Conscious Motherhood
Institute
Bridging cutting-edge perinatal neuroscience, somatic trauma psychotherapy, and maternal dignity across South America, Europe, and English-speaking communities worldwide.
I am a clinical psychologist and the founder of the Conscious Motherhood Institute (the international home of Instituto Maternidade Consciente). Since 2003, I have been dedicated to providing psychological and emotional care for mothers, babies, and families — supporting conscious parenting, maternal mental health, and respectful, evidence-based obstetric care.
Trained in somatic psychotherapy and clinical EMDR, with international postgraduate training from the European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health (Spain) and Postpartum Support International (USA), I integrate empirical neurobiology with compassionate human warmth. Over the course of 23 years, thousands of women, families, and healthcare providers have been supported through our programs in South America and Europe.
When we find grounded care, understand the neurobiology of our body, and discover that other mothers walk a similar path, we can move from trauma into strength and reclaim our autonomy and vitality.
Perinatal mental health requires an interdisciplinary bridge between somatic trauma psychotherapy, empirical autonomic neurophysiology, and respectful maternity care.
Grounding nervous system regulation in measurable cardiac-vagal tone, baroreflex regulation, and prolonged exhalation. We avoid speculative polyvagal constructs in favor of peer-reviewed autonomic science.
Viewing maternal anxiety through predictive processing and allostatic energy budgeting. When the brain mispredicts bodily arousal, somatic pacing and reassurance update the internal map.
Reprocessing obstetric violence, medical emergencies, stillbirth, and postpartum distress through gentle, sensory-anchored trauma psychotherapy that honors maternal dignity.
