▌Plenary Session Speakers

Claudia Gold MD
Paediatrician, Author, Infant-Parent Mental Health Specialist
Claudia M. Gold, MD is a paediatrician and writer who practiced paediatrics for 20 years and now specializes in early relational health. She has over three decades of clinical experience in a wide variety of communities and currently works in a volunteer clinic for uninsured families and as a consultant to a program for pregnant and parenting women struggling with substance use. She was on the faculty of the UMass fellowship in Early Relational Health for ten years.

Dinah Thomasset
Villagehood Australia Founder & CEO | Maternal Mental Health Advocate & Speaker
Dinah Thomasset is a passionate advocate and expert in maternal mental health, peer support, and early childhood development, with a career spanning over two decades across Australia, France, and the UK. Her extensive experience in the not-for-profit, government, and corporate sectors has equipped her with a unique ability to navigate and influence diverse environments.

Chelsea Luker
Registered Psychologist, Connect Us Psychology
Chelsea Luker (she/her) is an Autistic ADHDer psychologist, author, and advocate based on Bundjalung Country. She is the founder of Connect Us Psychology and is passionate about working with Neurodivergent individuals across the lifespan, with a particular interest in identity, burnout, and perinatal mental health. Chelsea brings a unique blend of clinical expertise and lived experience to her work and is passionate about building systems that affirm rather than pathologise neurodivergence. She is the author of Square Me, Round World and the creator of the ‘Building Your Neurodivergent Identity’ program. Chelsea is also a parent to two Neurodivergent children and draws from both personal and professional experience when speaking about the complexity of early parenthood.