Perinatal mental health services
At Pace Ahead Psychology, Perinatal and Infant Mental Health is important… And we know how to take care of you during these important periods. We work as a dedicated team of psychologists, with local psychiatric and paediatric specialist support to help mothers, fathers, infants, couples and families during the perinatal period.
How can we help?
Planning
Common reasons for seeking help with us around preconception and conception:
Desire to become pregnant but fears about becoming a parent (“Will I be a good-enough mother or father?”)
Unplanned pregnancy – wanted or unwanted
Infertility – female and/or male
Fertility treatment – including same sex couples and single mothers
Secondary infertility – trying unsuccessfully for your second or subsequent
Depression, anxiety or stress that may be adversely impact conception
Pregnancy
We might help with:
Antenatal depression
Antenatal anxiety
Unplanned pregnancy
Feeling overwhelmed
Coping with increased sensitivity
Previous perinatal loss
Lack of bond with fetus
Fear of birth (tokophobia)
Maintaining couple intimacy in the transition to parenthood
Postpartum
We can offer help for postnatal depression, postnatal anxiety, OCD, adjustment to parenthood, birth trauma, unsettled or sickly babel attachment issues and more - we can help!
Parenting
We can help you manage the complex adaptations and demands of parenting. We help to strengthen your relationship with yourself, your baby and your partner.
We have psychologists trained in Circle of Security Parenting, 123 Magic and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy.