Meg Prior is a registered Psychologist with over 20 years of experience in working with infants, children, adolescents, families and adults in both community and hospital settings. Meg approaches all clients with warmth, kindness and genuine care and works collaboratively with clients to foster growth and change using a range of evidence-based approaches.
Meg works with people of all ages and stages of life experiencing a broad range of emotional, psychological and interpersonal difficulties. Meg has a particular passion and expertise in working with:
Perinatal mental health:
- Fertility issues, including grief and loss, miscarriage, termination, assisted reproduction, IVF/ICSI, donor conception for couples and singles, surrogacy, decision making about becoming a parent/adding to family or ceasing fertility treatment.
- Adjustment to parenting for mothers, fathers, foster carers and other caregivers
- Trauma, including childhood and adult trauma, relational trauma, traumatic birth, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (c-PTSD).
- Perinatal depression and anxiety
- Serious mental illness in the perinatal period including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Bipolar Disorder and psychosis including puerperal psychosis as well as Borderline Personality Disorder.
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (0-5 years) Bonding and attachment difficulties, including reconnecting with your child after depression or anxiety Sleep and settling difficulties (6 months or older) Emotional regulation and tantrums, biting and aggressive behaviour Feeding difficulties including food refusal and oral aversion Separation anxiety and phobias Professional Memberships: Member of the Australian Association of Psychologists Member of the Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health Member of the Australian Association for Infant Mental Health Meg Prior’s ABN is 72462240073