Nurtured By Steph

Hi, I am Damaris. I am passionate to support you experience a postpartum that optimises healing, well-being and breastfeeding.

Mums Matter is dedicated to providing accessible and affordable perinatal psychology services for all women who are feeling emotionally or mentally challenged by the transition to parenthood.

Frances Bilbao (Clinical Psychologist and Director) created Mums Matter Psychology in 2015 with the aim of helping all women experience meaning and fulfillment in motherhood, as well as a positive relationship with their child.

We aim to make services ACCESSIBLE and AFFORDABLE to everyone.

To do this we partner with local council Maternal & Child Health centres and Maternity Hospitals to offer services from family friendly rooms close to your home and offer TELEHEALTH so you can access services from anywhere.

And, we offer bulk billing under Medicare (no out of pocket expense) so you can afford to seek help.

We provide individual and group therapy through a team of specially trained perinatal mental health clinicians who hear stories of motherhood each and everyday and an empathsise and understand. They have special training in working with you on common emotional and mental health issues experienced in pregnancy and early parenthood.

Nomad Chiropractic is a small Family Wellness clinic in Mosman that is run by 3 women with 5 children between them. Lucy, Kristin & Sandy have a holistic approach to health and a focus in practice on Pregnancy, Postpartum and Paediatrics.

Families often seek us out for things like:

• Pregnancy optimisation – Webster Technique, Birth preparation including pelvic alignment and Nervous system balance, Stress relief, Pelvic floor imbalance, Postpartum care;
• Pregnancy associated body aches: Pubic symphysis dysfunction; Pains in the hip, back, neck, ribs, round ligament, jaw; headaches and sciatica;
• Newborn / Paediatric checks: Unsettled babies, Feeding complications including breast preference, tongue tie bodywork and imbalanced sucking/rooting reflexes (co-managed with IBCLCs), torticollis, birth trauma: interventions like forceps, vacuum, short/long labor effects; breech and multiples birth checks, cranial work, head-shape asymmetry; help with milestones/neurodevelopment, sleep, constipation, and general health and wellbeing;
• Family Care – the usual holistic chiropractor toolkit – Sympathetic dominance work, stress relief, back pain, neck pain, headaches, and health optimisation!

We are here to help you and your family adapt to the ever changing effect of the perinatal period. Our team has additional postgraduate education in pregnancy and paediatrics and a toolkit of gentle, age appropriate and specific adjustments tailored to your unique needs. Holistic chiropractic addresses the physical, chemical and emotional stressors to your nervous system. Where appropriate we love to collaborate with the other practitioners in your health journey – a multidisciplinary approach has amazing health outcomes!

We aim to help you and your family thrive. It takes a village and we’d love to be a part of yours.