PADA
Ngā Kaitohutohu | Advisory Board
Ngā Kaitohutohu | Advisory Board
Advisory Board Members
Our Kaitohutohu | Advisory Board is a collection of individuals who bring unique knowledge and skills which supplement the knowledge and skills of the our Kaiārahi | Board of Trustees in order to more effectively guide our organisation.
- Tina Berryman-Kamp – Psychologist (Clinical Scope), MSocSci (Hons); PGDipPsych(Clin) – Rotorua
- Jacqui Coates-Harris – (PG Dip Mgmt. & Clinical MSN) – Registered psychiatric nurse – Kirikiriroa Hamilton
- Michele Lomax – Lecturer at AUT ~ Undergraduate Midwifery – Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
- Dr Sophie Mace – GP, specialising in breastfeeding, sleep, cry-fuss behaviour, maternal and infant mental health – Motueka, Tasman District
Tina Berryman-Kamp
Rotorua
He Pākeha ahau
Ko ōku matua no Ingarangi me Hōrana
Nō Te Whanganui-a-tara ahau
Ko Rotorua tōku kāinga ināianei
Ko Eugene Berryman-Kamp tōku tane
He uri ia no Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara, Ngāti Whakaue me Ngāti Manawa
Ko Rawiri raua ko Mikaere aku tama
Ko Maia taku tamahine
Ko Tina tōku ingoa
Tēna koutou katoa. Rotorua has been by home for the last 20 years, where my children have been raised. I am originally from Wellington, a place I still hold dear. My roots are on the other side of the world, being European and British.
As a Clinical Psychologist over the last 30 years I have worked in Corrections, Mental Health and Specialist Maternal/ Perinatal Mental Health Services. In 2004 I set up a Community Based Perinatal Mental Health Service, which I ran for 15 years under contract to Lakes DHB. This service offered individual and group therapy and support, peer support, and practical home based care options. I have also provided training to health and community agencies and been involved in Community and Clinical forums advocating for Perinatal Mental Health. More recently I have been working at a Governance and Advisory level, while continuing to raise awareness of Perinatal Mental Health via my Social Media Platforms.
My enduring passion and commitment for Perinatal Mental Health comes from professional, whānau and personal experience. I strongly believe that the foundations for future wellbeing of individuals, families, community and our society start with the very early years and the relationships therein. This is where we need better investment and support for all, but especially those who are most vulnerable.
I feel privileged to be part of the PADA Advisory Board, an agency I have valued over the years for their quality resources and training that is much needed in the wider sectors.
Jacqui Coates-Harris
Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Waikato
Jacqui (she/her) is a registered psychiatric nurse and has a PG Dip Mgmt. & Clinical MSN. Jacqui had the privilege to set up the Waikato DHB’s Perinatal Mental Health Service in 2002 and has worked as a CNM and CNS in the service until last year. She now works part time as a lecturer in MH at Wintec and as a private Perinatal Mental Health Specialist.
Her lifelong philosophy is to ‘make a difference’ so she keen to impart her knowledge and skills to our future nursing workforce, to mentor and support perinatal providers in the primary health space and to continue to be an active voice and participant in perinatal mental health.
Michele Lomax
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Michele Lomax (she/her) is a registered midwife who, after working clinically for 10 years, is now a lecturer at AUT teaching in undergraduate midwifery. She is a parent to 3 wonderful grown-ups and has 6 grandchildren. Michele’s interest in perinatal health stems from years working in tertiary obstetric wards in Aotearoa New Zealand. Results from her Master’s thesis exploring the effect of long-term hospitalisation in the perinatal period confirmed the need for further study.
Michele is currently beginning her Doctor of Health Science (DHSc) focusing on the process of perinatal mental health screening in Aotearoa. She is looking forward to extending her network of like-minded professionals within the PADA group.
Dr Sophie Mace
Motueka, Tasman District
Dr Sophie Mace is a general practitioner in Aotearoa New Zealand who specialises in breastfeeding, sleep, cry-fuss behaviour, and maternal and infant mental health. Sophie believes in providing care that is evidence-based, empathetic, and values the importance of connection and attachment, and loves working with infants and their whānau in the early years of life.
As well as her work as a GP and the founder of Aotearoa Baby Clinic, Sophie holds a position on several national and international committees whose aim is to improve care in the First 1000 Days.
Clare Barnett
KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON
Tēnā koutou katoa
Ko Kapukataumahaka te Māunga
Ko Mata-Au te Awa
Ko Waterman te Waka
Ko Terpstra tōku tupuna Tatimana, ko Moorhouse tōku tupuna Ingarihi
Ko Ōtepoti te kainga tuatahi engari nō Kirikiriroa ahau inianei
Ko Clare Barnett tōku ingoa
Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa
My passion for maternal and family mental well being started with the story of how the rhesus factor affected my mother’s birthing history, and my own birth. This thread continued in my nursing where I first noticed the stigma of mental health compared with how we talk about physical health.
Working as a midwife also gave me greater insight into how maternal well being affects family and baby well being, and the vital role we all play in supporting women and families as they navigate pregnancy, birthing and parenting. I now weave these understandings into my role as a counselor, specializing in supporting women and families through perinatal distress, and in my education support of student midwives at WINTEC.
I am delighted to be on the PADA Advisory Board. I have previously been involved in PADA education and advisory support and totally believe in the strategic importance of the work PADA does within Aotearoa/New Zealand. I am in awe of what this organisation has managed to achieve in such a short time, with a typical Kiwi ‘can do’ attitude on limited resources.
PADA’s strong leadership team, ability to gather expertise in the area of perinatal mental health, and commitment to debunk mental health stigma’s and to break-through information and resource barriers is the reason I choose to give my time and energy to the work they do.
