Rochelle Matacz is a Clinical Psychologist and Endorsed Infant Mental Health Mentor. Co-founder of the Irish Association for Infant Mental Health during her stay in Ireland, she received the prestigious World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) Award. Returning to her home in Western Australia, she established the Edith Cowan University Pregnancy to Parenthood Clinic, a Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (PIMH) training and community service centre. A ZERO TO THREE fellow, practitioner, and researcher, she is an advocate for systems change. Her clinical work focuses on PIMH services for vulnerable infants and families.
Experience
2022–present
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
2015–2022
Manager Pregnancy to Parenthood Clinic, Edith Cowan University
Education
2001
Griffith University, Masters of Clinical Psychology
Publications
2022
'You cant have one without the other: The case for integrated perinatal and infant mental health services', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
2021
Shake, Rattle and Roll: Reorienting a System and Co-Creating a “Whole of Organization” Community of Reflective Practice, Zero To Three
2018
Knitting an International Network in the Infancy and Early Childhood Field: International Perspectives of the ZERO TO THREE Fellowship 2016–2018 , Zero To Three
2018
Development and preliminary evaluation of a group intervention targeting maternal mental health and mother-infant interactions: a combined qualitative and case series report, Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
2016
Building Competency in Infant Mental Health Practice: The Edith Cowan University Pregnancy to Parenthood Clinic, Zero To Three
2015
BUILDING A WORKFORCE COMPETENCY-BASED TRAINING PROGRAM IN INFANT/EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH, Infant Mental Health Journal
Grants and Contracts
2019
Better Together: supporting perinatal and infant mental health services