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Anne Castles - Holistic Women's Counselling Brisbane

I hold space for women and mothers to transform challenges and trauma, to live a more joyful life! Helping you plan for a positive birth. Sliding scale fees.

BIRTH DEBRIEFING SESSIONS:

Integrating and processing your story and support to heal after challenging or traumatic experience. Help to integrate your experience, particularly if you are planning to have another baby (or not). PREGNANCY SESSIONS:

Support with fears around birth or postpartum, and support to make a plan to help you have the most positive transition to motherhood as possible. Support with anxiety, low mood, relationship concerns, unplanned pregnancy, previous difficult birth, pregnancy loss, previous life trauma (sexual violence, childhood trauma, PTSD). BIRTH PLANNING SESSIONS:

Childbirth preparation from a mind-body, trauma informed perspective. Holding space for inner work to uncover what will help you in your rite of passage and transition to parenting. POSTNATAL SESSIONS:

Fourth trimester support (and beyond), parenting and newborn support, identity transition and matrescence, support with feeling anxious or overwhelmed, bonding with your baby, relationship challenges, birth trauma support. TRAUMA-INFORMED HOLISTIC COUNSELLING:

Sessions for women wanting support to heal after trauma, childhood abuse or developmental trauma, domestic violence, or sexual violence. Support with general anxiety or depression, sleep issues, or low mood. MENTORING & SUPERVISION FOR SOCIAL WORKERS/DOULAS

Now offering support and mentoring for other doulas and birthworkers who want space to debrief with their work, how it's impacting them, and support for vicarious trauma. Also offering support and supervision for social workers (especially working in perinatal mental health). IN-PERSON SESSIONS:

Available on Tuesdays, Fridays and some Saturdays at It Takes A Village Midwifery in Kenmore, Brisbane. A beautiful clinic with some amazing, heart-centred midwives. ONLINE SESSIONS:
Now offering Australia-wide counselling or mentoring sessions via phone or video. I offer a warm, collaborative approach to healing and transformation, that builds on safety and trust, and meets you where you're at. Medicare rebates may be available if you’re pregnant/postpartum. Mental Health Treatment Plan option coming in 2022. WOMEN'S CIRCLES
Please see the Red Thread Sisterhood Facebook or instagram page for updates on the dates for circles. I have been honoured to walk alongside hundreds of pregnant women, mothers and people in the past 15 years. I hold a degree in Social Work from the University of Queensland (UQ) as well as undertaking many different doula, childbirth, midwifery and trauma related trainings. Holding the vision for women, mothers, parents and families to feel more held, heard and supported. In Solidarity,
Anne

http://www.annecastles.com.au

03/09/2025

Art school final exhibition time! Please come along, so many amazing and talented artists! Some of my little Goddess sculptures will be there 😍

04/04/2024

❤️‍🔥
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To the extent that we are egos, we are somebodies. We come down and we become a somebody. As that awareness starts to identify as a soul, it immediately feels separate from our mother and everything else. Then we begin to experience another separation, now as ego.

So it’s a separation within a separation, if you will. That’s the descent into more and more dense form, and that form is what we live out as an incarnation. Somewhere along the line in that story, we awaken. We begin to realize we are not only the incarnation, that there is more to us than meets the eyes, and we begin to realize that the more that we think we are, we are. That leads us to re-look at our experiences and to open to new experiences that allow us to enter into other planes of consciousness, other perspectives, other ways of looking at it.

That awakening starts and at first, because you have been in such a thick substance, you’ve been so very entrapped in your story, in your body, in your suffering, that when you awaken there is a joy, a breath… it’s like coming above smog when you fly. But there is also a kind of fear of getting trapped again, and a tendency to push against the stuff you were trapped in. You can use that like a rocket booster to get you out there.

Ultimately though, as you get established more as a soul, more established as just awareness, which isn’t even you anymore, as those become more real, and you become more comfortable in them, you look and you see that the incarnation that you have taken wasn’t an error and it wasn’t failure, and you’re not making mistakes. It is just an unfolding process.

And it’s nothing so personal about it all. Your personality isn’t that interesting. At that point you start to, from a soul’s point of view, inhabit your incarnation, at first resignedly, and then ultimately joyfully, because it’s just God at play. It’s just form, it’s just form.

- Ram Dass

30/03/2024

An update about counselling offerings in 2024…

I work with women/folks who are seeking an integrative, holistic (body/mind/spirit) approach to therapy and who are curious about exploring trauma-informed, mindfulness, somatic (body-based) and creative methods of healing.

✨SPECIAL INTEREST AREAS INCLUDE✨

* Support during pregnancy (processing fears/ healing from previous traumatic birth or pregnancy loss/ relationship support)
* Integrating and recovering from a challenging or traumatic birth experience
* Support during postnatal period
* Relationships, sexuality and intimacy
* Anxiety / depression / sleep issues
* Gentle / attachment focused parenting
* Healing after sexual violence (childhood sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, domestic violence)
* Complex trauma (childhood abuse, neglect, attachment issues)
* Fertility issues
* Grief and loss
* Life transitions (particularly menstruation, birth, menopause)
* Spirituality, spiritual development, spiritual ‘openings/awakenings’
* Altered states of consciousness
* Preparation and integration of psychedelic experiences
* Embodiment, somatic, inner child approaches to healing
* Mindfulness, meditation, yoga and shamanic practices
* Community building, women’s circles, art-making

I offer a warm, relational approach to counselling and focus on your capacity to heal.

All counselling sessions are offered for 75 - 90 minutes, online or in Kenmore at

Medicare rebates available with a GP referral/ Mental Health Treatment Plan. Some reduced fee sessions may be available for folks with financial barriers.

You deserve to find a therapist that is a good fit for you. Please reach out if you’d like to connect for a free 15 minute call to see if you’d like to work together.

Love & solidarity,
Anne ✨🙏🏽✨

30/03/2024

✨Announcement✨

I’ve recently become an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and folks can now access Medicare rebates for counselling sessions if they have a GP referral/ Mental Health Treatment Plan (MHTP).

I know that being able to receive support and counselling is inaccessible for a lot of people and I’m so pleased that this will make it more affordable.

Being heard in our pain,
Feeling seen in our reclamation,
Being witnessed in our transformation,
Feeling supported to heal,
These are our birthrights.

Please message if you want to discuss what support and counselling could look like for you.
✨🤍✨

13/09/2023

Hello dear hearts 🌚

There are still spaces available for the next Women’s Circle + Ceramics workshop.

Early bird price finishes Friday!
☀️Tickets in the bio ☀️

In this circle you’ll be invited to rest, connect, reflect, and create.

☽ We will share embodiment practices (this could be meditation, breath work, drum journey, dance, journaling).

☽ We will be gathering during the dark moon phase, and as a part of working with this phase we’ll reflect on something that needs releasing. You’ll be invited to create a ceramic object to represent this.

☽ You’ll be invited to also explore the archetypes of the Goddess/feminine/seasons through creating ceramic sculptures. You could make sculptural pieces, vessels, bowls, or any other small ceramic creation that calls you. Your sculptures will be filled with your intentions and can bring some magic for your altar, garden or workplace. ..

DETAILS
When: Saturday 14th October
Time: 12- 5pm
Where: It Takes A Village Midwifery, 57a Kenmore Rd, Kenmore, QLD
Cost:
$225 early bird / book in by 15th September
$275 regular price
*Two sliding scale/community tickets available for folks with financial barriers*

INCLUDES

☽ Delicious afternoon tea platter (please advise if you need GF/vegan/other dietary requirements when you book) and a selection of teas.

☽ Approximately 4/5 small sculptures filled with your intentions. These will be bisque fired for you. Please note sculptures won’t be glazed.

☽ You’ll be contacted when your sculptures are ready for collection (after a few weeks) and can be picked up from It Takes A Village Midwifery, Kenmore. Or your pieces can be posted to you for an additional fee. ..

You’ll be strongly encouraged to let go of expectations of making something ‘perfect’ and supported to be with the process, embracing whatever you create.

I’m not a pottery expert or teacher, just a fellow explorer of making with my hands and I hold a curiosity about the healing power of interweaving creativity and community connection.
This workshop invites you to come as you are, with you no clay experience necessary.

Bring a friend and come and make some magic with us!

♥ Anne

06/09/2023

Announcing the next Women’s Circle + Ceramics workshop!

In this circle you’ll be invited to rest, connect, reflect, and create.

☽ We will share embodiment practices (this could be meditation, breath work, drum journey, dance, journaling).

☽ We will be gathering during the dark moon phase, and as a part of working with this phase we’ll reflect on something that needs releasing. You’ll be invited to create a ceramic object to represent this.

☽ You’ll be invited to also explore the archetypes of the Goddess/feminine/seasons through creating ceramic sculptures. You could make sculptural pieces, vessels, bowls, or any other small ceramic creation that calls you. Your sculptures will be filled with your intentions and can bring some magic for your altar, garden or workplace. ..

DETAILS
When: Saturday 14th October
Time: 12- 5pm
Where: It Takes A Village Midwifery, 57a Kenmore Rd, Kenmore, QLD
Cost:
$225 early bird / book in by 15th September
$275 regular price
*Two sliding scale/community tickets available for folks with financial barriers*

INCLUDES

☽ Delicious afternoon tea platter (please advise if you need GF/vegan/other dietary requirements when you book) and a selection of teas.

☽ Approximately 4/5 small sculptures filled with your intentions. These will be bisque fired for you. Please note sculptures won’t be glazed.

☽ You’ll be contacted when your sculptures are ready for collection (after a few weeks) and can be picked up from It Takes A Village Midwifery, Kenmore. Or your pieces can be posted to you for an additional fee. ..

You’ll be strongly encouraged to let go of expectations of making something ‘perfect’ and supported to be with the process, embracing whatever you create.

I’m not a pottery expert or teacher, just a fellow explorer of making with my hands and I hold a curiosity about the healing power of interweaving creativity and community connection.
This workshop invites you to come as you are, with you no clay experience necessary.

Bring a friend and come and make some magic with us!

♥ Anne

16/08/2023

♌️ New moon in Leo blessings! 🌚

Some precious little moments from the last cycle
💫 Universe brought me (via my dear friend) free tickets to The Waifs! 🙏🏽😱
🔥 Backyard fire business
💕 Some of the magic made during my ceramics workshop by
🍄 Hanging in my favourite Maleny town
🎨 Muma and kid art time… my favourite way to play
🍹 Delicious homemade fermenty things
⚽️ How I kept calm during the Matilda’s penalty shoot out!
🐍 A snake friend called Indigo I met in the park 💕
🎂 Setting the birthday altar for our epic birthday month
🌈 Found that somebody altered my sketch… thanks kid 😂 🐠

Isn’t spring the best time ever? Now gearing up for my favourite birthday holiday times! ♌️ 🌚🏕️🍄💃🏼♍️

18/07/2023

Happy new moon in Cancer! A sign that’s very dear to me as it’s the sign that rules my natal moon (which represents your emotions and the ways we long to be nurtured). The Cancer archetype is about nurturing, sensitivity, intuition, mothering and the great mother that nourishes us. So go and learn your moon sign if you don’t know it already, it’s important! 😂🙏🏽✨

Some beauty moments from the last cycle 🌒🌚🌘

💫 Found the hat dreams are made of! 🌈 I’m so sorry that you don’t have one, I hope you can find one too.
💫 Wattle season is one of my favourites
💫 Kid is growing too big as usual
💫 Throwback to growing my womb-mate
💫 Kid about to get chased down by an angry mama cow 😬
💫 Skate mum life
💫 New sculptures!
💫 Kid and I collaborating with our drawings. The fire hair was a lovely addition I thought 🔥

Hoping that this new moon is a gentle and nurturing one for you 💜

03/07/2023

✨Our Ceramic Goddess Making Women’s Circle is this Saturday!✨

There are still tickets left if you’re feeling called…

This workshop invites you to come as you are, with you no clay experience necessary.

It will be an intentional space, you’ll be invited to share some embodiment practices and journalling to reflect on your relationship with the ancient feminine Goddess archetype and your relationship with her.

The invitation will be to explore the archetype of the Goddess through the clay.

You could make sculptural pieces, vessels/bowls, or any other small ceramic creation that calls you!

Your vessel or goddess will be filled with your intentions and bring some magic for your altar, garden or workplace.

You’ll be strongly encouraged to let go of expectations of making something ‘perfect’ and supported to be with the process, embracing whatever you create.

I’m not a pottery expert or teacher, just a fellow explorer of making with my hands and I hold a curiosity about the healing power of interweaving creativity and community connection.

Bring a friend and come and make some magic with us!

♥ Anne

DETAILS
When: Saturday 8th July
Time: 6-8:30pm
Where: It Takes A Village Midwifery, 57a Kenmore Rd, Kenmore, QLD
Cost: $125 / *two sliding scale community tickets also available for folks with financial barriers*

Includes teas and delicious snack platter (please advise if you need GF/vegan/other dietary requirements when you book).

The price includes making approximately 3 small sculptures and the cost of bisque firing. Please note sculptures won’t be glazed.

You’ll be contacted when your sculptures are ready for collection (after a few weeks) and can be picked up from It Takes A Village Midwifery, Kenmore. Or your pieces can be posted to you for an additional fee.

✨🔥✨🔥✨🔥✨

https://events.humanitix.com/goddess-making-pottery-workshop

13/06/2023

A sale happening in my new Etsy store! Plus some new sculptures being added this week! ✨🌚✨

https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/EarthandWombArt
✨🙏🏽✨

25/04/2023

Teaching them young how to listen to the tree ‘heart beat’. They get it. ♥️🍄♥️ thanks for the captures and forest hangs 🌿🙏🏽🌿

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It Takes A Village Midwifery, Kenmore
Brisbane, QLD

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Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 3pm

Telephone

+61439911417

Website

http://www.annecastles.com.au/

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