Location: Eltham

Larissa Lagerewskij
Clinical and Perinatal Psychologist
BA (Psych), M.Psych, MAPS, MAPS CClin, GradCertCareerDevt

• Graduate Certificate in Career Development
• Professional Pilates Practitioner, Diploma of Pilates Movement Therapy
• Practitioner of Applied Mindfulness, Australian Institute of Applied Mindfulness
• Gottman Method Couples Training Level 1

Larissa is a warm, compassionate and neuro-affirming Registered Career Development Practitioner with CICA and CDAA and Perinatal/Clinical Psychologist who enjoys preparing women and their partners for pregnancy, birth and post birth. She has a wholistic approach to wellbeing focusing on physical and emotional wellbeing. Enhancing the quality of relationships is a cornerstone of therapy.

Career Development:

Larissa has a strong interest in career development in the context of the family and how career development can support mental health.  Larissa has expertise in supporting women with enhancing their self-understanding to make informed career choices. Supporting women with navigating return to work post birth or making a career change is a particular focus especially with neurodivergent folk. She has a wealth of experience across several industries (health, sport, education, hospitality, retail, small business and government) and has worked with people with disabilities and of different cultures.  She offers a hope-based approach with the goal of supporting neurodivergent women with finding balance and meaning.

Perinatal Psychology:

Larissa focuses on supporting the transition to parenthood addressing perinatal anxiety and depression to ensure healthy social and emotional development of children.

She has significant experience with supporting:

• the neurodivergent community
• families of different cultures
• same sex families

Larissa sees women and their partners who are anxious about becoming and being pregnant …

• preparing for becoming a parent
• coping with the birth process
• adjusting to the role of being a parent
• reflecting on career development as a parent
• transitioning to work after becoming a parent
• managing the juggle of work, life and family

Larissa has an empowering and strength-based approach to perinatal and infant mental health.  She embraces a trauma informed and neuro-affirmative approach with reflective parenting. She uses a variety of evidence-based therapies including CBT, ACT, Mindfulness and Compassion focussed therapies to nurture self-understanding, to support the nervous system and capacity in conjunction with solution focused and strength-based approaches.

Short- and long-term therapy are available to assist women, their partners and families to understand and address their concerns.  Appointments are available via Telehealth and in person appointments can be arranged.

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