The adjustment to motherhood can be challenging process. We are here to support you and your children during this time of transition.
We offer a range of individual support and group programs, supported by our qualified counsellors and therapists who specialise in perinatal care, therapy for children, art therapy and play therapy.
Perinatal Mental Health
The following support options, courses and groups are perinatal-focused: supporting new mothers from pregnancy to the child being three years old.
Individual Perinatal Sessions
Our perinatal counsellors can work 1:1 with you as a new mother (from pregnancy to 3 years old) to improve mental health and wellbeing, and work on attachment between mother and child. Working on mother-child attachment early on creates better outcomes later in life, for a mother’s mental health and a child’s quality of life. Our perinatal counsellors are trained in Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and can use this during your individual sessions.
Adjusting to Baby and Change (ABC)
An 8-week course to help you new mothers to increase your mental wellbeing and confidence, through mindful practices, reflection, creative processes and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. This group is intended to offer a safe, reflective space, build self-awareness and understanding and empower new mothers by exploring ways to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression.
It’s also an opportunity to connect with other new mothers who are striving to improve their health and wellbeing.
Healing Wombs
A weekly art therapy group designed to help women process and make sense of their experiences of birth trauma. We explore the journey of becoming a mother, our identity, role, challenges and hopes. Art therapy is an opportunity to acknowledge, communicate and express feelings using art as a medium to do so. You don’t need any art experience to participate or reap the therapeutic benefits.
Play Now, Discover Always Supported Playgroup
Playing with our children is very important for their development and the mother-child relationship. This 8-week therapeutic supported playgroup is designed to support: your relationship with your child/ren, respond to your child/ren’s needs, and encourages you to reflect on feelings and behaviours as they arise.
Kids In Focus
A comprehensive program for children and families affected by alcohol and/or other drug misuse. Our therapists work with you, and your children to overcome challenges and trauma through:
- Child and Family counselling
- Art, play and sand tray therapies
- Group work
- Parenting support
- Psychoeducational workshops
Circle of Security: A parenting program
At times, all parents feel lost or without a clue about what our babies and children might need from us. This program supports you to make sense of what your child is really asking, allowing you to better understand your child’s behaviour.
Circle of Security (COS) is an eight-week program helping parents create a healthier relationship with their child. Our therapists are qualified facilitators in this well-known early intervention program. You can read more about the COS parenting model here.
We offer Circle of Security (COS) in three different groups:
- COS for new mothers: from pregnancy to three years old
- COS for women: with children of any age
- COS for men: with children of any age
Family Therapy
Our family therapy team give you a safe, supportive space to work through what’s going on together. We’ll help
you rebuild relationships and find better ways of talking to and connecting with each other. Rather than focusing on one person, we work with the whole family, identify what’s happening between you, make sense of your patterns, and find real, lasting ways to create change.
For families experiencing:
- Trouble talking without an argument
- A big change at home – like a move, separation or new stage of life
- Big feelings that are hard to manage
- Parenting/relationship struggles
- Feeling distant or disconnected
- Finding your feet as a blended or step-family
- Stress weighing on everyone at home
Available in Northbridge and Joondalup.
No referral needed, although we do accept professional referrals from schools, GPs, hospitals, mental health clinics & more.
Fill in our referral form below or contact intake@luma.org.au.
Referrals
No referral needed!
However, we do accept referrals from schools, GPs, hospitals mental health clinics, psychiatrists, AOD services, and other health professionals/community workers. Either way, you can fill in our referral form on Contact Us and we’ll get in touch.