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Rochelle Matacz

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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan University

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
    Role:
    Project Manager
    Funding Source:
    WA Primary Health Alliance

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Association for Infant Mental Health