The Baby Calmer · Psychology · Mount Ommaney, QLD | EarlyBloom
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The Baby Calmer
Anne Thistleton (The Baby Calmer) is an Infant and Early Years Sleep Therapist, Parenting Consultant, and qualified Psychotherapist with over 16 years of tertiary training and nearly 30 years of clini
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About The Baby Calmer
Anne Thistleton (The Baby Calmer) is an Infant and Early Years Sleep Therapist, Parenting Consultant, and qualified Psychotherapist with over 16 years of tertiary training and nearly 30 years of clinical experience. Her services are based on current neuroscience, attachment theory, emotion-focused frameworks, and a commitment to safe, gentle, attachment-preserving approaches that never use controlled crying or sleep training techniques.
What The helps with
Infant and Early Years Sleep Therapy
Therapeutic sleep support for infants, toddlers and young children addressing sleep challenges, nightmares, night terrors, separation anxiety, and fear of sleep using emotion-focused, attachment-based approaches.
Newborn Clinic (0-12 weeks)
Half or full day consultations, residential overnighters, in-home support, and telehealth services addressing newborn sleep, feeding rejection, inconsolable crying, attachment disruption, and postnatal depression.
Sleep Centre Day Consultations
Half-day (up to 4 hours) or full-day (6-8 hours) clinic-based consultations at The Baby Calmer's Sleep Centre for parents seeking to learn gentle sleep support techniques.
In-Home Consultations and Support
Six-hour in-home consultations and extended in-home support packages for families seeking intensive, personalised sleep and parenting support in their own environment.
Parenting Counselling and Support
Individual, family, and parenting counselling addressing behaviour challenges, feeding issues, toileting, sibling rivalry, tantrums, and other early parenting concerns using emotion-focused and somatic approaches.
Birth Trauma and Postnatal Mental Health Counselling
Specialised counselling for parents affected by traumatic birth experiences, pre and postnatal depression, and PTSD, including birth story listening and healing services.
Infant Massage Classes
Classes offered as part of The Baby Calmer's Newborn Clinic services.
Mental Health Nutritional Medicine Support
Support for clients seeking to address mental health concerns through nutritional medicine as a qualified Mental Health Nutritionist.
Calm Connections Mother's Support Group
A gentle parenting support and mentoring group for new mothers seeking companionship, support, and mentoring within a gentle parenting framework.
Anne Thistleton Counselling Services
Qualified psychotherapy services for teenagers and adults addressing grief, loss, challenging behaviours, ADD/ADHD, ASD, bullying, and relationship stress using somatic experiencing, sandplay therapy, aromatherapy, and craniosacral therapy.
Sleep Retreat/Healing Retreat Centre (Commencing 2026)
Planned three-day/two-night therapeutic residential retreats for mothers and babies focusing on infant sleep therapy, bonding, attachment repair, and birth trauma healing, with longer stays available by arrangement.
Introductory Consultation
Free 45-minute introductory telephone consultation to discuss needs and explore how The Baby Calmer can help.
Get to know The
Our approach
The Baby Calmer offers a baby-centred, attachment-focused, trauma-informed approach to supporting infants and young children, particularly with sleep challenges and parenting concerns. Sessions are emotion-focused and therapeutically sound, incorporating somatic processes, practical guidance, and nurturing support rather than sleep training or controlled crying methods. The work is grounded in current neuroscience, attachment theory, and research into infant development, with a strong emphasis on preserving the parent-child bond. A key principle is that babies always need and deserve immediate caregiver response—no baby is ever left alone to cry. Sessions integrate talking therapy alongside somatic experiencing, recognising that healing happens through multiple pathways beyond conversation alone.
Working with families
Parents and carers are central to all work, with The Baby Calmer providing practical support, advice, education, and counselling tailored to enhance parenting skills and capacity. Communication happens through multiple formats—clinic sessions, telephone, email, Skype, and in-home visits—making it accessible to your family's circumstances. The approach includes dedicated parenting support and mentoring, particularly for challenges like postnatal depression, birth trauma, bonding disruption, and general early parenting concerns. Throughout residential immersion packages, parents receive therapeutic support, somatic education, and nervous system regulation guidance during the day, with the goal of helping parents return to their own inner guidance and develop calmer, more confident parenting.
Meet the team
Anne Thistleton is the practitioner and holds extensive qualifications including B.Ed, M.REd, M.Couns, Grad. Dip. Nut Med (MHealth), Cert EF & TTh, Cert SP & SW, and CIMI credentials. She brings almost thirty years of clinical experience supporting children, parents and families across educational and therapeutic contexts, combined with over sixteen years of university, postgraduate and professional development training in education, counselling, emotion-focused and transpersonal therapy, sandplay therapy, nutritional medicine, pre and perinatal psychology, birth trauma therapy, aromatherapy, somatic experiencing, and craniosacral therapy. She specialises as an Infant and Early Years Sleep Therapist, Parenting Consultant, Educator, and qualified Psychotherapist, and is professionally supervised and mentored by leading international experts in early parenting, bonding, attachment, infant development, pre and perinatal psychology, and birth trauma therapy.
Your first visit
Your first appointment begins with a complimentary 45-minute introductory consultation, which can be conducted by telephone, email, Skype, or in-home, allowing you to explore whether the service is right for your family without financial commitment. This consultation helps establish a safe, empathic and non-judgmental space where your specific concerns and challenges can be discussed. Depending on your needs and preferences, you may choose clinic-based sessions, the Sleep Centre for theoretical and practical education, residential immersion packages with on-site accommodation, or ongoing telephone and email support. The practitioner will work with you to tailor an approach that fits your family's unique situation and supports your parenting capacity.
The Baby Calmer is not currently listed as a registered NDIS provider on the NDIS Commission register. They may still support plan-managed or self-managed NDIS participants — contact them to confirm.
What services does The Baby Calmer provide?
The Baby Calmer provides Psychology and Behavioural Support.
Which areas does The Baby Calmer cover?
The Baby Calmer is based in Mount Ommaney, QLD.
How do I connect with The Baby Calmer?
You can call +61 420 942 256 and visit their website, or send an enquiry through EarlyBloom — it goes straight to the provider and is always free for families.
What ages does The Baby Calmer work with?
The Baby Calmer supports infants from birth through early childhood, including newborns (0–12 weeks via the Reassurance Package), babies, toddlers, and young children, with some services extending to teenagers and adults.Based on The Baby Calmer's website
How do Medicare rebates for psychology work?
Your GP can prepare a Mental Health Care Plan and referral, which lets you claim a Medicare rebate for a set number of sessions per calendar year. The exact number and rebate are set by Medicare.
Do we need a referral?
Not to see a psychologist privately. A GP Mental Health Care Plan and referral are needed to claim Medicare rebates.
When should I consider a psychologist for my child?
If worries, mood, or behaviour are affecting your child's daily life, friendships, or learning, an assessment can help clarify what support would suit.
Is psychology covered by the NDIS?
It can be, where psychological support relates to a participant's disability and plan goals.
