Professional Counselor Associate, Perinatal Mental Health Certified, LPC-A, PMH-C, NCC
The Person
Marjon Murphy is a Mental Health Counselor and the founder of Embrace Counseling in Oregon, where she specializes in perinatal mental health. She supports individuals and families through pregnancy, postpartum, and the emotional transitions of parenthood, with a focus on birth trauma, anxiety, depression, and identity shifts during this transformative season of life.
Before becoming a counselor, Marjon worked for many years as a postpartum doula and was a pioneer in the field in her area. She is a strong advocate for hands-on, in-home lactation support and practiced as a Certified Lactation Counselor, walking alongside families during the earliest and most vulnerable days of parenting.
Originally from the Netherlands, Marjon has lived and worked internationally and brings a broad, culturally attuned perspective to her work. In addition to her clinical practice, she is the author of The Next Level Postpartum Doula (2022) and remains passionate about supporting both families and professionals in the perinatal field.
Pronounced: MarYon
The Care
Marjon is a firm believer that postpartum care and lactation support go hand in hand. The number one need of many parents is getting breastfeeding off to a good start. Marjon started implementing the Dutch way of postpartum care into her doula business and created a program that focuses on care for mother, baby, and the household for the first weeks after birth. While bringing education and knowledge, all parents are the expert on their own baby and a postpartum doula will always follow their lead. What that care looks like is different in every household.
The Book
Marjon is the author of The Next Level Postpartum Doula. A 370-page guide book that talks about all the aspects postpartum doulas encounter in their work with clients. The book takes the doulas through the first 10 days postpartum and gives suggestions on what they can do and talk about with their clients. There is detailed information about postpartum healing, newborn care, breastfeeding, and communication as well as the business aspect of doula work. Marjon has interviewed other postpartum doulas and together this has evolved into this beautiful book. The Next Level Postpartum Doula comes with a practical workbook the doulas can bring to every client.
The Website
On www.thenextlevelpostpartumdoula.com postpartum doulas can find resources, business tools, classes, blogs, and videos that can help them in growing their knowledge, skills, and business.
- The Next Level Postpartum Doula WORKBOOK
- MEAL PLANNING & LOGISTICS PACKAGE
- BREASTFEEDING GAME as part of your lactation class
- HANDOUTS for clients
- EMAILS to send to clients
- COURSES from other postpartum professionals
- and much more.
Contact Marjon if you want her one-on-one hands-on support to grow your postpartum doula practice.
