From one rural mother to another.
Birthing her daughter on an ambulance plane at just 33 weeks was not how Rebecca imagined starting a family with a New England grazier on his 6th generation sheep & cattle property. Rebecca has first hand experience of the difficulties facing regional women, the challenges faced by mothers experiencing complex pregnancies, traumatic births, isolation & of children requiring additional medical care. Rebecca now supports women across Australia via telehealth in areas of general mental health, anxiety, fertility, pregnancy, birthing & parenting.
Rebecca provides general information, resources and a dash of life on the farm @her_rural_psychologist on Instagram.
Pregnancy & Birth Recovery.
Deep Dive With A Psychologist To Build Your Ideal Pregnancy & Birth Recovery Game Plan.
Our Pregnancy & Birth Intensive service is a once-off 2 hour session that takes your current mental health history, your pregnancy & birth experience as well as lifestyle in an in-depth, in session, clinical assessment, giving you answers and strategies to apply today.
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A safe & supported space to discuss your labour, birthing & 4th trimester experience.
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Rebecca’s clinical training has focused on clinical assessment & diagnosis of a range of mental health conditions, as well as defining symptoms of concern to pinpoint the most evidence based treatments for your unique presentation & circumstances.
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Perinatal mental health - mental wellbeing in the pre & postnatal period is a special interest for Rebecca. Rebecca firmly believes early identification of both illness & the context in which is has formed are critical for both mother & baby wellness.
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Rebecca works work all mothers to identify & define their babies unique needs & outline a plan to support both mother & baby
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An in-depth assessment with guided psychoeducation to equip new mums with an understanding of the science of sleep, biological rhythms of sleep pressure & the circadian cycle.
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Understanding hunger queues, feeding routines for sleep & settling, as well as recognising neurological interaction between mother & baby for breast feeding is a critical starting point for confidence in feeding. Rebecca includes an assessment of feeding in all programs, including evidence based psychoeducation to guide your feeding journey.
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Rebecca works with mothers to identify the most common reasons babies are unsettled, defining age appropriate expectations, strategies for settling, support options & coping strategies to build the confidence of mothers in settling even the most challenging of babies.
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All mothers will walk away with a bespoke program of psychoeducation & evidence based strategies to address sleep, settling, feeding & emotional wellbeing.
"Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.”
— Linda Wooten
MENTAL HEALTH CHECKLIST
HOW ARE YOU GOING?
Everyone’s experience of pregnancy, birth and parenting is unique and brings different rewards and challenges. PANDA’s mental health checklist can help you to see if what you’re experiencing or observing in a loved one could be reason to seek help.