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Renae Raso · Clinical Psychologist

Perinatal psychology and EMDR therapy, wherever you are.

Support through fertility, pregnancy, birth and early parenthood, and EMDR for trauma carried into that time, including memories that are older or rooted in early attachment. Sessions by telehealth across Australia, or in person in Newhaven on Victoria's Bass Coast.

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About

Welcome, I'm Renae.

Renae Raso, clinical psychologist and founder of Nurture Psychology

I'm a clinical psychologist and the founder of Nurture Psychology. I first registered as a psychologist in 2001, took time out to raise my family, and came back to practise in the perinatal space because of the unique and particular challenges faced in that journey.

I have extensive experience in the private and public sectors, and support clients with a broad range of perinatal concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, parenting and adjustment, changing identity, and burnout. I have a special interest in relational and attachment based trauma.

My approach is collaborative, compassionate and person centred, grounded in evidence based practice, and shaped around you rather than a set programme. It is trauma and attachment informed, inclusive and neuro-affirming.

There is a real need to feel held in this space, and that is the foundation of everything else in my work.

More about Renae

Who I work with

What brings people here

If yours is not named here, it still belongs in the room.

How I can help

  • Conception and fertility

    The waiting, the appointments, and the grief that can arrive each month. Support through trying, and through fertility treatment.

  • Pregnancy and antenatal support

    Anxiety or fear about pregnancy and birth, low mood, feeling overwhelmed, and the times pregnancy stirs up something older.

  • Grief and loss

    Perinatal and infant loss, and the losses that are harder to name: unmet expectations, a changed identity, relationships that shift.

  • Birth trauma

    Making sense of a birth that was frightening, disempowering, or simply not what you expected, whatever anyone else says about the outcome.

  • Postnatal support and early parenting

    Overwhelm, anxiety, identity changes, guilt, feeling disconnected, and what surfaces when your own childhood meets your child.

  • Trauma recovery with EMDR

    For trauma in the perinatal period, and for older experiences that still carry weight years later.

My approach

EMDR, in plain language

EMDR helps a memory become something that happened, rather than something that keeps happening.

The gentle left to right movement an EMDR session uses. Nothing about it is done to you, and you can stop at any point.

Some memories never settle. They sit unfinished, and a sound, a smell, a place or a date can bring the feelings back with an intensity that feels very present. EMDR gives the brain a way to finish that work, slowly and at your pace, with you awake and in control from beginning to end.

EMDR is one part of how I work, not all of it. Depending on what you need, I also draw on cognitive behavioural therapy, schema therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy, informed throughout by attachment based practice including Circle of Security Parenting.

How EMDR works

You won't need to retell every detail for us to work with what happened.

Fees & Medicare

What a session costs

Session fees

Individual session
$240
Medicare rebate with a care plan
$149.05
Out-of-pocket after the rebate
$90.95

Rebates are for eligible clients with a current Mental Health Care Plan from their GP, for up to ten sessions per calendar year. Amounts are set by Medicare and change from time to time, so I'll confirm the current figures with you when you book.

Fees and Medicare, explained

When you're ready, I'm here.

Tell me what's brought you here, in as much or as little detail as you like. It comes straight to me, and I'll respond.

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