Ms Teresa Sartor Psychologist

Teresa is a Registered Psychologist with over eight years’ experience in women’s, reproductive and perinatal mental health. She has a particular interest in supporting women and couples through infertility, fertility treatment, pregnancy loss and the emotional complexities of building a family. Teresa has extensive experience supporting individuals and couples through the emotional and psychological challenges of infertility and infertility treatment. This includes support following an infertility diagnosis, preparing for and navigating fertility treatment, coping with treatment cycles and outcomes, managing uncertainty and difficult decisions, pregnancy loss and pregnancy after loss, and considering alternative pathways to parenthood. She also has extensive experience supporting women experiencing perinatal anxiety and depression, birth trauma, adjustment to pregnancy and parenthood, parenting challenges, grief and loss, anxiety, stress and significant life transitions. Teresa’s approach is warm, compassionate and collaborative. She draws primarily on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), together with attachment-informed, grief-informed and trauma-informed approaches tailored to each client. Teresa has undertaken specialised training in reproductive and perinatal mental health through the University of Sydney, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the Seleni Institute and the Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE). She is also a Circle of Security Facilitator. To book an appointment with Teresa, please contact reception at: admin@ballaratwomenspsychology.com