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Dads & Partners, Loss & Grief, Perinatal Depression, PSI Blog

Featured PSI Member: Sara Rashid, MA, LCPC

Psychotherapist and Founder, Frame & Shoelace Psychotherapy Tell us a little about yourself outside of your work. I live in Chicago, IL with my husband and two children (ages five and three). In my time away from work, I try to follow…

Loss & Grief, Perinatal Anxiety, PSI Blog

Featured PSI Members: Dr. Laurence Kruckman and Carolyn White

As one of the founding members of PSI and a past PSI Board member, and in your several decades of research, you've been a long-time contributor to the growth in awareness of postpartum mental health issues. Carolyn has also seen many changes…

Loss & Grief, Perinatal Anxiety, PSI Blog

Featured PSI Member: Carla Pileggi Caviola

An interview with Featured Member, Carla Pileggi Caviola, a licensed professional (LPC) in CT, and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in NY. She discusses why she started in Maternal Mental Health and about her work.

Loss & Grief, Perinatal PTSD, PSI Blog

EMDR Therapy

EMDR & Perinatal Mental Health Written by Shannon Kane, MSW, RSW “Trauma is perhaps the most avoided, ignored, belittled, denied, misunderstood, and untreated cause of human suffering.” -Peter Levine Eye Movement Desensitization…

Loss & Grief, Perinatal/Postpartum Psychosis, PSI Blog

Featured PSI Member: Josh Cohen

PSI Donor and Supporter Josh Cohen Note: There are many types of perinatal mental health disorders, and at times a range of unexpected consequences. This interview makes note of a tragic outcome that was a consequence of one woman’s illness.…

Loss & Grief, Perinatal Depression, PSI Blog

A Therapist’s Story (Part 1): My Struggle with Infertility

A Therapist's Story (Part 1): My Struggle with Infertility by Thai-An Truong for the PSI Blog September 14, 2017 I guess therapists are human, too. Darn. My name is Thai-An. I am a therapist and mother, and this is the first part of my…

Loss & Grief, PSI Blog

Heartache and Healing

Heartache and Healing for the PSI Blog June 6, 2017 by Robin Muskal, Ph.D. Heartache can come to mothers in many different forms. It can be the loss of a pregnancy, a difficult diagnosis of a child, disappointment in a spouse, a traumatic…

Loss & Grief, Perinatal PTSD, PSI Blog

PTSD: Like a Toddler’s Angry Temper Tantrum

June is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month **Trigger Alert PTSD: Like a Toddler’s Angry Temper Tantrum by Geraldine Donaher Postpartum Support International Blog June 26, 2016 After I gave birth to a stillborn son,…

Loss & Grief, PSI Blog

A Mindful Moment – PSI Blog

By Devi Natarajan Postpartum Support International Blog February 22, 2016 It was a cold and sunny October afternoon in the Windy City as my husband drove me to the hospital for a surgical procedure that would remove any traces of my twelve…

Loss & Grief, Perinatal, PSI Blog

The Living Grief of Parenthood

Postpartum Support International Blog December 21, 2015 The Living Grief of Parenthood by Katayune Kaeni, Psy.D. It’s always there, sometimes just below the surface. Sometimes in your face. The push and pull of overwhelming elation…

Loss & Grief, News/Press Releases

Grieving not Forgetting

August 25, 2015 We are heartbroken after learning yesterday about the death by suicide of PSI member and friend Naomi Knoles. Naomi was a remarkable person who seemed to radiate gentleness, light, and kindness. She had a combination of vulnerability…