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Specialised Occupational Therapy to Enhance Your Transition to Motherhood.
Being and Belonging :
Mental Health & Postpartum Body Support
Doing and Becoming:
Adjustment to Motherhood & Daily Life Support/ skills
Welcome to O.T. In Bloom
At OT in Bloom, we offer specialised Occupational Therapy services designed to support women through the transformative journey of motherhood — enhancing the wellbeing of perinatal transitions and matrescence.
We understand that becoming a mother is more than a physical transition — it’s an emotional, mental, and social shift that often goes unseen in a world focused on babies. Our work centres on you, the mother in bloom.
Rather than focusing only on building resilience after challenges arise, we take a preventative, empowering approach. Our goal is to support your adjustment to motherhood with evidence-based care that nurtures your mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing.
OT in Bloom offers a holistic- mind body-based approach to postpartum recovery and adjustment to motherhood.
Holding Space for the Whole You
Modern motherhood is filled with demands: juggling multiple roles, managing sensory overload, enduring social pressure, and navigating endless advice. It can be overwhelming, isolating, and deeply challenging.
At OT in Bloom, this is your space to be seen, heard, and held — just as you are. We honour your story and provide a safe place to explore your needs, emotions, and identity through a nurturing, therapeutic lens.
Why Occupational Therapy in Motherhood?
Occupational Therapy (OT) began in the early 1900s, originally offering meaningful activity to support individuals in mental health recovery. Today, OT is an integral part of medical and mental health care, with a strong rehabilitation and recovery focus — OT has found a much-needed place in maternal wellbeing within women’s health.
Motherhood brings profound shifts in identity, daily routines, and roles. Whether you're grieving the life you once knew, navigating anxiety or low mood, adjusting to a new rhythm, or recovering physically from birth and pregnancy, OT offers holistic support that sees the whole person — body, mind, and spirit; from a biopsychosocial model.
Comprehensive care for body, mind, and spirit—transforming pelvic health, mental wellness,
and adjustment to motherhood
Our Services
At OT in Bloom, our offerings are grounded by clinical practices and delivered with nurturing care.
Every service is tailored to your individual experience. Visit our Services Page to learn more about how we can support you.
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Psychological, emotional, and cognitive support to enhance mental wellbeing, emotional regulation, and engagement in meaningful daily activities.
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Perinatal and infant mental health support to promote secure attachment, maternal-infant bonding, and adjustment to the roles and routines of early parenting.
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Support with infant settling and sleep routines, including collaborative problem-solving and strategies to integrate caregiving tasks into family life.
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Breastfeeding and lactation support, addressing both the physical and emotional aspects to promote confidence and functional participation in feeding routines.
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Pelvic health intervention focused on restoring function and participation in daily life—supporting bladder, bowel, and sexual health, and addressing pain and mobility restrictions that impact occupational engagement.
Occupational Therapy Services include:
Who Is This Service For?
This occupational therapy service is designed to support mothers, birthing people, and primary caregivers of all gender identities, cultural backgrounds, and lived experiences as they navigate the many transitions of early parenthood. Whether the challenges are emotional, physical, cognitive, or psychological, our approach is client-centred and grounded in supporting functional participation and wellbeing across all areas of life.
You may benefit from occupational therapy support if you are:
Preparing for or adjusting to
life after birth, including changes
to roles, routines, and daily occupations.
Living with postnatal depression, anxiety, or other perinatal mental health conditions, and seeking functional strategies for daily life.
Looking for structure, support, and evidence-informed coping strategies to improve participation in meaningful daily activities.
Experiencing emotional overwhelm, anxiety, or a sense of disconnection from yourself or your environment.
Finding it difficult to manage
daily routines, adapt to shifts
or burnout.
Managing pre-existing or newly diagnosed neurological, psychiatric, or sensory processing challenges.
Seeking to reconnect with your sense of self, identity, and purpose in the context of motherhood and caregiving.
Recovering from birth trauma or navigating complex relational or family dynamics that impact occupational engagement.
Experiencing physical discomfort or restrictions (e.g., pelvic pain, tension, or mobility changes) that are impacting your ability to engage in daily occupations, including intimacy and sexual expression.
Ashlee Novy
Reimagining Maternal Support
Through Holistic, Trauma-Informed Occupational Therapy
Ashlee Novy is an Occupational Therapist with a rich background in suicide prevention, mental health, and brain injury rehabilitation, bringing deep empathy, clinical insight, and a trauma-informed lens to her practice. With 13 years of experience walking alongside individuals through some of life’s most complex challenges, Ashlee now focuses her care on supporting women in postpartum recovery and navigating matrescence. Drawing on a strong foundation of evidence-based therapy, Ashlee comes with a breadth of experience both professional and personal.
