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New Parents, Their Babies, and Scary Thoughts

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I imagined throwing my baby across the room. I think my baby will die. What if I push my baby under the bath water? If a postpartum client disclosed these thoughts to you, how would you respond? The perinatal period is often rife with unsettling distress and disturbing thoughts that are never shared with providers. While research shows that these thoughts are common and nonthreatening, many therapists understandably find these symptoms alarming. In this session, you'll learn to assess the nature of scary thoughts, create strategies for intervention, and initiate conversations with new parents that pave the way for critical postpartum care. You’ll also explore how to:

  • Normalize perinatal distress and use psychoeducation to provide immediate relief for perinatal clients
  • Differentiate between “normal” anxious thoughts in the perinatal period and symptoms of a mood disorder, including perinatal OCD or perinatal psychosis
  • Apply strategies for treating anxiety in the perinatal period and reducing panic when caring for an infant alone

Here's What You'll Learn

  • The difference between “normal” anxious thoughts in the perinatal period and symptoms of a mood disorder, including perinatal OCD or perinatal psychosis
  • Differentiating ego dystonic and ego syntonic intrusive thoughts for differential diagnosis
  • The psychoeducational approaches you can use in the first session to alleviate distress
  • Developing treatment goals for anxiety presenting in the perinatal period
  • Modifying interventions for anxiety to account for individual differences
  • Modifying treatment for non-gestational partners experiencing anxiety in the perinatal period
  • Limitations of research and potential risks

Everything You're Getting

  • More than 1 hour of video content
  • CE information to come
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts

Hilary Waller, MS, LPC

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Hilary Waller, MS, LPC, is a psychotherapist who specializes in the treatment of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. She is the director of education and programming at The Postpartum Stress Center outside of Philadelphia, which was founded by renowned perinatal expert Karen Kleiman and was listed in Philly Magazine as a "Center of Excellence" for Maternal/Fetal Care in 2008. In addition to providing direct care services to individuals, couples and groups at the center, Hilary serves as an instructor with Karen Kleiman, providing a quarterly 12 CE hour postgraduate advanced training for clinicians across the US and abroad who want to specialize in treating the perinatal population. She conducts workshops and trainings for maternal mental healthcare providers as well as non-clinical staff working with the perinatal population. Hilary completed her master's degree in counseling psychology from Holy Family University in 2013. She is deeply honored to support new patients.

Hilary's forthcoming clinical workbook on the treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD), co-authored by perinatal experts Karen Kleiman and Dr. Tonya Cotler, will be published in the fall of 2022 (PESI Publishing).


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Hilary Waller maintains a private practice and is an adjunct faculty at Gwynedd Mercy University. She receives royalties as a published author. Hilary Waller receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Hilary Waller is a member of the American Counseling Association, the American Mental Health Counselors Association, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, and EMDRIA.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
NOS096307
Brochure Code:
87373SUM
Duration:
1 hour, 57 minutes
Copyright:
Mar 18, 2023

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