Pregnancy & Parenthood Psychology
Gentle psychological care for navigating the emotional and relational changes of growing a family.
Services
Perinatal Anxiety
Build your calm and resilient toolkit. Embrace pregnancy and parenthood with greater peace of mind.
Fertility and Pregnancy Support
Navigate fertility struggles and pregnancy complexities with clarity and hope.
Postnatal Depression
Gentle, evidence-based support to rediscover calm, connection and yourself.
Birth Trauma and Loss
Compassionate, trauma-informed care to help you process difficult experiences and rebuild wellbeing.
Adjustment to Parenting
Reconnect with who you are whilst embracing who you are becoming.
Perfectionism and Guilt
Find freedom from impossible standards. Build confidence through relationship-focused, Good Enough parenting.
Navigating Family Relationships
Strengthen bonds and set healthy boundaries.
Early Years Parenting Support
Navigate everyday parenting challenges. Build strong foundations for child growth and your confidence.
Developmental Differences
Support for parenting for those who experience the world differently, such as those with sensory, learning or neurodiversity.
Meet the psychologist
Hello, I am Donna Rose
With over 20 years of experience as a psychologist, I have a special interest in supporting families through the unexpected — whether that’s fertility difficulties, premature birth, health concerns, developmental differences, social adversity, or loss.
The early experiences of becoming - or trying to become - a parent shape us deeply, touching both our inner world and our connections with others. Together, we’ll explore how your experiences, relationships, health, and hopes for the future weave into your family’s story, while finding steadiness, connection, and moments to simply be in the midst of it all.
My approach is trauma and neurodevelopmentally informed, gentle, and relationship focused. I’ll support you to make sense of your experiences, grow genuine confidence, and discover your own way of being a family.
HAVE QUESTIONS?
I have Answers
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The fee is $220 for a 50-60 min session.
The current Medicare Rebate is $98.95, which brings the out-of-pocket cost to $121.05 per session.
Medicare Rebates are available to Medicare Card holders with a Mental Health Treatment Plan and a referral from a GP or a Psychiatrist.
Private Health Insurance holders may be eligible for reimbursement of fees for psychology services. Please contact your insurer to determine rebates under your policy.
Both Medicare and Private Health insurance rebates cannot be claimed for the same session.
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You do not need a referral to see a psychologist.
However, a GP or psychiatrist can activate a Medicare Mental Health Treatment Plan which provides a rebate on the cost of psychologist fees.
The Medicare rebate is valid for 6 sessions, after which your referring Doctor will review whether more sessions are needed, and an additional 4 sessions can be accessed. There is a limit of 10 rebatable sessions per calendar year with a Medicare Mental Health Treatment Plan.
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YES. Welcome!
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Once you or your GP have contacted me, we book in for a 20 minute introductory phone call where we will talk about what you are looking for and whether our working together is the best fit for your needs.
Next, we will book the first two appointments and I’ll send you some online paperwork to review and complete before we meet.
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Sessions are conducted in person for through a secure internet Telehealth connection.
For the first few sessions, I’d like to see you two -weeks apart; this helps to get our teamwork going. Then we work out how often we meet, based on your needs and availability.
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Telehealth is the conduct of a health session via a secure video connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
In Psychology/Psychiatry we have been using telehealth for therapy for decades with people living in remote communities. The Covid Pandemic helped us all understand that we could use telehealth routinely and effectively to deliver psychological care. It is a great option to have when getting to the office is tricky.
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The booking systems make it easy for you to change or reschedule your appointment all the way up to 8am, the morning of the appointment.
A cancellation fee of $60 will be charged for a missed appointment.
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I do not offer services to families with Family Law (parenting) disputes in progress.
Should you require relationship or parenting support during separation please contact a Family Relationship Support Centre: https://www.familyrelationships.gov.au
The Perinatal Space is in Brisbane (Meanjin), on the traditional lands of the Turrbal and Yuggera peoples. For tens of thousands of years the traditional custodians have nurtured children on these lands, with wisdom and care passed down through generations. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.