the “Baby-Led Sleep approach” which focuses on a mother’s instinct and a baby’s cues. They offer sleep coaching, and courses which help parents find sleep solutions through responsive parenting practices while building connected relationships.

Click here to connect with a list of individual Doula's and see what services they offer to best support you and your families needs!

My goal in therapy is to create a relationship built on safety, trust, and hope, where people feel accepted and challenged to grow in new and meaningful ways. I’m passionate about supporting parents in growing, healing, changing, and discovering more ease in themselves and in their relationships.

Providing Art therapy, Counseling & Healing art workshops in Newfoundland for children and adults, with a focus on perinatal parents.

I provide in-home support to families in and around St.John's as they prepare for birth and after their baby arrives.