From One Mama To Another
Written by Hilary Waller, MS, Director of Education and Programming at The Postpartum Stress Center Reposted with permission from Rise Gatherings When my first child was just a few hours old, my then...
View ArticleA Drug to Treat Postpartum Depression: A social worker says outrage at the...
Opinion LETTER March 27, 2019 Image Credit:Chloe Cushman To the Editor: Re: “Can a Drug Stop Postpartum Depression?,” by Elisa Albert and Jennifer Block (Op-Ed, March 25): We do not completely...
View ArticleA Pledge to My Postpartum Self
I will listen to my body and my good instincts to determine whether I need help or not. I will be prudent when listening to the well-intended but sometimes misled suggestions from others. I will spend...
View ArticleAfterword Lives On…
Below is the Afterword writted by the late Ilyene Barsky, pioneer in the field of maternal mental health. We will not forget her professional influence and her personal grace and fortitude. As Amy and...
View ArticleFinding a Therapist to Help
Are you trying to find a perinatal therapist? • A personal recommendation from someone you trust is one of the best places to start. • The following organizations have searchable lists of therapists...
View ArticleWhy Postpartum Moms Need to Talk About How They Are Feeling: Shamed into silence
New moms shouldn’t have to explain, justify, defend or substantiate the reasons they do things or the way they are feeling. But we live in a culture that demands that they do so, usually...
View ArticleWhen Being a Maternal Mental Health Expert Doesn’t Help Much
I thought I knew what postpartum anxiety was. Until my daughter with a history of OCD gave birth to a premature baby the day the pandemic was broadcast. I have been studying, researching, practicing,...
View ArticleFinding Joy
There’s a sweet saying that has been plucked from the chamber of anonymous authors and found its way into popular culture and right into my heart: Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over…...
View ArticleTokens of Affection: The Book You Might Need For Your Relationship
INTRODUCTION I love being married. I am the self–proclaimed master of all things relationship–oriented, while my husband, well, he does everything else. We each surrender to the other’s area of...
View ArticleThe Magic of Connection in Meaningful Relationships
I was stunned and embarrassingly heartbroken when I posed the ridiculous question to my well-informed virtual group of over-worked psychotherapists: “As long as we are discussing self-care strategies...
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