Supporting you in pregnancy, birth & parenthood

Claudia Sousa

Birth & Postnatal Doula

Birth and Postnatal Doula

Hypnobirthing practitioner

pediatric first aider

Hello and welcome

My name is Claudia and I am originally from Lisbon, Portugal, and I have been living in the UK with my family for the past 10 years.  I am currently based in Tunbridge Wells and I am serving Kent and Southeast London areas.

I offer emotional, physical and informational support to families before, during, and after birth to help them
achieve a calm, confident, and empowering experience during one of the
most transformative passages of their lives. 

I decided to become a doula to honour my own transformative journey into motherhood, my son, and all women who carry this immense power without always being aware of it. My birth story revealed that power to me, but it also showed how deeply unsupported we can be during this sacred time, often due to misunderstandings about our bodies and fear-based pressure.

Through that experience, I learned that knowledge, combined with humanised and compassionate support, changes everything in today’s birth context. I believe that when you gain knowledge and skills that profoundly benefit others, there is a responsibility to share them. And so, here I am, doing exactly that.

I stepped away from the corporate world, where I had spent 20 years working, and since then, I have fully committed to learning about pregnancy, birth, and postpartum:

In 2024, I completed my Doula Foundation Course with Birth Bliss Academy and in 2025, I trained in Hypnobirthing with Mama Serene, both fedant approved antenatal educators.

It is an honour to walk alongside families during one of the most powerful and transformative seasons of their lives, and to gently guide them through their own rebirth with consciousness, calm, and intention.

 

Kent Doula Collective (2019)