SEEKING COUNSELLING
I am so sorry for the loss that has brought you here. You may be looking for professional support.
Let me introduce myself and the psychologists with whom I collaborate.
I am the Principal Clinical Psychologist of the Perinatal Loss Centre and the Antenatal & Postnatal Psychology Network. I work clinically with bereaved parents, train therapists in working with bereaved parents, and lead an exceptional team of individually practising perinatal psychologists based in several locations in Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula and Ballarat.
We work exclusively with women, men and couples (including same sex, gender diverse couples), who are struggling with fertility, pregnancy, miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, and neonatal loss . We support women and couples through the difficult decisions they may be faced with when foetal anomalies are present. We are unbiased and non-judgemental.
With an understanding of the deeply profound nature of desiring to be parents, our psychologists provide a warm, compassionate, and safe environment in which your grief can be honoured and processed.
Let me introduce myself and the psychologists with whom I collaborate.
I am the Principal Clinical Psychologist of the Perinatal Loss Centre and the Antenatal & Postnatal Psychology Network. I work clinically with bereaved parents, train therapists in working with bereaved parents, and lead an exceptional team of individually practising perinatal psychologists based in several locations in Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula and Ballarat.
We work exclusively with women, men and couples (including same sex, gender diverse couples), who are struggling with fertility, pregnancy, miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, and neonatal loss . We support women and couples through the difficult decisions they may be faced with when foetal anomalies are present. We are unbiased and non-judgemental.
With an understanding of the deeply profound nature of desiring to be parents, our psychologists provide a warm, compassionate, and safe environment in which your grief can be honoured and processed.
Conception after loss
We understand that women and couples often need support to work through their grief before trying to conceive again. No subsequent pregnancy replaces the baby who didn't survive. We support women and couples in their unfolding readiness towards trying again (if this is what they choose). Often women feel desperate to fall pregnant again, and challenges associated with conception can be particularly stressful and painful following loss. We understand that the path through fertility may have been fraught, which can compound the grief you may be experiencing. We support you through fertility struggles and assisted reproduction.
Pregnancy after loss
We see many women and couples in subsequent pregnancies after loss/es. Understandably anxiety can be high in subsequent pregnancies, and we support you through this anxiety. Many women feel hesitant or fearful to bond with their baby in a later pregnancy, sometimes feeling guilty to do so. We help you to process your grief, honour your lost child, and make a new space for the baby you are next expecting.
Parenting after loss
We also work with women and couples who are facing the mixed emotions that come up in parenting their subsequent children. For example, parents can feel torn between their grief for their lost child, and their love for their next child. They can feel guilty for experiencing positive feelings. A common difficulty bereaved parents face is coming to terms with knowing that their living child would not be here if their previous child had not died.
How do I book an appointment to see a psychologist?
Below are our psychologists listed by location. Select the location that best suits you and click on the psychologist's name. This will take you to the individual profile page of that psychologist so you can read more about her. Contact details are available there.
You can make direct contact with the psychologist by phone or email.
We understand that women and couples often need support to work through their grief before trying to conceive again. No subsequent pregnancy replaces the baby who didn't survive. We support women and couples in their unfolding readiness towards trying again (if this is what they choose). Often women feel desperate to fall pregnant again, and challenges associated with conception can be particularly stressful and painful following loss. We understand that the path through fertility may have been fraught, which can compound the grief you may be experiencing. We support you through fertility struggles and assisted reproduction.
Pregnancy after loss
We see many women and couples in subsequent pregnancies after loss/es. Understandably anxiety can be high in subsequent pregnancies, and we support you through this anxiety. Many women feel hesitant or fearful to bond with their baby in a later pregnancy, sometimes feeling guilty to do so. We help you to process your grief, honour your lost child, and make a new space for the baby you are next expecting.
Parenting after loss
We also work with women and couples who are facing the mixed emotions that come up in parenting their subsequent children. For example, parents can feel torn between their grief for their lost child, and their love for their next child. They can feel guilty for experiencing positive feelings. A common difficulty bereaved parents face is coming to terms with knowing that their living child would not be here if their previous child had not died.
How do I book an appointment to see a psychologist?
Below are our psychologists listed by location. Select the location that best suits you and click on the psychologist's name. This will take you to the individual profile page of that psychologist so you can read more about her. Contact details are available there.
You can make direct contact with the psychologist by phone or email.
PERINATAL PSYCHOLOGISTS VICTORIA
Dr Megan Andrew
Caulfield North |
Brooke Andrews
Seddon |
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Dr Karola Belton
Albert Park, Hampton |
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Dr Delwyn Carpenter
Boronia, Burwood East |
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Dr Melanie Quinn
Brunswick |
Dr Gwyneth Rees
Hampton |
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Bianca Whiteman
Caulfield North |
Dr Hannah Woolhouse
Mornington |
ONLINe SUPPORT
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You are not alone
The Perinatal Loss Centre Facebook Page is dedicated to providing supportive information on perinatal loss. The Perinatal Loss Centre Facebook Support Group is a closed group moderated by Anita Guyett (bereaved parent and past CEO of Bereavement Care at SANDS Australia). Other support services can be found here. |
