Supporting mental health during pregnancy is essential, and these findings should encourage better access to care rather than create guilt or stigma for mothers.

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I always feel a bit weird writing about my actual work (especially the nuts and bolts), but then I realise that there isn't a lot out there about what therapists actually do. I'm regularly told by people "I couldn't do your job" but also, what people think that job is varies wildly.

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Imagine a job that requires an intense amount of concentration and empathy, theoretical, legislative and medical knowledge, practical problem solving, organisational and communication nous, crisis management, risk assessment and deescalation skills, often no colleagues, and ironclad confidentiality.

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When @oldmatecans.bsky.social asks me how my day went he gets one of three answers. 1. Good 2. Tough 3. I'm waiting to hear back from the Crisis Team (3 is, happily, very rare)

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I sometimes feel like pulling the curtain back a bit on what we actually do would help dispel some of the misconceptions that abound, I dunno. Maybe people prefer not to know?

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