Trainings for Providers
My goal is always to make my trainings participatory and applicable so that attendees leave feeling energized in their work and supported.
I've trained multidisciplinary professionals on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), facilitated groups for professionals in the field of perinatal mental health, and led workshops and trainings for clinicians over the last ten years. I was a presenter at the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Postpartum Support International Annual Conferences and have been a regular trainer with Perinatal Support Washington since 2020.
Common topics:
screening and assessment
differential diagnosis and how perinatal anxiety, OCD, mania, depression, and psychosis* can present
perinatal intrusive thoughts vs postpartum psychosis*
integrating a fat liberation lens into therapy
practical clinical interventions drawing from attachment, CBT/DBT, somatic, and interpersonal therapies
treatment planning, risk assessment and crisis planning within anti-oppression & harm reduction practices
parenting as a fat liberation practice
*If you are concerned about your client's safety or the safety of those around them, or they are in active psychosis, your client needs immediate, emergency psychiatric and medical assessment.
Coming in 2024! Online training on the intersection of weight stigma and perinatal mental health
Past Trainings
Perinatal Depression, Perinatal Anxiety & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Perinatal Management of Bipolar Disorder, Postpartum Psychosis, and Suicide
Perinatal Support Washington 10-week Training Series, October 18, October 25, and November 1, 2023
Perinatal Anxiety & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Perinatal Management of Bipolar Disorder, Postpartum Psychosis, and Suicide
Perinatal Support Washington 10-week Training Series, October 26, 2022 and November 2, 2022
Perinatal Mental Health
Nurture Seattle Mentor Roundtable, March 23, 2022 (online)
Perinatal Anxiety & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Perinatal Management of Bipolar Disorder, Postpartum Psychosis, and Suicide; Breastfeeding and Perinatal Mental Health
Trainer for Perinatal Support Washington 10-week Training Series, Fall 2021 (online)
Perinatal Management of Bipolar Disorder and Postpartum Psychosis; Medications in Pregnancy and Lactation for Non-Prescribers
Trainer for Perinatal Support Washington 10-week Training Series, Fall 2020 (online)
What’s the Plan? PMAD Crisis and Recovery Planning As Therapeutic Intervention
Breakout session at the 2020 Postpartum Support International Conference, July 10, 2020 (online)
Postpartum Psychosis – An Evening Clinical Discussion and Reading
Part of the Perinatal Support Washington Evening Clinical Training Series, November 13, 2019 in Seattle, WA.
Caring for a Family from Diagnosis of Postpartum Psychosis to Recovery
Breakout session at the 2019 Postpartum Support International Conference, June 20, 2019 in Portland, OR.
Finding Space for Ourselves and Our Stories: Working in This Field as Clinicians with Perinatal Mood, Anxiety, and Loss Histories
Breakout session at the 2018 Postpartum Support International Conference
July 14, 2018 in Houston, TX
Intensive Perinatal Mental Health Programs
3-hour seminar at the 2018 Postpartum Support International Conference
July 15, 2018 in Houston, TX
Supporting Breastfeeding Mothers with Postpartum Mood & Anxiety Disorders
with Mary Beilman, MS ECSE, CLC & Katie Stockman, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC, Pediatric Intervention Team Coordinator at Emerson Hospital.
April 29, 2016 at First Connections, Acton, MA
Supporting Families with Perinatal Emotional Complications: an Every Mother Project training for birth, postpartum, lactation, women's health, early childhood professionals
With the Every Mother Project
April 30, 2016 at Birth to Three Family Center, Ipswich, MA
Postpartum Depression Discussion
February 11, 2016 at the West Suburban Chapter Massachusetts Mothers of Twins Association
Supporting Families with Perinatal Emotional Complications: a training for birth, postpartum and lactation professionals
With the Every Mother Project
November 21, 2015 at the BACE Conference at Newton Wellesley Hospital