Perinatal Maternal Mental Health and Neurodiversity with Amanda Donnet

In this week’s episode we interview clinical psychologist, Amanda Donnet. Amanda works at the intersection of infant feeding, mental health, and early parenting, and she works from a Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) framework. She champions finding solutions that honour the needs of both parents and baby, bringing fierce compassion to perinatal mental health.

For those who are new to the term 'perinatal' - this just means 'around birth', so it includes pregnancy and infancy. While this ep is focused on parental mental health in the early years of your baby's life, there is loads of relevance for parents of kids of all ages!

In this episode we discuss common mental health challenges in the perinatal period and the intersection of society, gender, and neurodiversity in the perinatal mental health space. We unpack some common CFT-based frameworks and approaches in this space, and talk though loads of practical strategies, covering maternal rage, managing sensory and executive functioning load, and how to manage both mother and baby’s needs during this time.

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