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Tree of Life Clinic Psychotherapy - Children and Adults - Psychoanalytical Approach
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🤎TBT 🤎🍿”Inside Out 2” brings valuable lessons about emotions that are applicable to all ages.Emotions must be worked on,...
09/04/2026

🤎TBT 🤎

🍿”Inside Out 2” brings valuable lessons about emotions that are applicable to all ages.
Emotions must be worked on, not suppressed: Western culture often teaches to suppress emotions, favoring rationality.

“Inside Out 2” illustrates that all emotions are important for personal development. Ignoring or suppressing them can cause more harm than allowing them to be felt and worked through. Even emotions such as Anxiety and Boredom (Ennui), often avoided, play an essential role in our development, maturity and resilience.

Growing up is probably one of the hardest things we face. Changes in the body, self-esteem, constant self-knowledge and difficult choices are accompanied by a specific phase of life: puberty.
The clear confusion of feelings and the fight between Rilley’s emotions faithfully exemplify what many face in adolescence and sometimes even throughout their lives: if they are not aligned, old convictions and values ​​are put to the test. The imagination previously used to dream about the future now serves to show projections of bad things that could happen, and the chaos created in the mind takes us to extreme moments, when we even lose our sense of self.

The fact is that, throughout the film, we see a portrait of life and realize how important it is to embrace all memories and emotions. Really feel it, you know?! Of course, Joy only comes to terms with this after she herself loses hope and realizes that Riley is no longer the same and that she has the right to truly feel everything, and not force herself to always be happy. (** cried here)

I believe this is a complex stage in anyone’s life: understanding who you really are.
Understanding that we are not perfect, that we also have our flaws and that, even with them, we are good people. When this finally happens, it means you have grown up emotionally!

🍿It’s definitely one of the animations you need to watch. Not only for its beauty and wealth of details, but also for the simple, light and fun way of showing how complex our emotions are. Plus, you’ll definitely relate — and cry, like I did.

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Caroene Santos Murray
Psychologist

🐣Easter arrives softly, whispering of renewal.🐰 A quiet reminder that even after the longest winters, life finds its way...
05/04/2026

🐣Easter arrives softly, whispering of renewal.

🐰 A quiet reminder that even after the longest winters, life finds its way back.

🐣That within us, there is always space to begin
again — to heal, to reconnect, to grow.

🌱May this season gently awaken
hope, tenderness, and new beginnings
within you and your family.

Happy Easter 🤎

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

🐣 Dear parents,There is absolutely nothing wrong with filling the house with little footprints for an Easter egg hunt th...
04/04/2026

🐣 Dear parents,

There is absolutely nothing wrong with filling the house with little footprints for an Easter egg hunt this Sunday.

🐰 If you choose to nurture the belief in the Easter Bunny and/or Santa Claus, that is entirely your decision… there is no right or wrong in this.

🐣 You are not betraying a child’s trust by feeding their imagination. You betray their trust when you use that imagination to manipulate them.

“If you don’t behave, the Easter Bunny won’t come.”

🐰 The reasons why we “behave” should come from the meaning of the behavior itself:
“We do this because it’s the right thing to do,”
or “because this is how things work,”
or “because this is what is fair to everyone.”

🐣 We are here to teach how the world works, and taking advantage of their faith doesn’t seem like a good introduction to it — it is exactly the part of the world we want to change.

🐰 Shortcuts like this may work for those seeking quick and immediate results, but we need to remember: raising a human being is not like cooking instant noodles.

🐣 Our focus needs to be on the long term, so that, brick by brick, we build an inner structure that will one day guide this little person’s actions — so that, deep down, they know what the right thing to do is in each moment 🙏🏽❤️

🐰 And about the Easter Bunny: here at home, we’ve chosen to lean into imagination. For us, the excitement around the bunny makes Easter more fun… we only have a few years to enjoy this fantasy, so I dive into it with them :)

🐣 And over there — does the Easter Bunny still exist?

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🤎 A beautiful and necessary translation of this post for times when fantasy characters come to life: repost from

children

🧩On December 18th 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 62/139, declaring that On April 2nd of ea...
02/04/2026

🧩On December 18th 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 62/139, declaring that On April 2nd of each year will mark World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD).

🧩The declaration expressed deep concern at the prevalence and high rate of Autism in Children in all regions of the world and the consequential developmental challenges.

🧩The ASD awareness month (April) have the intention on inform better society regarding autism and to bring conscious to several sectors on the importance to stimulate and improve ways to work with diversity, with respect, love and qualified tools!

🧩The date is the perfect occasion to remember that autism is a permanent condition you are born with and die with, and to highlight how little attention individuals with autism receive.

🧩What are your chances of seeking a proper diagnosis, especially when you have support level 1 autism? What are the Public Policies aimed at individuals with autism? How much is studied, debated and intervened about their needs, wishes, opportunities for social participation, etc.?
Adaptations in higher education, in the labor market, support for the development of their social relationships, among others.

🧩It is also important that professionals who participate with this public are open, educated and prepared to provide the best possible service. And that includes psychologists.

So, we hope that this text can awaken professionals who work in private and public environments to the need to understand, welcome, listen, study, think about care and follow-up strategies, diagnostic techniques adopted for all public with autism.
This is essential to ensure that all people with autism have access to all rights at any point in their lives, regardless of the level of support!

🧩Together 🌱

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

childpsychology

No dia 27 de abril, realizaremos uma formação on-line e ao vivo sobre saúde mental materna em contextos migratórios, mat...
25/03/2026

No dia 27 de abril, realizaremos uma formação on-line e ao vivo sobre saúde mental materna em contextos migratórios, maternidade, parentalidade expatriada e cuidado perinatal entre culturas.

Essa é uma capacitação pensada para profissionais que desejam aprofundar a compreensão clínica, social e cultural dos impactos da migração no ciclo gravídico puerperal. Vamos discutir desde a saúde mental materna no cenário atual até os efeitos psíquicos da experiência migratória, passando por sinais de alerta, manejo clínico, luto migratório, parentalidade expatriada, intervenções e cuidado.

A formação contará com:
Nicole Amorim, abordando a campanha Maio Furta-Cor, a expansão internacional da pauta e a migração como fator de risco no ciclo perinatal.

Patrícia Piper, trazendo uma leitura psiquiátrica dos transtornos mentais no período perinatal, sinais de alerta, diagnóstico, manejo e encaminhamento.

Caroene Santos Murray, aprofundando a migração como experiência psíquica, a maternidade em contexto migratório, o ciclo perinatal no exterior, luto migratório e luto perinatal, parentalidade expatriada, narrativas clínicas e caminhos de cuidado.

Data: 27 de abril
Horário: 14h às 17h, horário de Brasília
Plataforma: Hotmart
Investimento: R$250 / €45
Acesso ao conteúdo por 12 meses

Uma formação para quem entende que saúde mental materna não pode ser pensada fora do território, da cultura, da língua, das perdas, dos deslocamentos e das reinvenções que atravessam a experiência de maternar longe de casa.

Inscrições pela Hotmart. Link na BIO.

“Happy Mother’s Day”🤎Today we celebrate Mother’s Day here in Ireland.At Tree of Life Clinic, we gently honour all the mo...
15/03/2026

“Happy Mother’s Day”

🤎Today we celebrate Mother’s Day here in Ireland.

At Tree of Life Clinic, we gently honour all the mothers — the ones who nurture their children in their arms,
and the ones who nurture them quietly in their hearts.

Motherhood is woven with resilience, tenderness, exhaustion, devotion and love in its many forms.

Today we send a warm embrace to every mother, and to every woman walking her own path of care, connection and belonging.

You are seen. You are valued. You are not alone.

With love,
Tree of Life Clinic 🌿

🤎Why do human babies seem so dependent when they are born?If you observe kittens, puppies, or other mammals, you’ll noti...
12/03/2026

🤎Why do human babies seem so dependent when they are born?

If you observe kittens, puppies, or other mammals, you’ll notice something interesting:
they are born much more active.

Very quickly they can move, search for food, and explore their surroundings.

Human babies are different.

They arrive in the world completely dependent on closeness, care, and connection.

There is a developmental theory that helps explain this.
It suggests that human babies are actually born earlier than the ideal stage of maturity — almost as if all of us were born a little “premature.”

As humans evolved, our brains became larger and more complex.
As a result, babies’ heads grew proportionally bigger.

If pregnancy lasted longer so babies could reach the same maturity as other mammals, their heads would grow too large to pass through the mother’s pelvis during birth.

So babies are born earlier —
and part of their development continues outside the womb.

This is called exterogestation.

The idea that the first months of life are like a continuation of pregnancy — but now outside the uterus.

The mother’s arms that hold.
The breast that nourishes.
The warmth of the body.
The constant presence.

All of these help the baby transition from the womb into the world.

That is why some babies want to be held most of the time.
Why they sleep better close to their mother.
Why they ask for the breast so often.

It is not “spoiling.”
It is not a mistake.

It is biology.

Some authors suggest this phase lasts about three months, others nine months, and some even consider that the emotional process of exterogestation can extend up to two years.

So remember:

Your milk is not weak.
Your baby is not spoiled.
And holding your baby does not create bad habits.

You are simply continuing the pregnancy — now outside the womb. 🤎

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Caroene Santos Murray
Child Psychologist 🌿
Perinatal and Parental Psychologist 🌿

🌱Today is a day for reflection and gratitude.✨Today I reflect on the conflicts and struggles of being a woman — on the d...
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🌿

Over the past months, alongside my clinical work here at Tree of Life Clinic, I have been working towards the final stag...
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🌱

✈️ TBT | SIAPARTO 2025 – São PauloOne of the most meaningful experiences of last hear: speaking at “SIAPARTO – the Inter...
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

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

🤎🤎 Happy Valentine to you all ♥️♥️Tree of Life Clinic
14/02/2026

🤎🤎 Happy Valentine to you all ♥️♥️

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