Willow Therapy

08/04/2025

We are delighted and privileged to have collaborated on this beautiful book! As we know, there are so many amazing and effective ways to help people. These chapters include wisdom, insights and stories from an amazing collection of coaches, therapists, and practitioners all working to enhance our lives and make the world a more beautiful place. Check out our chapter on birth trauma 🥰

01/09/2024

https://youtu.be/sC6lSpdxYXA?si=v1rr9vYAf1nVPWq9

Heart Place Hospital is a sanctuary dedicated to caring for carers, with a mission to raise the energy of frontline workers and create positive ripple effect...

14/08/2024

This article published over the weekend makes devastating reading. The ripple effects from birth trauma are extensive. We can help 🩷

Kiwi mums have shared their stories of birth trauma in a bid to raise awareness.

26/06/2024

Shared with permission from our beautiful colleague, New York based Havening midwife Kimm Sun...Amy's story

Amy came to me terrified after two births where nothing went physically wrong, but she was screamed at by the ambulance people and doctors. Amy is a pastor.
"Fast forward 6 years later to October 2019 I gave birth to our third child, another beautiful baby girl. I had her in a birth pool at home in our NYC apartment (we moved from the UK in 2016) , with just my husband and 2 midwives present. It was the most serene experience of my life. It was healing and redemptive on so many levels. I had started this pregnancy with old fears and sorrow resurfacing from both my previous birth stories, but I didn’t want to repeat history so I decided to look for further healing. I found some incredible pregnancy care by local midwives who were pioneering in a type of psychosensory therapy called Havening. It combined talking, and touch therapy to remove fear and trauma while also educating me on things about pregnancy I hadn’t known before. Havening helped me heal, and increased peace in my life. I believe it permanently removed my fear and old stress triggers that were repeating on loops in my mind. During my sessions, I partnered with God, having amazing life-changing encounters with Jesus as the completion of Romans 12:2 was transforming my brain and as my fear left and “perfect love” was replaced."

16/06/2024

Truly honoured to have learnt from and connected with the founding fathers of Havening, Doctors Ron and Steve Ruden. Alongside chief science advisor and beautiful human Dr Kate Truitt, and leading Havening Practitioner Doug O’Brien, we are so privileged to be a part of an amazing, healing community ❤️

27/05/2024

27/05/2024

Open to all midwives and nurses. Go on, you deserve it! 🥰

Sauna Collective is on a mission to bring the remarkable benefits of Sauna and Cold Water Therapy to Aucklands incredible beaches via a fleet of mobile Sauna stations.

13/05/2024

It's official, we're in Milford! 🥰

10/05/2024

Trauma experienced across the childbirth continuum; we can help



• There is evidence to suggest that around 10% of women report a traumatic birth experience. In Aotearoa, that’s approx 6000 people every year
• Negative birth experiences affect the whole whānau and can lead to PTSD
• Conversely, pre-existing PTSD can negatively affect pregnancy and childbirth
• In Aotearoa, we lose more birthing women to su***de than to any medical/obstetric emergency.

Dee Dawson and Dr Christine Mellor are midwives, each with nearly 30 years of experience. During their careers, after witnessing increasing levels of emotional distress, and passionate about making a difference, they trained in a gentle form of therapy, known as Havening Techniques®. Dee and Christine then created Willow Psychosensory Therapy.

Havening is a remarkably effective psycho-sensory therapy based on neuroscience. Researched and created by Dr Ronald Ruden, Havening is a gentle combination of science and compassion. It works beautifully alongside talk therapy but is also a stand-alone therapeutic tool. It is gentle, safe and rapidly effective; often, only one or two sessions are required except in cases of complex trauma.

Because Dee and Christine are so familiar with the childbirth space, they specialise in supporting people who have had a traumatic birth experience (along with their support people if required) and can also help ease distress around:
• fertility challenges
• tocophobia (fear of childbirth)
• post-natal anxiety/feeding issues
• Previous stillbirth/loss of a baby
• Unexpected outcomes

Dee and Christine are also providing therapy for:
• workplace trauma
• phobias
• adverse medical events
• loss of a loved one
• sexual trauma
• childhood trauma/family harm

Dee and Christine have clinic spaces in Orewa, Milford, Kumeu and Titirangi and call also work online.

https://www.willowtherapy.co.nz/

For those interested in learning more about Havening, included is a video created by a colleague in the UK explaining what it is and how it works within our brain.

https://youtu.be/o4CyBkkReUM?si=r4A1RUCL76eX70WH

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