Holding those that hold mothers
Hearth Women’s Health, led by Hollie Swanton, provides matrescence-informed supervision and professional development for clinicians working in maternal, women’s, and perinatal health across Australia.
Hearth Women’s Health has a range of supports to deepen your practice in ways
that are matrescence-informed, attachment-aware, and occupationally grounded.
Mentoring & Supervision
One-on-one and group reflective and relational support and mentoring for clinicians supporting mothers and women.
Consultation & Training
Tailored education and team development in perinatal, maternal or women's health practice
Resources
Practical tools to support matrescence informed practice
Online Courses & Webinars
Accessible online learning for womens health clinicians
Secure base for clinicians
A hearth is the heart of a home. The warm stone in front of a fire. It is a place of gathering, reflection, and quiet strengthening. In many ways, it represents a secure foundation, somewhere you can return to, regulate, think clearly, and then step back out into the world.
Working with women asks us, as clinicians, to offer that same steadiness. We hold matrescence alongside attachment formation, nervous system shifts, identity reconstruction, and occupational change. In maternal and perinatal health, we often work at the intersection of identity transition, dyadic attachment, maternal mental health, occupational disruption, and systemic pressures.
It is meaningful and complex work.
Hearth Women’s Health is built on the idea of supervision as a secure professional base. A place of clinical and emotional grounding that allows you to strengthen your thinking, deepen your formulation, and return to your work with greater clarity and confidence. Professional supervision and mentoring provide structured, relational support so you are not holding this complexity alone.
