Dr Chaitali Patel is a Senior Psychiatry Trainee at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, with her interests in perinatal psychiatry. During her psychiatry training she has gained perinatal mental health experience through her work in consultation liaison setting, community perinatal service and Mother and baby inpatient unit.

Cindy Cranswick is a professional registered Counsellor, Clinical Supervisor, University Lecturer and Author. She holds a Bachelor of Counselling and a Master of Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. Cindy has a number of years’ experience in Women’s health and wellbeing issues and has a special interest in PNDA (Perinatal Depression and Anxiety). As part of her Master of Philosophy degree she researched “The role and meaning of self-compassion in lives of women who experience perinatal anxiety and or depression”. The findings from the research have informed her practice and the need for self-compassion to be an integral part of prevention and treatment for PNDA. As a result of the research which was completed in 2017, she has written a book for mothers and those who work with mothers called “Self-compassionate Motherhood”.