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Mums Matter Psychology Mums Matter Psychology is dedicated to quality mental health care for pregnant women and new mums.

"You’re beating yourself up for “taking so long” without realizing you needed every single year it took to get here.*Tru...
19/06/2026

"You’re beating yourself up for “taking so long” without realizing you needed every single year it took to get here.

*Truly* seeing your parents, and what happened to you growing up, means recognizing a profound loss.

It means grieving the childhood you did not get.

Realizing how long you blamed yourself.

Accepting that the people you depended on could not fully show up for you emotionally.

And for adult children of emotionally immature parents, that realization would have been too destabilizing earlier in life. So the psyche protects itself by rationing the truth slowly.

That is why it still haunts you now. And it’s why it takes so long to move through it.

Your psyche was doing exactly what it was built to do, rationing the truth at a pace you could survive."

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👩‍⚕️ Meet the Team: Sophie Ruzyla, Registered PsychologistWe're delighted to introduce Sophie, a registered psychologist...
19/06/2026

👩‍⚕️ Meet the Team: Sophie Ruzyla, Registered Psychologist

We're delighted to introduce Sophie, a registered psychologist with a Masters of Educational and Developmental Psychology and 13 years of experience across diverse clinical settings.

Sophie is dedicated to helping parents and individuals navigate major life transitions with confidence. She understands that pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood represent some of life's most profound transformations, requiring both professional expertise and genuine understanding.

As a mother of three herself, Sophie blends professional evidence-based expertise with authentic lived experience. She knows firsthand the challenges, joys, and complexities of navigating pregnancy and early parenthood—not just theoretically, but through personal experience.

Sophie provides a compassionate, non-judgmental space for women facing the realities of motherhood. Her approach recognizes that you're the expert in your own experience, and therapy is a collaborative partnership toward your wellbeing.

Introducing: Daisy Gibson, Clinical PsychologistDaisy Gibson is a registered Clinical Psychologist with the Australian H...
17/06/2026

Introducing: Daisy Gibson, Clinical Psychologist

Daisy Gibson is a registered Clinical Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). She holds a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology and Certificate IV in Hypnotherapy. Daisy provides compassionate, evidence-based care that is tailored to the unique needs and circumstances of individuals. She has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults across a wide range of presentations and settings. Her approach is underpinned by an understanding of attachment theory, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Since becoming a mother herself, Daisy has been particularly drawn to working in perinatal psychology. She is passionate about supporting parents and parents-to-be during this particularly transformative and vulnerable time of life. Daisy has completed the perinatal specific training with the Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE)


🌟 Beneath the title of 'Mum' remains a woman who deserves to be seen, heard, and tended toMotherhood can feel like disap...
16/06/2026

🌟 Beneath the title of 'Mum' remains a woman who deserves to be seen, heard, and tended to

Motherhood can feel like disappearing into a role where everyone sees what you provide but nobody sees who you are. You become "someone's mum" rather than your own person with needs, feelings, preferences, and an inner life.

This reduction to function rather than personhood creates profound loneliness. You're constantly visible yet simultaneously invisible—needed for what you do but unseen for who you are beneath the doing.

You deserve to be seen as a whole person—with your own struggles, dreams, exhaustion, and complexity. Your needs matter. Your feelings are valid. Your personhood exists beyond your maternal role.

Being a good mother doesn't require erasing yourself. Your child benefits from seeing you as a whole person who models that women can hold multiple identities while remaining themselves.

Check out this powerful post during Endometriosis month from "In the last three years, I’ve had over 50 endometriosis l...
15/06/2026

Check out this powerful post during Endometriosis month from

"In the last three years, I’ve had over 50 endometriosis lesions cut out of my body. A chocolate cyst that was adhering my o***y to my side was removed. An appendectomy and a hernia repair. I’ve felt indescribable, inescapable pain. Trying to keep my invisible illness to myself after being told by doctors it was just “part of being a woman.” I spent 10 years being undiagnosed. As a teenager and young woman, I felt weak and deeply insecure. I was trapped in my own body. March is endometriosis awareness month. As this month comes to a close, I urge everyone to remember this invisible disease each and every day. To lend support, compassion and grace towards the millions who suffer. It’s up to all of us to raise awareness, not just for endometriosis but for women’s health as a whole. No one deserves to suffer in silence. For more information I turned to and . If you’re in pain, my heart breaks for you. I believe you. Please find answers. And don’t give up on yourself. I know how hard that can be"

“Muscle and Milk” by husband-and-wife photography duo Anita Clark and Paul Wenham-ClarkeThe image, showing three rugby-p...
14/06/2026

“Muscle and Milk” by husband-and-wife photography duo Anita Clark and Paul Wenham-Clarke

The image, showing three rugby-playing mothers breastfeeding their babies moments after the final whistle, was shortlisted in the 2025 AOP Open Awards and the Sony World Photography Awards 2025, with the work exhibited at Somerset House in London.

The photographers described the image as capturing “strength and nurture, muscle and milk, competition and care” while calling for a sporting world where “motherhood isn’t an interruption but part of the playbook.” Couldn’t agree more! GLORIOUS!

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It’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week and we are focusing on ‘Attunement’. Attuned relationships help support a baby’...
12/06/2026

It’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week and we are focusing on ‘Attunement’. Attuned relationships help support a baby’s brain development in the . Attunement helps with sensory & motor skills, emotional regulation, attention and is also important for language development.

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Introducing: Chimene Barrett, PsychologistChimene is a compassionate psychologist registered with the Australian Health ...
10/06/2026

Introducing: Chimene Barrett, Psychologist

Chimene is a compassionate psychologist registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA), and mum of four. She has experience supporting adults and children from diverse backgrounds across community mental health and private settings.

Chimene offers support during the transition to parenthood, including those experiencing perinatal anxiety, depression, birth trauma, grief and loss, parenting stress, and patterns of addiction. Her person-centred and trauma-informed therapeutic approach combines evidence-based treatments including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) with an attachment-focused framework. Chimene works collaboratively with clients to create a safe and non-judgemental space for reflection, exploration and authentic, meaningful growth.


🚶‍♀️ Mindful Walking: How to use a stroller walk as a moving meditationStroller walks offer rare opportunity for movemen...
09/06/2026

🚶‍♀️ Mindful Walking: How to use a stroller walk as a moving meditation
Stroller walks offer rare opportunity for movement, fresh air, and mental reset—but often we spend them ruminating, worrying, or mentally planning. Transform these walks into moving meditation that restores rather than depletes.

Begin by setting intention: "This walk is for presence, not productivity." Notice the rhythm of your steps, the feeling of movement, the sensation of air on your skin. When your mind wanders to worries or tasks, gently return attention to physical sensations.

Engage your senses intentionally. What do you see? What sounds do you notice? What smells are present? This sensory focus anchors you in the present moment rather than spinning in anxious thoughts about past or future.

Practice gratitude for your body's ability to move, for the time outside, for this brief respite. Even 10 minutes of mindful walking can shift your nervous system from stress to regulation.

Visit mumsmatterpsychology.com for more mindfulness practices.

"Once he was born, I was terrified that if I put him down, he would die. I was scared that if I didn’t immediately respo...
08/06/2026

"Once he was born, I was terrified that if I put him down, he would die. I was scared that if I didn’t immediately respond to or anticipate his needs, I would destroy his attachment style for life. ⁠
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I would stay awake all night with my son on my chest and would sleep in shifts with my husband and my mum, so someone was always holding him. After our experience in the hospital where I would need to listen to him in distress for up to 45 minutes while I waited for a nurse to hand him to me, I couldn’t tolerate him crying without panicking."⁠
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Read Lisa's story about anxiety about her baby's sleep and where she found support for her anxiety and how it helped her sleep -reposted from

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