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.

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. When navigating change or embracing uncertainty, having a supportive companion can help you speed up the time it takes to figure out your new reality.

I have an ability to attune with you without needing to fix, explain, or problem-solve. 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.

I have extensive experience supporting clients with childhood trauma

I specialise in mother ~ daughter relationships

I also support midlife transitions into elderhood

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

Somatic Therapies

Mothers & Daughters

I work with women of all ages and stages, listening deeply to your challenges.

I’ll support you either to find your voice or unravel or release old trauma, so you can choose a new story for the next chapter of your life, fully alive in your body, with radiance and wellbeing.

I specialise in Mother ~ Daughter healing that provides mothers or daughters to explore their concerns about this relationship. As our first relationship in life is with Mother, this can leave many women with lifelong challenges to varying degrees.

As a daughter, mother of daughters, and grandmother, I’m experienced and equipped to support women to navigate this relationship with self-compassion and forgiveness.

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Navigating Midlife & Beyond

If you’re interested in ageless living, regardless of which stage in life you’re at, it’s never too late to choose the fullest, most satisfying life!  I use the latest science and research to help you create a sustainable, healthy lifestyle.

My approach is unique in that as an older therapist having peeled off many layers and practised many healing paths for 4 decades, I have the lived experience, clinical therapeutic tools and empathy in how to navigate this road with ease and creativity.

I have an ability to be a safe and strong container for you to say the unspoken. When navigating change or embracing uncertainty, having a supportive companion can help you speed up the time it takes to figure out your new reality.