Our Perinatal Depression/Anxiety Recovery ‘Out of the Fog’ courses are available nationwide – both online and face-to-face (depending on demand for face-to-face in that area). Options are for group or individual therapy.
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What You Would Get Out of the PND Recovery Course
- Mothers Helpers provides a 10 week Perinatal Depression/Anxiety Recovery Course now renamed “Out of the Fog.”
- This is available to all women anywhere in the country whether you are pregnant or have a young child up to the age of 4 years old.
- The majority of mums who have attended the course have shown remarkable improvements. There is an average of 52% in reduction of symptoms of depression/anxiety for those that attend and 76% of mothers who complete the course are well or fully recovered by course-end.
- All mums who have completed the course can go on to have in-person or online individual therapy.
Content of 10 week Course
1. Assessment with your Group Facilitator (a qualified therapist/clinician)
2. What is Postnatal Depression & Anxiety?
3. Medication & Alternatives
4. Counselling (CBT)
5. Exercise & Diet
6. Risk Factors, Stressors & Triggers
7. Mindfulness, Meditation & Other Methods
8. Self-care & Self-esteem
9. Management of Long-term Depression & Preventing Relapse
10. Action Plan (Developing my Toolkit)
What to Expect
Our courses run at the beginning of every school term. If you choose to join one, you will be part of a small group of supportive mums having a similar experience to you. The group will be facilitated by an experienced clinician such as a counsellor or social worker. You will also get a workbook that provides you with information and reflective exercises for you to do at home.
Free Appointment with a Clinician
Our initial appointment (assessment) is free. In this appointment we will assist in working out the best next steps for you, Whether it is with our service or someone else’s, we want to make sure we help you to find the right help as quickly as possible.
Our PND Recovery “Out of the Fog” course is $195.50 inclusive of GST or $20/week if you request to pay by Automatic Payment over 10 weeks. For some Community Service Card holders that come under the income threshold we can help you apply for WINZ to fully fund this and access some individual counselling with us. If you are really unable to afford a weekly fee of $20/wk over 10 weeks, we have sponsorship available – please ask us about this if you need a sponsored place on the course.
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What Some of the Mums are Saying About Our Course:
“The Mother’s Helpers PND course is amazing and invaluable for anyone experiencing post natal distress. It provides practical and insightful content to help you discover more about yourself and get you on the road to recovery. The caring and empathetic support I received from the course leader and other participants was amazing!” ~ Bridget
“I found the PND Course to be very helpful. All of the information about preventing and managing PND was in one resource. Going through a topic each week helped me take small steps. Talking and listening to women who also suffer from PND helped me realise I wasn’t alone.”~ Barbara
“A couple of weeks ago now I finished one of the PND courses at St Heliers. I just wanted to say how amazing it was! I really enjoyed the group counselling sessions, which I wasn’t so sure about at first. But it was just great knowing other mums that had gone through the same things I had. And the support was just invaluable, both from the other mums there and our counsellor. The sessions were also amazing, I learnt so much from them all and they have really helped me. I cannot highly recommend this course enough. It’s just been wonderful. I’m so happy I found Mother’s Helpers.” ~ Megan
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