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Perinatal & Maternal Mental Health OT

The transition into parenthood, is one of the most influential, transformative and challenging times in our lives. There can be a range of emotions, but it’s also very common to feel overwhelmed, exhausted and a raft of other emotions. Having a safe space to explore and support your changing needs and navigate growth can be beneficial.

Hollie is here to support this transition in your life, and advanced training in Perinatal Mental health, and is an endorsed Mental Health Occupational Therapist, utilising a compassion, strengths focused, trauma-informed/attachment lens and mindfulness based approach.

Hollie provides assistance to those becoming a parent, during pregnancy and adjusting or within parenthood to with support for:

  • Exploring your emotional wellbeing support whilst planning a family

  • Managing lifestyle changes, expectations and flexibility

  • Adjusting and adapting to working whilst pregnant

  • Relationship changes and challenges

  • Body image

  • Sleep

  • Trauma triggers

  • Managing stress

  • Experience of Depression or Anxiety

  • Feelings of guilt, shame, anger or rage

  • Building a support network or “village”

Women’s Health Occupational Therapy

Women have unique health needs, and the holistic perspective and person-centred lens of Occupational Therapy (OT) considers the whole person and the things that they need and want to do. OT can support the intersection of what is happening for the person, within their environment and how this might be influencing their engagement in the things they want and need to do (we call these occupations). When supporting women’s health, we can also consider the specific and unique occupational impact of life transitions, or “rites of passage” that women transit in their lifetime or can also support the chronic health conditions that many women live with also.


Sessions with Hollie can support you with:

  • Adaptations to living with chronic conditions, such as Endometriosis, challenges with Menstruation, pelvic pain, intimacy, sex or engaging in daily activities

  • Managing at work, or returning to work

  • Recovery and Scar management support post surgery or child birth

  • Soft tissue or “hand’s on” body work support

  • Lifestyle modifications (provide support for integrating lifestyle modifications to include exercise, nutrition, sleep hygiene, energy conservation, time management, breathing, posture and environmental factors that can impact health and wellbeing.

  • Mind - body interventions, Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Somatic embodiment

  • Debriefing and processing difficult or traumatic births

  • Building self compassion, to navigate challenges with emotions

  • Sensory overwhelm/challenges

Circle of Security Parenting Program

Hollie is a Circle of Security - Parenting Facilitator.

Hollie provides programs to parents in small groups or individually.

Hollie also can provide this program for parents who have access to NDIS funding for their child or for themselves to support their capacity for parenting.

Contact Hollie and her team for more information on how we can tailor a program for your needs.