What is perinatal and infant mental health?
Perinatal and infant mental health is all about the emotional well-being of expecting parents, newborns, and infants. During this critical time, the mental health of both you and your baby is crucial for building strong and healthy relationships. Coping with the stresses of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting, as we strive to develop healthy attachment bonds with our little ones, can sometimes lead to:
- Feeling overwhelmed by emotion, doubt, or uncertainty.
- Constant worry, racing thoughts, or ongoing sadness.
- Feeling extreme highs and lows, irritability, or emotional outbursts.
- Facing tension or disconnection with loved ones.
- Questioning your abilities or feeling inadequate.
- Struggling to emotionally connect with your baby.
- Neglecting your needs or feeling guilty for taking care of yourself.
Early intervention can make a significant impact on the lifelong well-being of both parents and babies. With the right support, and information, you can confidently navigate the complexities being a new parent.
What can life after therapy look like?
With evidence-based approaches tailored specifically for perinatal and infant mental health, you can create a nurturing and loving environment for your family. So you can witness your little one thriving, growing, and developing, knowing you played an instrumental role in shaping their mental health and overall well-being.
My approach is designed to help you:
- Learn techniques to soothe your baby and establish healthy sleep patterns.
- Understand your baby’s cues and respond sensitively.
- Foster a secure attachment and promote healthy development.
- Manage your emotional needs in tandem with your baby’s.
- Build healthy family dynamics and improve your baby’s emotional development.
Therapies we'll draw from
The gold-standard treatment for trauma, EMDR targets pivotal past experiences and uses bilateral stimulation (like eye movements or tapping) to help you process them. It’s interactive, practical, and respects your privacy by prompting the healing process physically. Basically, it rewires your brain so you can make sense of your experiences in a more positive way.
Psychodynamic
Therapy
Psychodynamic therapy explores how your past experiences shape your current thoughts and behaviours. Together, we’ll focus on identifying unconscious patterns and dynamics to help you understand yourself deeply and make lasting changes in your life.
Schema
Therapy
ACT
Therapy
Compassion
Focused Therapy
With a focus on fostering empathy, this therapy is designed to help you overcome self-criticism, promote wellbeing, and improve your relationships. With techniques like visualisation and mindfulness, it helps you develop a compassionate mindset towards yourself and others.
Ego
State Therapy
Recognising that we’re complex beings, Ego State Therapy offers a roadmap for understanding different aspects of our personality (ego states). We all have unique parts that shape our thoughts, emotions, and actions. By getting to know them, we can tackle internal conflicts and unresolved issues that may be causing difficulties in our life.
Dialectical
Behaviour Therapy
DBT blends cognitive behavioural therapy with ideas from dialectical philosophy. It’s designed to help you learn new skills to improve your mindfulness, communication, relationships, and emotional control. With a comprehensive treatment approach that provides ongoing support and guidance to integrate these skills into your life.
When you’re ready,
I’m here to help.
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Yours to be messy, lonely, joyful or inspired. Whatever you need, I’m here to support you with actionable strategies, compassion and resources so you can make tangible changes to your life.
