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Post Partum Depression

Virtual Mental Health Services

Are you feeling overwhelmed, worried, or sad either during pregnancy or soon after the birth of a baby? Karitane provides individual consultations and groups supporting parents experiencing perinatal depression or anxiety with a focus on supporting the parent-infant relationship. This is a free service.

Our clinicians are here to help you explore and understand the factors affecting your mental health, including low mood, anxiety, and other challenges like unrealistic expectations of parenthood, rigid thinking patterns, the effects of childhood trauma, and experiences of grief and loss. We provide the support you need to adapt to your role as a parent. As a parent-infant service, our primary goal is to help you strengthen the bond with your baby.

Our Services

  • Individual and family supportive therapy
  • Psychiatric services
What to Expect

Your first meeting will focus on understanding your specific needs, allowing us to recommend the most suitable services. From there, you'll be invited to attend regular sessions, typically once a week, with the frequency depending on the services you’re accessing.

Our dedicated team—including registered nurses, clinical psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists, all with specialist expertise in perinatal and infant mental health—will work with you over the coming weeks or months, providing ongoing support for as long as you need until you feel ready to transition from our care.

Parenting Webinars

We offer our popular parenting webinars online regularly. Webinars are FREE to join, just choose a topic important to you and join other parents as our expert child and family health nurse provides tips and strategies.

How to start the process

Click 'Get Help' and fill out this short form, and we’ll find the right support for your family.

Cost

This is a free service for Medicare card holders

A mother and her baby

What parents say

“Thank you for turning the light on and bringing me out of the darkness.  Thank you for all your support, advice and reassurance.”

Sophia – Fairfield, NSW