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Camila Arnaudo (pronounced R-Now-Doe) is an addiction psychiatrist based in Bloomington, Indiana for the past 14 years. She focuses on mental health and addictive illnesses in pregnant and post-partum people with a particular focus on increasing equity and accessibility to ...
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After two life-threatening bouts of postpartum illness, Dr. Shoshana Bennett helped pioneer the field of maternal mental health.  She founded Postpartum Assistance for Mothers in 1987, became president of California’s state organization Postpartum Health Alliance, and then served as President ...
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Kimberly Brandt, DO, PMH-C, is a graduate of A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her residency training in general psychiatry at the University of Missouri—Columbia. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry ...
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Dr. Brown is a psychiatrist and the owner of NOLA Reproductive Psychiatry, LLC, a private practice focusing on providing perinatal mental health care to birthing individuals in Louisiana. She is also an adjunct Instructor for the psychiatry department at Tulane ...
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Barbara Byers, MD, MPH, is the co-founder of Capital Mental Health and is an adult and reproductive psychiatrist in Chevy Chase, Maryland, specializing in the treatment of women who have mood and anxiety disorders surrounding the perinatal period. She is ...
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Vivien K. Burt, MD, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. In addition, she is Founder and Co-Director of The ...
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Leslie Butterfield, PhD, is a clinical psychologist specializing in reproductive health. In her Seattle private practice she works with women and couples dealing with fertility issues, pregnancy loss, the transition to parenthood, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, traumatic birth, and ...
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Dr. Kristy Christopher-Holloway is an Assistant Professor, the founder and director of New Vision Counseling Center, LLC, and founder of New Vision Consulting and Training, LLC.  She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a National Certified Counselor, a Distance Credentialed Counselor, ...
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Rebecca Christophersen is a board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She received her BSN from Loyola University and her MSN from Rush University. Ms. Christophersen has extensive sub-specialty training and experience in perinatal psychiatry. Her perinatal psychiatry work began ...
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Dr. Nicole Cirino is a physician specializing in reproductive psychiatry clinical care, education, and research for women with perinatal, perimenstrual, and perimenopausal psychiatric conditions, as well as disorders of female sexual dysfunction, including postpartum depression, perinatal loss, sexual trauma related ...
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Crystal Clancy, LMFT, PMH-C (she/her) is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who has been in practice for 20 years.  She is the Owner of Iris Mental Health, a group private practice that focuses on trauma-informed care with perinatal mental health, pregnancy ...
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Dr. Crystal T. Clark is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences and she has a secondary appointment in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is board-certified in adult psychiatry. Dr. Clark’s expertise ...
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Kelly Coffman, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Emory University’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in Atlanta, Georgia. She works in the Emory Women’s Mental Health Clinic, specializing in treating patients with mental health concerns related ...
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Jabina G. Coleman is a Licensed Social Worker and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant who has dedicated over a decade of her life to serving women, children, and families in Philadelphia. Jabina received her Bachelors of Science in Biobehavioral Health ...
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Tiffany Conyers has a passion for working with women in the areas of maternal mental health, parent/child attachment building, and breastfeeding education. She is a bilingual Certified Breastfeeding Specialist and Clinical Social Worker in the states of Georgia and South ...
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Dr. Ariel Dalfen is a psychiatrist at Mount Sinai Hospital where she is the head of the Perinatal Mental Health Program. She specializes in treating women who are pregnant or postpartum. After completing her undergraduate degree at Princeton University, she ...
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Ann Dunnewold, PhD, PMH-C is a psychologist and author in Dallas. Specializing in women’s issues, Ann’s mission is to arm women against the pressures of modern motherhood. Ann has served as president of Postpartum Support International (PSI), and was the ...
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Dr. Driscoll is a psychiatrist/owner at The Allegro Center, LLC. Her private practice focuses on the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders in women during times of hormonal change, such as pregnancy, postpartum, the menstrual cycle, and perimenopause. She is ...
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Dvora Entin, LCSW, PMH-C, has developed programs for Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS) in both Phoenix and Philadelphia to address the unique mental health needs of the Orthodox Jewish community, with special interest in maternal wellness, infertility, culturally nuanced ...
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Dr. Kendra Flores-Carter is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at California Baptist University. She is Co-Chair of the Inland Empire Maternal Mental Health Collaborative and is a member of the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Institutional Review Board (IRB). Her ...
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Marlene P. Freeman, MD, PMH-C is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Abra Prentice Foundation Chair in Women’s Mental Health at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).  In addition, she serves as Associate Director of the Center ...
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Dr. Hoffman has dedicated the last 20 years to promoting maternal and child health and wellness. Melissa is a former labor and delivery nurse, doula, childbirth educator, breastfeeding educator, and community education specialist. She earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice ...
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Jane Honikman, M.S., began her career in Parental Mental Health in 1977 when she co-founded Postpartum Education for Parents (PEP). Her expertise is based upon her struggles as a new mother that are described in her book, My Diary A ...
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Dr. Samantha Huguelet is the Director of the Mother and Baby Intensive Outpatient Program at Nystrom and Associates.  She volunteers on the Board of Directors of Pregnancy and Postpartum Support Minnesota (PPSM) and is the Assistant Director.  She facilitates perinatal ...
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Pec Indman, PA, EdD, MFT, PMH-C, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of maternal mental health. A former family practice physician assistant with a master’s degree in Health Psychology and a doctorate in Marital and Family Therapy, she ...
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Shari-ann H. James, PhD, PMH-C, is a licensed psychologist and certified perinatal mental health professional with over fifteen years of experience. Her psychotherapy practice focuses on women, with a special emphasis on reproductive and perinatal mental health and the unique ...
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Assistant Professor, Psychiatry Associate Residency Program Director Dr. Saira Kalia, is the Adult Psychiatry Outpatient Medical Director at Banner – University Medical Center South. She is also a perinatal psychiatrist, an educator, and serves as the Associate Training Director for the Department of Psychiatry ...
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Katie Kmiecik, LCPC, PMH-C is a co-founder of Postpartum Wellness Center (PWC), a private practice boutique in the Chicago suburbs specializing in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), where she works with individuals, couples, families, and groups. Katie has a ...
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Michelle Lacy, MA, LPC, PMH-C, is the Executive Director for Women’s Health Innovations of Arizona (WHI), a licensed outpatient treatment center and non-profit specializing in maternal mental health care. Michelle is a founding member of WHI and has worked to ...
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Laura J. Miller, MD, is the Medical Director of Reproductive Mental Health for the Veterans Health Administration. She is a Professor of Psychiatry at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine. She graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed her psychiatry residency ...
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Dr. Nagalla is a psychiatrist working at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services. After her general psychiatry training at Nassau University Medical Center, she pursued a fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine at University of Michigan. She works in the Mother Baby ...
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Elizabeth O’Brien, LPC, owns her own private practice in Grant Park specializing in maternal mental health. She is a “therapist’s therapist”, facilitates new moms support groups, provides advanced trainings in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and co-facilitates a consultation group ...
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Sara Pollard, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC, CCFP, IMH-E® Infant Family Specialist, is a passionate perinatal mental health advocate. In her formative years, Sara learned firsthand how untreated mental health conditions impact individuals, families, and society. After the birth of her second ...
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Marianela Rodriguez-Reynaldo is a mother, postpartum Doula, Certified Lactation Educator, Clinical Psychologist, and Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional who specializes in Maternal Mental Health. She completed her Master’s degree at Xavier University in Ohio and went on to complete her ...
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Dr. Singley is a San Diego-based board certified psychologist and Director of The Center for Men’s Excellence. His research and practice focus on men’s mental health with a particular emphasis on reproductive psychology and the transition to fatherhood. Dr. Singley won ...
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Assistant Dean, Student Affairs Associate Professor, Educator Scholar Track Director of Graduate Medical Education Faculty Development Dr. Kathy W. Smith is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. She is Assistant Dean of ...
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Dr. Samantha Suffren is a board certified neuropsychiatrist. After earning an undergraduate degree in biochemistry as a Howard Hughes Fellow at North Carolina State University, and a stint in research, she pursued medicine at East Carolina University to follow a ...
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Lisa Tremayne is a Registered Nurse with a certification in Breastfeeding as well as Childbirth Education.  Lisa is the founder and the Director for the Center for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New ...
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Dr. Michelle Wiersgalla is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Medical School and Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency. She has been practicing adult psychiatry since 2004 and has specialized in reproductive psychiatry since 2008. She is the psychopharmacology consultant to ...
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Dr. Julia Wood is a graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital psychiatry residency program. She is in private practice in Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Wood is also a speaker for Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal ...
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Chief, Department of Psychiatry, Women’s College Hospital Shirley A. Brown Memorial Chair in Women’s Mental Health Research, Women’s College Research Institute Associate Professor & Director of the Division of Equity, Gender and Population, Department of Psychiatry University of Toronto Adjunct ...
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