Lauren Keegan is a perinatal psychologist with extensive experience working with perinatal populations in public Hospitals in NSW. She now works in private practice in the Southern Highlands and provides supervision and training to professionals.
https://www.laurenkeeganpsychologist.com/

Through her developing program of research, Dr Pieta Shakes aims to address critical gaps in Australia’s evidence base, health policy, and care pathways for parents who receive unexpected news about the health, development, or genetics of their unborn baby. By applying systems thinking and building workforce capability and support, she works to embed timely, skilled psychosocial care as a standard part of practice, recognising the well-documented acute and enduring psychosocial consequences of fetal diagnosis on parents and families. Pieta’s clinical career as a mental health nurse and her lived experience of receiving a third-trimester prenatal diagnosis inspire her vision for a health system where psychosocial support is embedded in care as standard, reducing harm and fostering adaptation for families. Pieta is now the Coure Coordinator of the Master of Nursing at James Cook University and collaborates with healthcare professionals and parents to drive change.

Melanie is a behavioural scientist who specialises in paediatric and family healthcare and grief. She has worked in hospital and community settings for over 15 years in psychosocial support and research roles, with a focus on community connection and preventative mental health. Melanie has brought dedication to consumer-informed health service design in the Paediatric Palliative Care National Action Plan project, as project manager for state-wide health system reform, and in her current PhD project, developing trauma-informed support programs and resources for parents of children with serious illness.

Melanie‘s work encompasses play and nature play in health and mental health settings, literature review, grey literature and service reviews, and international academic outputs. Melanie builds her work on degrees in Psychology, Positive Psychology, Adolescent Wellbeing, and Paediatric Palliative Care.

Dr Renée Miller is the Principal Clinical Psychologist of The Perinatal Loss Centre and the Antenatal & Postnatal Psychology Network in Melbourne, Australia. Renée established The Perinatal Loss Centre with Bereavement Midwife, Eliza Strauss to provide best practice support and education to health practitioners, bereaved parents, and their families. She established the Antenatal and Postnatal Psychology Network by bringing together respected colleagues in the field of perinatal mental health to provide a quality perinatal counselling service to Victorians.

Renée is a passionate advocate for the recognition of Perinatal Mental Health, as an area of specialty. She trains professionals in the areas of perinatal loss and in supporting clients through diagnoses of fetal anomalies. In partnership with the Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE), Renée educates therapists with an online training course, “Perinatal Loss in Practice: What Therapists Need to Know”.