Deborah Sims is a mixed methods researcher, midwife and child and family health nurse with clinical and research experience in both early parenting support or perinatal mental health.

Dr Dwyer is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. She is the Clinical Lead Psychiatrist for Raphael Services NSW, a secondary specialist perinatal and infant mental health service located in socially disadvantaged areas of western Sydney. Alice has a keen interest in researching outcomes for psychotherapy so that patients, service providers and clinicians can have confidence that their efforts lead to better lives for patients and enhanced security in the parent-infant attachment relationship.

I am a Research Assistant at Centre for Family and Population Research, National University of Singapore. I hold a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) from University of Wollongong, Australia. I plan to do a Master of Psychology (Clinical) in the near future. I am passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of the individuals I meet, specifically in guiding and supporting them towards a functional, fulfilling, and meaningful life, through the use of psychological interventions. Research Interests Clinical disorders: Mood disorders, self-harm/suicide-related issues, anxiety disorders, trauma-related issues, personality disorders, eating disorders Clinical populations: Children, adolescents, young adults

Karen’s educational background is in Psychology, Mathematics and Applied Statistics. After migrating to Melbourne, Australia, in 2005, Karen worked in public health, first at the Key Centre for Women’s Health at Melbourne University, and then at Monash University’s School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Her research has focused on modifiable risk factors which contribute to perinatal mental health problems among women and men, and how symptoms of depression and anxiety interact with parents’ relationships with their partners and infants. She is currently employed as a Research Fellow at Deakin University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery (Western Health Partnership). Karen is Secretary of the Australasian Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health and serves on the Steering Committee of the Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium.