Introduction to Perinatal Mental Health

Key Learning Objectives

• Overview of Perinatal Mental Health:
  Gain a comprehensive understanding of perinatal mental health, including its definition, scope, and importance in maternal and infant health outcomes.
• Adverse Experiences and Risk Factors: 
  Explore how adverse experiences and various risk factors intertwine with perinatal mental health, increasing the likelihood of maternal mental health disorders.
• Recommendations, Interventions, and Resources:
  Receive an overview of recommendations, evidence-based interventions, and available resources for addressing perinatal mental health challenges. Learn how to implement preventive measures and provide support to individuals during pregnancy and postpartum.

Requirements

Instructor

Erin Fanshier
LCSW

Erin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who has worked for years in the domestic violence and sexual assault community. Erin enjoys working with children, adolescents, and adults of all ages, and helping families heal after abuse and trauma. Erin also enjoys working with parents and expecting parents to help their children heal, and learning to parent after experiencing abuse, trauma, and childhood abuse. Her approach comes from an Attachment, Psychodynamic, and somatic lens. She leans toward somatic approaches in therapy and believes in working with trauma from a “bottom-up” approach, working on grounding to help you feel safe in your body and in the world. Erin has specialized in working with survivors of trauma who have difficulty feeling connected with their bodies.