Certified Aware Parenting Instructors

in Australia and New Zealand

Level 2 Instructors

:The Level 2 instructors in Australia and New Zealand are Marion Rose, PhD., Joss Goulden, and Stephanie Heartfield. You can find more of our details below.

People in Australia and New Zealand who want to become certified can meet requirement number 2 (the 6-hour introductory workshop requirement in my list of basic requirements) by participating in a workshop (in-person or online) either with Aletha Solter, Marion Rose, Joss Goulden, or Stephanie Heartfield.

Joss Goulden has a 6 hour workshop coming up that takes place over two days: the 17th and 24th of February 2024. You can find out more details here.

All of the other instructors on this page are Level 1 instructors.

Aotearoa / New Zealand

RACHAEL BUTTERWORTH
Auckland

email: rachb_admin@proton.me

“I love Aware Parenting and I love what Aware Parenting can bring into the homes and lives of those who embrace this philosophy. I am passionate about supporting parents, caregivers and educators of children aged 2-8years old, in all aspects of Aware Parenting. I provide online and in-person support.”

KIRSTY FERNANDES
Tākaka
(64) 274053108
email

“I love supporting parents across all areas of Aware Parenting, with a focus on younger children (up to age 5). I regularly debrief the fertility, pregnancy, birth and postpartum period with parents and their wider whānau (family) as I acknowledge what a huge role this time plays in the connection between parents and their tamariki (children). I am passionate about customised one on one support as well as workshops on postpartum care, preparing older children for the arrival of a new sibling and managing parenting challenges within the wider context of holistic family wellbeing and healing. I offer online and in person support.”

Kirsty's website

ROCHELLE GATES
Auckland
(64) 21858976
email

Rochelle's website

Australia

New South Wales

KATHRYN BALTROTSKY
Tweed Heads
61 (0)416 598 984
email

BRETT DARNESH
email

DANIELLE GHOSN
near Goulburn
email

ELLIE GUT-SILVERMAN
email

“Discovering and practicing Aware Parenting has reconnected me with the deepest parts of myself and has empowered me to understand my daughter, myself, my husband, and all people and relationships in a completely new light. From the moment my family began to implement the theory, I noticed such profound shifts in the way we were all connecting and I felt called to share this transformative practice with others.

This inner knowing led me to leave behind my decade long career as an Architect and I feel so grateful to now be certified as an Aware Parenting Instructor. I know from the deepest part of me that this work changes lives. I am here to empower you with the support and the information you need for your babies and children to feel seen, heard, respected and acknowledged. I am here to be with you on your exquisite parallel journey, to move through all that you need to in order to be able to show up for the people in your life with presence, empathy, joy and compassion, so that you can rediscover the connection that all beings yearn for.

I am currently offering 1:1 support, couples sessions, and opportunities to gather for parents and caregivers who are practicing, or would like to practice, Aware Parenting. My website is in progress, so for now join me on Instagram @Aware_Village to hear about upcoming offerings!”

DR. JESSICA KLUG
Sydney
0415129798
email

“I love integrating Aware Parenting into my work as a clinical psychologist and in particular supporting parents in shifting intergenerational patterns of responding to feelings both towards themselves and their children and in doing so creating more connected, enjoyable, playful and loving parent-child relationships. I am also passionate about supporting parents of babies and young children in responding to crying and offering support in resisting mainstream behavioural interventions and sleep training culture in favour of responsive and attuned parenting.”

EMMA MASON
Sydney
email

“I love to work with families who have babies and children up to the age of 10yrs.”

SARAH MASON
Sydney
email

“I love working with expecting parents and parents with babies up to two years. I really enjoy supporting a deep trust in our babies and listening to feelings from birth. I enjoy supporting parents to differentiate a need to release from immediate needs. I am passionate about helping parents understand sleep and their baby’s behaviours so as the whole family experiences more connection, compassion and joy. I love helping support women to recover their inner authority and voice and remember their innate wisdom as they transition to Motherhood. I love to connect with Aware parents in person at meet-ups, group workshops, women’s circles and via Zoom consultations. As a Birth & Postpartum Mentor and Aware Parenting Instructor, I offer families empowering tools to create a wholesome life together, every step of the way.”

Sarah's website

HELENA MOONEY
Northern Beaches, Sydney
61 (0)424 096 546
email

“I love working with families with babies, children and young teens to help transform everyday parenting challenges such as sleep, aggression, anxiety, tantrums, etc. I also love supporting mums to heal their own childhood hurts and current stresses, so that they can deeply connect with their children and enjoy life as a mum.”

Helena's website

MARION ROSE, Ph.D.
Level 2 Aware Parenting instructor
Regional Coordinator for Australia and New Zealand
Mullumbimby (near Byron Bay)
email

“I love walking alongside people who want to become Aware Parenting Instructors, as well as psychotherapists and other professionals who want to bring Aware Parenting into their work. I’m passionate about helping parents who are starting Aware Parenting with young babies. I also love supporting families who are practicing Aware Parenting with Natural Learning and people who love the reparenting opportunities that Aware Parenting provides.”

Marion's website

MICHAEL ROSE
Mullumbimby (near Byron Bay)
email

LAURA SHAZ
Near Lismore
61 (0)415 533 311
email

“I am passionate about working with families of babies and small children. As I complete my midwifery studies, I have enjoyed sharing about Aware Parenting with families during pregnancy and early in the post-natal period. I also love working with sibling challenges. I offer consultations and small group meet-ups in the Northern Rivers.”

Laura's website

NIC WILSON
Speaks English and Brazilian Portuguese
Northern Beaches, Sydney
61 (0)414 347 809
email

“I really love working with parents of children aged 2-10 years and supporting them with Aware Parenting with their children and also reparenting and healing for themselves. I also love to assist Fathers in learning more about Aware Parenting and see how they can play an integral part in the healing process as well. I feel that father, especially single father would benefit from more individual support and listening in their journeys. A passion of mine is also to support separated couples to create harmony in both homes, maintaining peace and safety for the child to feel safe and loved in any situation including transitions between homes. Attachment play is one of my favourite aspect of Aware Parenting and I truly believe there is a game for any challenge that arises in our parenting worlds!”

Nicole's website

Queensland

LAUREN BRYANT
Carins
email

Lauren's website

DACE FLYNN
Speaks English and Latvian
Gold Coast
61 (0)423 495 321
email

“I love helping parents understand their toddler’s emotional world and behaviour as well as embrace tears and tantrums as a healthy part of development.”

STEPHANIE HEARTFIELD
Level 2 Aware Parenting instructor
Toowoomba
email

“I am passionate about supporting all parents on their Aware Parenting journey. Meeting parents where they are at with compassion and understanding. I love supporting parents who are highly sensitive/have a highly sensitive child/ren. I have experience in assisting parents who have a child with autism. I am also and Early Childhood Educator, and alongside my husband we have a successful, nurturing daycare, built on the principles and practices of Aware Parenting.”

Steph's website

RAFAELA GUADALUPE
Speaks English and Brazilian Portuguese
Brisbane
61 (0)451 036 942
email

“Hello, I’m Rafa. My professional path began in Engineering, where for fifteen years, I contributed to large-scale projects with corporations around the world. This journey took a turn when motherhood introduced me to the world of Aware Parenting. It wasn’t long before my professional interests realigned with this philosophy that had so deeply impacted my life. In 2022, I fully transitioned my career as an Aware Parenting Instructor, a role that brings me great fulfilment. It’s a pleasure to work alongside parents of young children, particularly those navigating the years of 0 to 6, mirroring the age of my own children. I am also dedicated to supporting busy parents on their journey to cultivate a more balanced life, blending and nurturing family, work and the connection with themselves.”

Rafa's website

South Australia

SHELLEY CLARKE
Adelaide
email

“I love working with parents with children of all ages. I enjoy helping parents understand their child’s behaviour so that families experience more joy, laughter and connection. I love helping parents listen to babies and also decode some of the more challenging behaviours we might be seeing. I would love to help you on your Aware Parenting journey.”

Shelley's website

ANNE SMITH
Adelaide
61 (0)422 896 178
email

“I enjoy working with parents consciously conceiving, expecting parents and parents with children from birth to 4 years. I enjoy supporting a deep trust in our children and listening to feelings. I enjoy supporting the parent-child relationship/connection through attachment play. I love helping support mothers to connect with their own hurts, needs and feelings and how each of these impact our time with our children.”

Anne's website

Victoria

GEORGIE BANCROFT, Ph.D.
Melbourne
email

“I love working as a Psychologist with children, adolescents and adults. I also love working with parents regarding babies, infants, toddlers, pre-schoolers and school age children.”

CLARE LOUISE BRUMLEY, Ph.D., OLY
Melbourne
email

“I enjoy bringing Aware Parenting into my professional work as a therapist focussed on health and wellbeing. I love Aware Parenting’s understanding of healing from stress and it’s clarity for nurturing delightful, connected relationships.”

KIM COUSINS
email

“Aware Parenting has profoundly changed me as a person. I am able to sit with myself in compassion and can now hear and see the needs of my children, my husband, my family and surrounding community.

I no longer fear crying, sadness, tantrums or just the loudness of big emotions. I welcome it, all of it, as I know it’s better out that in.

Watching what happens after releasing emotions is truly magical.

I feel honoured that I get to work with families in a perinatal mental health unit. (I work as a registered nurse and I’m also studying this year to become a family therapist).

This space has allowed me to work with willing families to no longer fear or fix their babies cries, but welcome them as they are. This creates space for more attuned baby care, freeing the family of guilt around not being ‘good enough’ parents.

To support, guide & watch the loving bond and attachment grow is pure joy.

I absolutely love working with families to find their flow in life.

I believe parenting doesn’t have to feel hard, we just need to lean into our values & find the right supports to live life practicing them.

I am offering 1:1 support, online workshops and in person workshops.

You can find me at @aware.familytherapist on Instagram or aware.familytherapist@gmail.com

Sending big warm hugs,

Kim”

EMMA ROGERS DUMAS
Melbourne
61 (0)422 630 142
email

Emma's website

ADRIENNE HARPER-PIKE
email

“I work with all families and offer inclusive, support services for families of multiples, those who identify as LGBTQIA+, families going through IVF, donor families, and Deaf/HoH/Deafblind. My offerings fall into three main areas of support; therapeutic play, parents and carers transitioning into parenthood and families with children agreed in their toddlers up their teens. I offer several courses in each area and for anyone with additional questions or seeking guidance there will be the option of individual, couples and group support sessions.”

Adrienne's website

DEVON HARRIS
Daylesford
61 (0)444 506 868
email

“I bring Aware Parenting to families with gifted children. Their quirky sense of humour, surprising emotional depth, awareness of social justice and intense curiosity makes Aware Parenting a wonderful fit for infancy, the toddlers years and as teens. I am passionate about helping people explore their own evolving edges and to parent from their potentials instead of from their patterns.”

FELICITY JOHNS
Melbourne
61 (0)414 420 606
email

“I love working with parents who are learning to re-mother themselves as they are parenting their own children. I love helping parents to find a path through difficult phases of parenting and even more so, to bring a curiosity to all that arises in their parenting lives.”

VICTORIA POLSON
Melbourne
61 (0)432 359 786

“I am deeply passionate about Aware Parenting and ensuring families feel connected and understood. I love supporting mothers to explore their own stories and navigate through the journey of parenting. While integrating Aware Parenting into my postpartum care work, I also extend my support to families with children aged 0-7 years. My ultimate goal is to ensure that every family understands the philosophy of Aware Parenting, fostering a nurturing environment for genuine connection and growth.

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ABBEY STANBROOK
Shepparton
61 (0)434 641 406
email

“I am deeply passionate about Somatic and Body Based Healing, which flows beautifully into Aware Parenting and my own life. Being a single mum and co-parenting 50/50, I love to support women and families who are navigating co-parenting, or non-partnered parenting.“

MARISA TAYLOR
Coburg North
0498 347 662
email

Marisa is a creative mama, philosophiser, art therapist, and passionate about building sustainable, vibrant and inclusive communities. She is committed to the practice of Aware Parenting, particularly in supporting mamas of small children to find deep joy, support and nourishment through their parenting journey. Marisa has worked with First Nations people in Australia’s Top End and deeply values traditional ways of life. Marisa is studio manager at Mycelium Studios and founder of Mycelium Parents, a community of parents rebuilding the village in fragmented times.

Marisa's website

GERALDINE VAN BOXMEER
Melbourne
61 (0)468 735 745
email

DANNI WILLOW
Surf Coast
61 (0)401 744 253
email

“I love supporting parents across all areas of Aware Parenting from conception all the way through to age 8. I love offering listening space and circles to support mothers to build their capacity and self care so they’re able to show up more for their children. I love guiding mothers who are willing to do the work and are already on a healing journey. And I really enjoy supporting families to set up their homes for self regulated eating.”

Danni's website

Western Australia

SALENA DOWNER
Perth
email

Salena is particularly passionate about how Aware Parenting encourages us all to attend to our own re-parenting. She believes, gently and sensitively, we can hold a space for our inner child to teach and show us the way to deeply heal. We then have the best opportunity to show up as the most authentic version of ourselves, as people in the world, as parents, partners, sons, daughters etc. Salena follows her deep desire to deeply and sensitively guide others on this, at times, challenging yet rewarding, journey.

CARLY FACIUS
Perth and Bali
email

“I love to weave the Aware Parenting philosophy into my work as a Midwife and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). I work with families during pregnancy, throughout the feeding journey and up until children are around 10 years old. I love sharing the deep value there is in having an awareness of the emotional needs of babies and children and how it can ease the challenges of parenting journey. It offers a deeper connection and presence with little ones, leading to an expanded capacity for self-reflection, nourishment and joy within parenting.”

Carly's website

JOSS GOULDEN
Level 2 Aware Parenting instructor
near Denmark
61 (0)439 932 116
email

“I love working with families to support them with all aspects of Aware Parenting to support children of all ages to heal from stress and trauma through crying, tantrums and play. I love working to build strong relationships between parents and teens and supporting parents to explore and heal their own pain and trauma. I love supporting parents who are not on the same page with parenting. I also am really passionate about supporting families with Natural Learning and Homeschooling.”

Joss' website

CHIARA ROSSETTI
near Perth
61 (0)422 954 482
email

“I especially love working with toddlers to teens. Attachment Play is my passion – I adore brainstorming helpful games with families to enhance connection and help with any ‘sticky bits’.”

BELYNDA SMITH
Quinns Rocks
email

“I love supporting parents so families can flourish. My passion is deeply listening to parents as they process their own early hurts in order to show up as parents in ways they feel good about. I enjoy working with families where children are 2-13 years old, and I have lots of experience with sibling challenges, aggression, highly sensitive children and co-parenting. Finding playful ways to connect is something I focus on; I’m a Teacher Librarian so I adore all things books and rhymes and am passionate about ways to invite connection with songs, stories and attachment play. I’d love to be with you on your parenting path – thank you for everything you do for your family.”

Belynda's website

HANNAH WARREN
near Perth
61 (0)499 611 475
email

“I am deeply passionate about this approach to being in meaningful relationships with children. I have worked as a counsellor with children and families and have two children of my own. I love to support parents and educators with all aspects of Aware Parenting, but I am especially passionate about attachment play and supporting children to heal from the effects of stress and trauma”

Hannah's website

ANGELA WELLMAN
Margaret River
61 (0)418 894 482
email

“It takes a village to raise a child. I am learning, exploring and committed to creating this in the South West. As a mother of 4 I have been parenting for 16 years and using Aware Parenting for 10 years.
I love supporting parents with children of all ages to understand and implement Aware Parenting.
Parenting is better when we do it together!”

Angela's website