MidTier Program:
Bespoke training in Perinatal Mental Health
Program Overview
Practice-ready Perinatal Mental Health Skills
Develop your confidence to work with perinatal clients. Across a series of modules, you will build an intermediate-level understanding of perinatal mental health across complex clinical and contextual presentations.
Infant Observation & Early-Relationships
Build your knowledge and application of infant observation principles, to better engage with the relational and developmental aspects of the infant, dyad and Mental Health Clinician's experience.
IVF & Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Grow your understanding of the various pathways to parenthood, specifically covering assisted reproductive technologies and their psychological impact during conception, pregnancy, and early parenting.
NICU Admissions
Develop your assessment and formulation skills, as well as explore therapeutic approaches that work with families in the NICU, facing medical complexity, healing from birth trauma, and experiencing extended hospitalisation.
Rural & Remote Australian Families
Consider the unique experiences of families living in and raising their children in rural and remote Australia, including service access barriers and continuity-of-care challenges.
Perfectionism & Intrusive Thoughts
Across two separate modules, strengthen your understanding of the function of perfectionism and intrusive thoughts in perinatal clients, including formulation considerations and potential therapeutic approaches.
Program Structures
A look inside the modules...
Clinician Recruitment and Engagement Manager | Gidget Foundation Australia
In her current role, Peni is dedicated to enhancing the recruitment, education, and professional development of GFA clinicians, driving engagement, and fostering growth within the clinician workforce. Peni’s passion for health and well-being, along with her experience in management and program development, contributes to her important role in the organisation’s mission to provide quality care. Read More
Clinical Supervisor & Accredited Mental Health Social Worker | Gidget Foundation Australia
Lisiane Latouche is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker who brings more than three decades of experience supporting and empowering mothers, fathers, and their families experiencing perinatal anxiety and depression or faced with grief/loss in the perinatal period. Read More
Clinical Educator, Clinical Psychologist | Gidget Foundation Australia
As a Clinical Educator with GFA, Rachelle brings together clinical depth and instructional design to create meaningful, practice-ready learning experiences. A registered Clinical Psychologist and Board-approved supervisor, she designs training that reflects the realities of clinical perinatal mental health work by centring the learner's experience. Read More
