Location: Red Hill

Dr Janine Oostenbroek
Registered Psychologist
PhD, MPsych (Counselling Psychology), BA(Hons)

Janine is a perinatal psychologist who works in private practice in Red Hill, Queensland. Janine brings warmth and understanding but also humour and light-heartedness to therapy sessions. Janine has a passion for working with women and their families as they face the challenges of family planning, pregnancy, perinatal loss, preparing for birth, birth trauma, transition to parenthood, and parenting little ones.

Janine has been interested in supporting women and their families for many years. Janine initially became interested in the mother-infant relationship through academic research and spent many years investigating how infants grow, interact, and develop in their social environment. Janine completed her PhD in developmental psychology in 2013 studying whether newborn babies have an innate ability to imitate (turns out they do not!). She has also worked on studies helping mothers tune into their babies’ needs through a smartphone-app. Janine completed her Masters in Counselling Psychology at The University of Queensland in 2021 and now works as a perinatal psychologist in private practice. Janine has completed training from the Centre for Perinatal Psychology in bereavement and loss as well as an intensive perinatal training. She has also completed the Becoming Us training with Elly Taylor which focuses on the couple relationship in the perinatal period. Recently, Janine completed advanced training in Compassion Focused Therapy.

Janine adapts her therapeutic approach to best meet the needs of her clients. She predominately draws on a compassion-focused framework as well as using attachment, mindfulness, ACT and CBT approaches. Janine welcomes single parents and same-sex couples into therapy, and invites partners, newborns, and toddlers to attend sessions to support the needs of the family. Most of all, Janine is willing and engaged to hear your story, work collaboratively on your goals, and to provide a therapeutic space that is safe, comfortable, and supported.

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Kirsten Finn
Clinical Psychologist
BA (Hons), DPsych (Clin).

Kirsten is a clinical psychologist who has established a private practice to focus on supporting mothers.  Kirsten enjoys assisting families to overcome any difficulties experienced in their parenting journey.  Kirsten is available to see women during their pregnancy, birth and throughout their parenting experience.

Kirsten will sit with you through your experience and help you to process and understand any issues that have caused you distress.  Kirsten recognises how vulnerable you may feel in seeking help and in revealing your innermost thoughts so she will meet you with the respect, kindness and support that you deserve for taking this brave step to reach out for help.   As a mother herself, Kirsten can relate to your experience and offers a compassionate approach to strengthening your wellbeing.

Kirsten has worked in acute, hospital & community mental health settings since 2001.  She also worked for several years at the Mater Mothers Hospital Brisbane providing perinatal mental health support to women during pregnancy and to parents with babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Kirsten is a certified Circle of Security parenting educator and a Medicare Pregnancy Support provider.  She utilises a range of therapeutic approaches to individualise treatment to meet your specific needs.  Kirsten is experienced in providing psychological therapy for issues such as depression, anxiety, stress, grief & loss, trauma, life transitions, parent-child bonding, relationship difficulties and parenting support. She has a special interest in the use of EMDR as a treatment modality.

Babies and toddlers are most welcome in session.

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