Mother ~ Daughter Relationship Counselling
Counselling in Melbourne for Women Navigating Mother–Daughter Relationships
Trauma & Life Transitions
I’m Mariana Trapera, a counsellor in Melbourne (Brighton) supporting women who want to understand themselves more deeply, and create healthier, more connected lives.
My approach is gentle, relational, and grounded in the belief that healing happens when you feel truly met. I offer you a safe refuge, a place of compassionate witnessing, with warmth and loving care – to assist you to live a more meaningful and authentic life, and often to connect some dots.
For instance, my services include –
- Counselling for women navigating mother-daughter relationships
- Holistic, somatic, neuroscience-informed approach in Brighton, Melbourne
- Specialising in childhood trauma and healing the inner child
Together, we’ll explore the childhood that shaped you — especially your early experiences that still echo through your adult life and relationships.
I work holistically and somatically, and with the knowledge of neuroscience-informed approaches, I can help you understand how your brain and nervous system have learnt to respond emotionally, and how past experiences and memories shape your current experience. It’s not only what we talk about in sessions but how our brains connect.
I am trauma-informed, and have an ability to be a safe and strong container for you to say the unspoken. I’m able to attune with you without needing to fix, explain, or problem-solve, and I honor the depth and complexity of your unique experience as a woman. Many clients have reported that by being seen, deeply felt and heard in their sessions, has facilitated the transformation they’d been seeking.
My approach is unique in that as an older therapist having peeled off many layers and practised many healing paths for 4 decades, I’ve the lived experience, clinical therapeutic tools and empathy in how to navigate life’s challenges with ease and creativity.
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“I am extremely grateful for your work with me. It opened me not only to what I needed to face but to the strength needed to overcome it. I loved the way you guided me so gently but with such quiet clarity gained only from having the deep expertise to support people in their healing. I felt very safe. It opened me without feeling traumatised. And in the days since I have much more compassion and love for myself. Thank you Mariana for your beautiful wise and healing ways.”
Josie, Sydney
Mariana is a very supportive therapist. Her experience, knowledge and willingness to share her knowledge was invaluable in working through some difficulties with my daughter. She provides a safe and loving environment for healing to take place. I would highly recommend Mariana to anyone seeking to heal.
Pauline, Brighton
Acknowledgement of Country
I respectfully acknowledge the Bunurong / Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and practice. I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and honour their enduring connection to Country, culture and community.