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43: Birth Disparities for African American Moms

Birth Trauma, Birthing Support, Podcast, PostpartumMarch 20, 2017753Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jessica Diggs – Birth Disparities Thank you Jessica for being on with us to talk about this, vital to understand and very distressing reality for pregnant and postpartum mothers. We have to be doing better by mothers. Learning from Jessica in this episode is an important part in doing better, being more aware and taking intentional…

40: The Art of Holding in Therapy – Karen Kleiman, LCSW

Podcast, Postpartum, PregnancyFebruary 25, 20171KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW Oh, this is such a great chat! We talk about helping pregnant and postpartum mothers, Karen’s scope of work, training providers so they can really help these moms and of course, her latest book “The Art of Holding in Therapy: An Essential Intervention for Postpartum Depression and Anxiety”. Great stuff! Karen Kleiman,…

39: Psych Medication in Pregnancy & Postpartum

Podcast, Postpartum, PregnancyFebruary 20, 2017326Views 0Likes 0Comments

Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody Dispelling the myths of medication use in pregnancy and postpartum We are talking with Expert Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody about psychiatric medication during pregnancy and postpartum. We will go over some of the fundamental things it’s important to know about med use, risks to mother or baby for treated AND untreated illness, clear…

37: Playing Monopoly with God – Personal Story

Podcast, Postpartum, Postpartum PsychosisFebruary 6, 2017901Views 0Likes 0Comments

Melissa Bangs tells us parts of her personal story of postpartum mania and psychosis, a hospitalization, how her husband and supports helped her through and how her experience transformed into a powerful stage performance. She is a writer, director, storyteller and comedian who is currently on a year-long West Coast tour with her husband, Eric, four year-old daughter,…

36: What is Postpartum Psychosis?

Podcast, Postpartum, Postpartum PsychosisJanuary 30, 2017991Views 0Likes 0Comments

Postpartum Psychosis I’m honored to have expert Dr. Diana Barnes back with us today to discuss Postpartum Psychosis. This is a highly-misunderstood part of postpartum mental health and it absolutely needs to be understood and clarified so that mothers get the help they need. See below for supportive resources. We will go over: -What IS postpartum…

34: ASK HER: Preventing Postpartum Suicide

Podcast, Postpartum, Postpartum DepressionJanuary 16, 2017422Views 0Likes 0Comments

Gabrielle Kaufman LPCC, BC-DMT, NCC Postpartum Suicide is a very real risk to new mothers. In this episode we are discuss Suicide as it relates to maternal mental health and postpartum, resources to support prevention of suicide (see below), as well as: -Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of postpartum maternal deaths! -Asking about suicide does not “give”…