Therapists at Restored Wellbeing are independent contractors who run their own therapy business at this location.

Elizabeth Penrose

Clinical Psychologist

BA, BPsychSci(Hons), GradDipPsych, MClinPsych

OPEN to new clients

Elizabeth is a Clinical Psychologist with eight years of experience supporting individuals and families across different stages of life. She offers a gentle, collaborative and warm approach to therapy where the unique needs of each client is considered.

Elizabeth feels especially drawn to working with parents during pregnancy and the early years of parenthood. With an appreciation that this can be an emotionally challenging time of immense change, growth and vulnerability, Elizabeth feels it is a privilege to support clients as they navigate this transition.

Elizabeth enjoys working with clients as they adjust to parenthood and supporting parents to strengthen their relationships with their children. She supports clients in reflecting on how their own childhood experiences and early relationships may have influenced the way they parent and relate to close others.

She draws on psychodynamic principles, attachment theory, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) in her work with clients. She is trained in the Circle of Security Parenting program and has a particular interest in supporting parents to strengthen their connection with their children.

Elizabeth has worked in private practice settings, public community mental health services and community health settings. She has broad experience in supporting clients with a range of needs.

Areas of interest:

- Pregnancy and early parenting support

- Parenting stress and overwhelm

- Antenatal and postnatal anxiety and depression

- Adjustment to parenting

- Exploring the impact of childhood experiences and early relationships on parenting

- Parent infant bonding and attachment

- Working with fathers

Susan Prince

Clinical Social Worker & Fertility Counsellor

BSocWk, MSocWk, AMHSW, ANZICA

OPEN TO NEW CLIENTS.

Available Monday afternoons and Thursdays.

$230/session. Rebates apply with a valid mental health care plan referral.

Susan is a highly experienced Mental Health Social Worker who brings a wealth of experience, warmth and understanding to support women and families as they navigate emotional challenges during their fertility, pregnancy and parenting experience. Susan holds both a Bachelor & Masters in Social Work.

Susan is passionate about supporting individuals and couples to nurture their mental wellbeing throughout the perinatal journey — from preconception and pregnancy through to early parenthood. She values the privilege of supporting families as they begin their journey into parenthood or as their families expand, and of walking alongside them as they navigate the emotional and relational changes that can arise during this time.

Susan’s warm, compassionate therapeutic style is complemented by her depth of experience and ongoing professional development in perinatal mental health. Her training includes fertility counselling, the treatment of adjustment issues, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and supporting individuals and families through reproductive loss and trauma, including pregnancy loss, pregnancy after loss, and birth trauma.

As a senior counsellor with some of Brisbane’s largest and most established fertility clinics, Susan’s work is dedicated to perinatal mental health. She has extensive experience supporting individuals, couples and families through the complex and often challenging experience of infertility and fertility treatment. Susan has a particular interest in working with couples to address the emotional impact of infertility on their relationship and, drawing on her family therapy background, brings a systemic lens to her work with fertility clients.

Susan is accredited with the Australian & New Zealand Infertility Counsellors’ Association (ANZICA) and is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) registered with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Her individual therapy services are covered via Mental Health Care Plans and these consultations are eligible for Medicare Rebates. Some Private Health Funds may provide rebates for counselling services, at present these include BUPA, Teachers Credit Union Health Fund and Doctors Health Fund and as AASW negotiates with other funds, coverage will expand. Please check with your health fund to determine eligibility.

Susan is also available to provide supervision to Social Workers - please get in touch if you would like to set up a supervision arrangement.

Areas of special interest include:

• infertility or fertility difficulties

• pRECONCEPTION

• Antenatal & Postnatal depression (PND)

• Anxiety

• Adjustment TO PARENTING

• Pregnancy & early parenting support

• RELATIONSHIP ISSUES, PARTICULARLY DURING ADJUSTMENT TO PARENTING

• HIGH RISK PREGNANCIES

• bIRTH tRAUMA & Premature birth

• nicu AND sPECIAL cARE EXPERIENCES

• gRIEF, LOSS & BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT INCLUDING PREGNANCY Loss, STILL BIRTH & neonatal LOSS

• PREGNANCY AFTER LOSS

• NON-DIRECTIVE PREGNANCY SUPPORT COUNSELLING

• EXPLORING ThE IMPACT OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND EARLY RELATIONSHIPS ON PARENTING

Dr Janine Oostenbroek

Perinatal Psychologist

Registered Psychologist
PhD, MPsych (Counselling Psychology), BA(Hons)

Available Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays

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. With years of experience working with mothers, Janine is well placed to help women immediately feel at ease as they start therapy and move towards improved psychological wellbeing.

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.

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.

Areas of special interest include:

• cONCEPTION PLANNING & Pregnancy SUPPORT

• Perinatal loss

• Antenatal depression and anxiety

• Postnatal depression and anxiety

• Birth trauma

• Premature Birth

• cOMPLEX PREGNANCIES & SPECIAL NEEDS BABIES

• Parent-infant attachment

• Adjustment issues

• Infants

• Fathers

• EMDR therapy

Dr Kirsten Finn, Clinical Psychologist

Director of Restored Wellbeing Pty Ltd

BA(Hons), DPsych(Clin), MAPS

Works School hours, Mon/Wed/Fri

OPEN to new clients, primary focus is birth trauma.

Kirsten Finn is a registered clinical psychologist in Brisbane who has been working within mental health services since 2001.  She has a Doctorate Degree in Psychology (Clinical) and has worked solely in the perinatal mental health field since 2009.

Kirsten has worked in:

• Hospital and Community Settings

• Child & Youth Mental Health

• Adult Mental Health

• Perinatal Mental Health

• Public Health Promotion

Kirsten is experienced in providing psychological therapy for issues such as depression, anxiety, stress, grief & loss, trauma or PTSD, life transitions, relationship difficulties and parenting support. 

Kirsten provides treatment for perinatal mental health and has a particular interest in treating birth trauma and adjustment to parenting.  Kirsten previously worked at the Mater Mothers' Hospital in Brisbane for several years providing perinatal mental support prior to entering private practice. 

Kirsten offers clinical supervision to other clinicians working in the perinatal space. Please contact Kirsten if you are interested in seeking out a supervision arrangement.

Areas of special interest include:

• Pregnancy

• antenatal & Postnatal anxiety

• Birth trauma

• Perinatal Loss

• Premature birth

• Antenatal Depression

• Postnatal depression (PND)

• Parent-infant bonding & attachment

• Adjustment issues

• Parenting stress

• Parenting with a mental illness

• EMDR therapy