Birthready | Birth Support, perinatal education and psychotherapy for individuals and couples

Erika Munton is a perinatal psychotherapist, couples therapist, perinatal educator, and doula with over 25 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through pregnancy, birth, parenting, and relationship transitions. Through her work with Birthready and Lifeready Counselling & Psychotherapy, Erika offers compassionate, trauma-informed, and evidence-based support that integrates practical birth preparation with emotional and relational well-being.

Having supported hundreds of families across a wide range of maternity care settings, Erika is passionate about helping parents feel informed, emotionally supported, and better equipped for both birth and the realities of family life beyond it.

Her work provides a grounded and compassionate space for people navigating stress, anxiety, identity changes, communication difficulties, intimacy concerns, grief and loss, and the challenges that can emerge during the transition into parenthood and family life.

Erika works collaboratively and integratively, drawing from doula care, perinatal education, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), attachment-informed work, somatic therapy, and mindfulness practices. She supports people to deepen awareness of their emotional and bodily experiences, strengthen communication and connection, and build relationships that support safety, resilience, adaptability, intimacy, and wellbeing.

Key Services

• Birth doula support
• Pregnancy and parenting preparation
• Beer & Bubs – birth education for men at the pub
• Active birth classes
• Hypnobirthing classes
• Counselling and psychotherapy for individuals and couples

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