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Psychotherapy - Children and Adults - Psychoanalytical Approach
___________________________________ Psychology, Psychotherapy/ Psicologia, Psicoterapia

08/03/2026

🌱Today is a day for reflection and gratitude.

✨Today I reflect on the conflicts and struggles of being a woman — on the daily effort, the tireless work of showing up as ourselves in the world. A political day, a day that reminds us of the visible and invisible battles that women continue to face.

✨I am grateful to all the women who came before me and opened resilient paths.
To those who passed through my life, leaving something of themselves and taking something of me in return.

✨I thank the women who are part of my life today — for the daily exchanges, the shared strength, and the connections that sustain us.

✨And I thank the women who will still enter my life. I already look forward to meeting them — their stories, their marks, their journeys, and their courage.

✨Thank you to all the women who inspire me.
Thank you to all women and the stories they carry.

Caroene Santos Murray
Clinical Psychologist-Children and Adults🌿
Perinatal and Parental Psychologist🌿

02/03/2026

Over the past months, alongside my clinical work here at Tree of Life Clinic, I have been working towards the final stage of my Specialist Postgraduate Training in Perinatal Psychology.

I am currently completing my final thesis:

“The Intersection of Perinatal Grief and Migratory Grief: Emotional Repercussions of Gestational Loss in Immigrant Women” 🌍

This research interest emerged directly from facilitating support groups with immigrant women who have experienced perinatal loss, as well as from ongoing perinatal family work within private clinical practice.

In clinical settings, pregnancy loss rarely occurs in isolation for immigrant women.

It is often experienced alongside:

• separation from family support systems
• cultural displacement
• language barriers
• navigating maternity and healthcare systems in a new country

Understanding how perinatal grief and migratory grief intersect is essential for providing culturally attuned and psychologically informed care within increasingly diverse perinatal populations.

As both a clinician and an immigrant mother, exploring this topic through academic research has been deeply meaningful.

Looking forward to the final submission in the coming weeks.🤎

Caroene Santos Murray
Clinical Psychologist - Children & Adults🌱
Perinatal and Parental Psychologist🌱

26/02/2026

✈️ TBT | SIAPARTO 2025 – São Paulo

One of the most meaningful experiences of last hear: speaking at “SIAPARTO – the International Symposium on Birth and Care” - one of Latin America’s most important gatherings dedicated to maternal and perinatal health.

I was part of the panel “Perinatal Loss: Updates and Practices of Care with Dignity”, presenting “Experiences with Perinatal Psychology Groups in Ireland: Between Borders and Absences in Migratory Grief.” — a theme that crosses territories and emotions, exploring the grief of mothers and families who experience loss far from home. 🌍💛

A space of powerful exchanges, sensitive listening, and recognition of psychological care as a bridge between cultures, stories, and love.

Gratitude to all the incredible women who shared this panel, and to Siaparto for creating such essential spaces for dialogue and transformation.🤎

🧵✨ “Between borders and absences, every stitch is also memory, presence, and love.”

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Caroene Santos Murray
Clinical Psychologist - Children and adults 🌿
Perinatal and Parental Psychologist 🌿

maternalhealth

18/02/2026

🪴One of the most remarkable processes in motherhood is the natural shift in a woman’s focus of concern.

During pregnancy, the brain gradually begins to move from being primarily centred on the self to also prioritising the care and wellbeing of the baby.

🪴Hormonal changes that occur throughout pregnancy, birth, and lactation actively influence the maternal brain — supporting emotional regulation, sensitivity to the baby’s needs, and the foundations of early bonding.

🧠This is neuroplasticity in action:
the brain’s ability to reorganise and adapt in response to new experiences.

Throughout this period, the maternal brain is preparing for caregiving — helping the mother to nurture, protect, and respond to her baby.

🧠Did you know?
Research using brain imaging has shown that pregnancy-related changes in the brain are so significant that it may be possible to identify pregnancy based solely on structural brain adaptations.

There is so much building — and rebuilding — happening here 🤎

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Caroene Santos Murray
Clinical Psychologist (Child & Adult)🌱
Perinatal & Parenting Psychologist🌱

14/02/2026

🤎🤎 Happy Valentine to you all ♥️♥️

Tree of Life Clinic

09/02/2026

🌿 The Father’s Role in the Postpartum Period 🌿

During pregnancy, a woman’s body and heart change in ways that make the baby’s arrival feel real long before birth.

For fathers, however involved they are, parenthood often becomes real in a very concrete way only after the baby is born. And with that realization comes a question many quietly carry:
“What is my role now?”

In the early days, mother and baby are learning each other, building a deep and necessary bond. During this time, a father may feel unsure of where he fits — but his role is more important than he may realize.

He can be her protector.
He can hold space when emotions overflow.
He can bring water, food, and comfort during long nights.
He can take care of the home and daily demands so she can focus on nurturing their baby.

In doing so, he is not on the sidelines —
he is making bonding possible.

This father may go unnoticed by many, but to the mother, his presence is everything.

Caring for the one who cares for the baby is a role just as essential as caring for the baby itself. 🌿

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Caroene Santos Murray
Clinical Psychologist - Children & Adults
Perinatal and Parental Psychologist

04/02/2026

🌱Becoming a mother is a moment of great joy —
but also one of the deepest transformations in a woman’s life.

During pregnancy, she imagines the baby…
and the mother she believes she will be.
But when the baby arrives, reality can feel very different.

And learning to live between the imagined and the real
is not always easy.

Because while a baby is born,
a woman is also saying goodbye
to the version of herself she once was.

This part is rarely talked about.

We celebrate the baby’s arrival,
but we often silence the mother’s transformation.

Motherhood is not born overnight.
It unfolds slowly.

Side by side,
mother and baby grow into each other’s world —
with uncertainty, tenderness, exhaustion, and love.

A mother is born in her own time.
Sometimes before the baby.
Sometimes with the baby.
Sometimes quietly, like a flower blooming in a new season 🌿

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Caroene Santos Murray
Clinical Psychologist 🌿
Perinatal & Parental Psychologist 🌿

MumsInIreland

30/01/2026

We don’t love someone despite who they are — we love them because of who they are.
And even though it’s hard to admit, sometimes we don’t actually like the person we love. That’s part of being human.

When we try to change someone into who we wish they were, we stop seeing them as a real person. And little by little, love fades.

But the opposite is also true: when we try to change ourselves just to fit what we think the other person wants, we abandon who we really are. And in doing that, we lose an important part of ourselves.

The cost can be very high — we might lose the other person’s love, and even worse, we can lose our own self-love.

Real love isn’t perfect or always easy. It includes contradictions, frustrations, and differences. Instead of covering that up with ideal fantasies, we need to learn how to hold those imperfections.

Love only exists where loss is possible.

Tree of Life Clinic 🌱

16/01/2026

🍃 Let go of what no longer fits you… 🍃

So often, we try hard to make something “work” — without noticing that, in truth, it is hurting us.
Inertia, the harmful messages society sends us, expectations, opportunities… all of it can translate into one thing: staying in a dysfunctional relationship. And the outcome is always the same: pain.

A relationship that feels tight and painful is preventing you from growing — and limiting your ability to breathe freely.
It can be almost as simple as this: if we are drowning, we need to get out of the water.

But leaving a painful relationship is rarely easy. It can be frightening, overwhelming, and full of doubt.
Trying to rewrite the same story again and again — when it has already shown its limits — often becomes a way of deceiving ourselves.

That is why we need to recognise something important: a wound cannot heal while we remain constantly entangled in it.
Yes, scars may remain — but one day we will be able to carry them with pride… and above all, with freedom — without anything squeezing us anymore. 🍃

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Caroene Santos Murray
Clinical Psychologist – Children & Adults🌱
Perinatal & Parental Psychologist🌱

07/01/2026

🌧️ When the days become darker and colder, many people notice a gentle heaviness arriving too — a sense of low energy, sadness, or emotional fog that was not there before.

⛅️ This experience has a name: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and it is more than “just winter blues”. It can quietly shape how you feel, think, and move through daily life.

☀️ You do not need to go through this alone.
Gentle care, emotional support, exposure to different kinds things that bright you day, regular exercise, health eating or, meaningful routines, and if is very hard talking to a therapist can all help you reconnect with warmth, steadiness, and hope again through this period.

❄️ If winter has been feeling heavy lately, your feelings are valid — and support is available.

Tree of Life Clinic 🌱

06/01/2026

✨New Year’s resolutions often focus on doing more.
This year, what if we focused on being more instead?
More present. More compassionate with ourselves. More aligned with what truly matters.

🌟 Therapy can support you in exploring your values and setting gentle, meaningful goals that nurture your emotional wellbeing. It is not about perfection. It is about progress, awareness, and choosing what feels truly supportive for your life.

💫 Whether your intention is to rest more, connect more deeply, or finally give space to something you love, therapy can help you align your actions with your values.

✨Let’s make 2026 a year of growth — not just achievements, but more presence, purpose, and care.

What is one meaningful goal or intention for your year?

02/01/2026

✨ Blessed are the moments that feel like a fresh start, the first days of the month, a new Monday, or the beginning of a New Year. They remind us that life does not simply continue, it gently invites us to begin again.

✨Start over without fear and without rush. Walk your path with intention, freedom, and kindness toward yourself. Follow your dreams wholeheartedly, savoring the journey and embracing every possibility along the way.

✨Here’s to new beginnings!

May we welcome 2026 with open hearts, renewed hope, and deep trust in life.

We are also here if you need to walk together 🤎

Happy and powerful New Year - 2026

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