Yvonne has worked closely with many parents, supporting children with mild to severe mental health issues in both private child psychology clinics and public child/adolescent mental health services. Yvonne has also completed additional perinatal mental health training with the Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE) and Circle of Security Parenting (COSP).
Yvonne is passionate about supporting parents to gain confidence and enjoyment in the parenting role and to find a style of parenting that is in line with their personal values and philosophies. New parents are welcome to bring their young infants to the session.
Some examples of how Yvonne can support:
• Preparing for parenting
• Coping with unplanned pregnancy or perinatal loss
• Trauma associated with birth and adjusting to premature birth
• Depression and anxiety associated with pregnancy and the postpartum period
• Supporting attachment and emotional development in the early years
• Parenting in the early years
• Building parenting confidence
• Improving parent-child communication and relationships
• Managing parenting stress/burnout
• Adjustment disorders
• Understanding triggers and the impact of historical/childhood trauma
• Parenting through separation
• Children and Adolescents with anxiety (commonly Social, Separation, Panic Attacks, Phobias and OCD)
• Children and Adolescents with low mood and self harming
• Children and Adolescents struggling with school refusal and non-attendance
• Children and Adolescents with behavioural and emotional regulation difficulties