Jane Brincat

Jane is a mother of two beautiful kids, and a Mental Health Occupational Therapist. Inspired by her own journey of becoming a mother, she is passionate about supporting other women through matrescence and adjusting to the many demands of motherhood.

Through the lens of occupation – that is, all the things that we ‘do’ – Jane recognises the enormous transformation that occurs in becoming a mother. She acknowledges how truly unique this is for everyone through pre-conception, conception, loss, pregnancy, birth, post-partum and parenthood.

Jane is a highly experienced mental health clinician having previously working in youth mental health, and concurrently works in the public sector in emergency mental health. Valuing community and building a ‘village’, Jane is well connected to local services including general practitioners, maternal child health nurses, public mental health services, and other local parenting/motherhood services.

Areas of support include:

• Mental health and adjustment to life transitions
• Overwhelm and dysregulation
• Navigating neurodiversity in motherhood
• Changed identity, roles and relationships
• Grief, loss and trauma (including birth trauma)
• Parenting / attachment coaching
• Infant feeding, sleep and settling (informed by the Possums/NDC model)
• Self-efficacy & self-esteem
• Matrescence coaching
• Parenting preparation – individually, as a couple and in our group program ‘Birth of Us’

Jane has developed and facilitates our parenting preparation program ‘Birth of Us’ and runs our monthly ‘Mum and Me Morning Tea’.

Jane provides care under mental health care plans, NDIS packages (including parenting coach under early childhood early intervention), and private paying. Please note that if you wish to use private health insurance, you will need Occupational Therapy included in your premium. These services are available in-person in our clinic in Heathmont, by telehealth and in the comfort of your own home if required