Mellisonant studio
Strategic Psychotherapy Clinical Hypnotherapy Professional Mentorship & Maternity Support
Mellisonant studio offers systems conscious therapy is an integrative approach that explores how an individual’s patterns, behaviours, and emotional responses are shaped by the systems they exist within — including relationships, work environments, culture, and early conditioning. It brings awareness to how these systems are internalised and repeated in daily life, often outside of conscious awareness.
This work focuses on identifying and interrupting unhelpful cycles between internal experience and external environments, supporting greater choice, regulation, and alignment in behaviour.
Rather than treating symptoms in isolation, it works with the whole system of a person’s lived experience to create sustainable, relational, and behavioural change.
Mellisonant is a rare adjective meaning: sweet-sounding; melodious; having a smooth, harmonious sound.
It comes from Latin roots mellis (honey) and sonare (to sound), literally meaning “honey-sounding.”
Amy comes with over two decades of experience across maternity care in Australia and New Zealand, including hospital, community, rural caseload, private practice, lactation consultancy, and tertiary education.
Her work is grounded in a deep understanding of the maternity continuum and the psychological, emotional, and physiological shifts that occur from conception through to the postnatal period and beyond.
Amy supports child-free women in exploring identity beyond prescribed roles, creating space for reflection, self-acceptance, and the intentional construction of a life aligned with their own values.
Through Mellisonant Studio, she offers structured, integrative support that bridges clinical expertise with psychological understanding, helping individuals move beyond insight into clear, sustainable behavioural change.
Her approach simplifies complex emotional and behavioural patterns into practical frameworks, supporting clients to shift patterns of over-functioning, identity strain, and emotional overload with clarity, structure, and intention.
Hi, I’m Amy!
I’m a Registered Midwife, Clinical Hypnotherapist & Strategic Psychotherapy Practitioner based in Australia.
This is structured, clinically grounded work. And it creates lasting change.
I also offer self-led digital courses (available to anyone worldwide) for instant download. See our freebie Digital Course offer. Event offerings will be available in the near future.
Together we identify and address the internal limitations and behavioural patterns that are ultimately preventing you from living the life you desire.
Mellisonant Studio services…
Special note: Amy primarily works via Telehealth but plans to offer in-person sessions for MELLISONANT MUSE in the future. Midwife Muse and Midwifery Muse offers face-to-face option in Melbourne's Inner North. Please see further details when booking.
THE MUSES
midwifery muse
FOR PROFESSIONALS
6 SESSION PROGRAMME/ 6 hrs total with Amy via Telehealth or Walk & Talk.
Session plan: 2 x 60 minute sessions per month held over 3 months + curated digital workbook.
SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS OR CLIENTS RESIDING IN THE USA, CANADA OR THEIR TERRITORIES.
For high performing women & women in Healthcare seeking grounded, high-level guidance through professional and personal transitions.
This is non-clinical Mentorship for women who want clarity via a Strategic Psychotherapy lens.
Structured, psychologically informed exploration for women navigating professional and personal crossroads.
Mentorship offers a focused and supported space to examine where you are, what is no longer aligned, and how to move forward with clarity.
Together we work through the following themes of:
Cognitive clarity & identity
Conditioning deconstruction
Nervous system recalibration
Somatic awareness
Creating Coherence
Existential or Spiritual enquiry
Increasing capacity to hold the things you desire
This service is not Psychotherapy and does not include Hypnotherapy or clinical treatment. You will be required to complete onboarding as a Duty of Care.
mellisonant muse
FOR EVERYONE
SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS OR CLIENTS RESIDING IN THE USA, CANADA OR THEIR TERRITORIES.
Standalone Strategic Psychotherapy (no clinical hypnotherapy)
Focuses on understanding and changing unhelpful patterns, habits, and ways of thinking that keep you stuck. All Therapy is delivered via a lens that understands context and systems that impact individuals lives.
Uses structured conversation and guided questioning to help you see your situation differently and create new ways of responding.
Includes practical between-session tasks to help you apply changes in your everyday life.
Initial session discount available for Clients wishing to convert to combined traditional approach.
Clinical Hypnotherapy + Strategic Psychotherapy (combined-traditional approach)
Combines talking-based therapy with clinical hypnotherapy to work with both your conscious thoughts and deeper subconscious patterns.
Uses guided hypnotherapy to help calm the nervous system and support change at a deeper, automatic level.
Includes personalised tasks and recorded hypnotherapy tracks to support and reinforce progress between sessions.
The first session for ex MIDWIFERY MUSE Clients, for both services is charged at the follow-up appointment price. Please contact Amy for your personalised booking link.
This service is a Clinical Service. These services are not a substitute for Medical, Psychiatric or Psychological care. Your onboarding will require a declaration of suitability for receiving Clinical Hypnotherapy services.
maternity muse
FOR WOMEN ON THE CHILDBEARING CONTINUUM
EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND.
With over two decades of experience as a Registered Midwife in both Australia and New Zealand, I offer professional support and debriefing services to women across the childbearing continuum, including pre-conception pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period.
This service provides a structured, supportive space to reflect on your experiences, discuss care options, and process aspects of your journey with a qualified practitioner.
This is a non-clinical, non-diagnostic support service and does not constitute medical care, mental health treatment, psychotherapy, or hypnotherapy. It is not a substitute for care provided by your GP, obstetrician, midwife, or mental health professional.
The focus is on providing informed, experience-based support, education, and reflective conversation within a professional and respectful framework.
Offered via Telehealth or walk & talk for existing clients.
This service is not Psychotherapy and does not include Hypnotherapy or clinical treatment. You will be required to complete onboarding as a Duty of Care.
Need a vibe check?
Book a free confidential 15 minute video chat to see if this is for you.
Scope of practice Disclaimer
Mellisonant Studio provides therapy informed by Strategic Psychotherapy and Clinical Hypnotherapy.
These services are not a substitute for medical, psychiatric, or psychological treatment.
Amy does not treat or manage severe or complex mental health conditions, including:
• active psychosis or individuals with a history of psychosis
• bipolar disorder
• severe depression
• personality disorders
• dissociative disorders
• substance dependence
Individuals experiencing significant mental health concerns should seek support from a GP, psychologist, or psychiatrist.
Hello, I’m Amy
I’ve spent over two decades working as a Registered Midwife and Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) across a wide range of maternity settings, while also navigating the realities of life outside of work.
I grew up in rural New Zealand in the 1980s, before the internet, in a rapidly changing world- and later became a migrant, a traveller, and someone who has often had to rebuild life from the ground up.
My professional training taught me to stay calm in chaos, to anticipate the needs of others, to function under pressure, and to keep going no matter what. Over time, I learned how easily those skills can become a way of living rather than just a way of working.
I’ve also lived the quieter, harder experiences that don’t always get named- periods of instability, financial pressure, and relational challenges- alongside moments of profound growth and reinvention. There were times I felt disconnected from myself, moving through life in a way that felt functional, but not fully aligned.
I’ve never had a large support system around me, so I learned to take responsibility for building safety and stability within my own life. That process shaped how I now understand resilience — not as endurance, but as the ability to create a life that actually feels like home to yourself.
Alongside my clinical career, I’ve built a diverse professional background across midwifery, lactation consultancy, education, and private practice. I love travel, but I am also deeply a homebody at heart. I value quiet routines, being a dog mum, and travelling with my partner- the simple anchors that make life feel steady and real.
Mellisonant Studio grew from this lived experience, alongside my clinical training. It reflects both sides of my work: the professional understanding of how people function under pressure, and the personal understanding of what it takes to rebuild, realign, and come back to yourself.
Amy is registered with:
International Strategic Psychotherapy Association (ISPA).
National HCA registry for Clinical Hypnotherapists (Hypnotherapy Council Australia).
Gordian Pillars Strategic Psychotherapy accredited practitioner LIC#110257
Strategic Hypnotherapists practitioner LIC#200247
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, Registered Midwife (AHPRA).
Qualifications:
National Diploma of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Strategic Psychotherapy. Institute of Applied Psychology. Gooweebharee, Sydney.
Applied Somatics for Practitioners. Collective Being. Naarm, Melbourne.
Registered Midwife (Direct entry). Otago Polytechnic. Otepoti Dunedin, New Zealand.
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, IBCLE. Dogue, Piscataway, & Manahoac lands, Falls Church, Virginia. Currently non-practicing.
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This work is for individuals who are motivated to create meaningful and sustained change in their lives.
It is not for those seeking endless insight, but for those ready to develop practical skills and integrate them into daily behaviour.
My clients are typically socially conscious women who value self-awareness, responsibility, and intentional growth.
They are able and willing to be accountable for the changes they are working toward, and open to engaging deeply with the process required to achieve them.
Through the alchemy of Strategic Psychotherapy, Clinical Hypnotherapy, Mentorship & Support, I help women unlearn performance-based worth and recalibrate patterns, behaviours and blocks at the subconscious level.
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