"There is no such thing as a baby.
There is a baby and someone. "
Donald Winnicott
Perinatal period
Preconception, Pregnancy, Birth and Baby
Whether you are:​
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Planning pregnancy
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Having difficulty conceiving
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Your journey to motherhood has not been easy
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Pregnant but don't have that "pregnancy glow". Instead, you feel disconnected from yourself and your baby.
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Have just given birth and you experienced trauma or have unprocessed feelings about the events of birth
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In the postpartum period (0-12months)
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A mother, a father, a grandparent, non-birthing parent or a caregiver
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I'm here to support you across the perinatal periods, whatever your experience. Explore your motherhood mindset and prepare for the psychological labour of parenthood with the support of relationship-based psychotherapeutic interventions and counselling support. Explore your thoughts and feelings as you adjust to motherhood, and get to know to know yourself and your baby. Connect with your own child within and take care of your mental health today.
Grief and Loss
Pregnancy and Infant Grief and Loss
Your baby existed, no matter how many weeks gestation they were, how close they came to making their due date and no matter how many days/weeks/months/years they lived. You carried them inside you and now, they live on in your heart and mind through continuing bonds. The grief doesn't get smaller but YOU grow around the grief. If you have experienced loss of baby or child, seek support here.
Perinatal, motherhood and parenting
We all have experiences of grief and loss, and this period is no exception. There are many things that cause these feelings - they are not rare, and they do not make you a bad or ungrateful.
For some women, parents and families - they experience the grief of not being able to conceive and/or many failed attempts to create a family with social, financial and psychological impacts.
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For others, we might grieve the loss of our identity as a person or our expectations of what we thought motherhood "should" be like.
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We all want a healthy and happy baby, but sadly, sometimes our precious little ones have healthy problems, and we have to reconcile with the baby we created in our minds and the baby we have in our arms.
Parenting and Motherhood
Support and Education
Motherhood is a mix of beautiful, yet hard. It can be isolating despite the constant noise and busyness around us. We grow, change and develop but this time can be confronting as we develop a deeper connection with our own hurts from childhood.
Develop reflective parenting skills and learn that good enough parenting is what your child needs, not perfect parenting. Let go of societies, and your own unrealistic expectations. Gain evidence-based parenting education, support and skills.
Join one of my online Circle of Security Parenting Program groups (ideal for parents with children 0-5 yrs) - a relationship-based program for understanding your child's emotional needs rather then just their behaviour.
Infant and Child Mental Health
Child and Parent Therapies
As early as conception, our baby is growing physically and mentally. While memories aren't stored in explicit memory, they are stored in implicit memories - our unconscious emotional mind. This means, our experiences in relationship with our caregivers does matter and can have an impact. If you are struggling in relationship with your child, talk to Attune and Bloom about the play-based dyadic (parent/child) informed therapeutic interventions.
"The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health invervention known to mankind"