THE FORGOTTEN PARENT: FATHER'S MENTAL HEALTH DURING PERIPARTUM
This 90 minute webinar takes place on Tuesday June 22nd from 4:30pm-6:00pm CST and is complimentary for current MONA members and $25.00 for Non Members . Members will be emailed an event code for a complimentary ticket.
Daniel Singley PhD
Sheehan Fisher PhD
Dr. Sheehan Fisher is an Assistant Professor and clinical psychologist at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. His research career focuses on the effects of perinatal and subsequent parental mental health on infant/child health outcomes, with a specialization in the emerging field of father mental health. Dr Fisher will be presenting on policy and cultural views.
David Levine MD, FAAP
Introducing the MONA member of the Month –Barbara Parry , MD
We are expanding our monthly newsletter to feature our members. This month we are learning more a current member and MONA Board of Director, Barbara Parry.
If you would like to nominate yourself or a fellow member for the Member of the Month, contact Deepika.goyal@sjsu.edu for more information!
We also would enjoy hearing your ideas for the newsletter or any other aspect of our Marcé of North America organization! Please send your ideas to Deepika.goyal@sjsu.edu
MEMBER OF THE MONTH QUESTIONS
1. What is your current professional role?
Professor of Psychiatry, Research Director, Women's Mood Clinic
2. What drew you to the field of Perinatal Mental Health?
While a research fellow at the NIH, I had a patient with postpartum depression who I wanted to admit to the unit, but she did not want to come into the hospital without her child with her. I tried to seek approval to allow her child to be admitted with her to the unit, but to no avail, and was labelled a "troublemaker" (good trouble I think) in the process. When James Alexander Hamilton wrote the NIH asking if there was anyone there interested in postpartum depression to attend the first international Marce' meeting in the US (in Berkeley, CA), the letter was sent to me. I corresponded with Dr. Hamilton, and attended this inspiring meeting!
3. What is your current research involvement?
PI on studies examining the role of circadian rhythm disturbances in premenstrual, peripartum and menopausal depression, conducting melatonin, sleep and light investigations.
4. What does a typical workday look like for you - including before and after work?
Before: "warm-up period": cup of tea, devotional and newspaper headline reading, exercises, shower; work that requires thinking (i.e., grant and manuscript writing and reviews, teaching, seminars) in the am; clinical, administrative activities requiring more interpersonal interactions in the afternoon; "wind-down": exercise, reading, piano in the evening.
5. What are you most excited about in your current work?
Observing circadian rhythm disturbances specific to premenstrual vs. pregnancy vs. postpartum vs menopausal depression that are corrected by critically-timed sleep and light interventions, and which correlate with mood and sleep improvement.
6. What’s one of the most important things you’ve learned from a mentor or role model?Following your passion (from the Latin passio, meaning to suffer), thus what you are willing to suffer for.
7. What are your favorite things to do outside of work?
reading poetry and stories, playing the piano, walking in nature, swimming, biking, sailing, skiing, spending time with family and friends, listening to music
8. What is the most interesting book, podcast, TV series, or movie you’ve encountered in the past year?
Book: 75 Masterpieces of Great Art, Literature, Music, Film by Terry Glaspey; TV: Masterpiece Theater Classics; Podcast: Malcolm Guite Spells in the Library; Movie: Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
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LIVE SUMMER SESSION JUST ADDED: PERINATAL-FOCUSED ADVANCED EMDR TRAINING!
Join Dr. Mara Tesler Stein and perinatal (trauma) specialists around the world for this live-streamed training.
The Advanced Practice of EMDR for Perinatal & Infant Mental Health
June 28-30, 2021
This EMDRIA-approved training builds upon the skills taught in Foundational/Basic EMDR training, integrating the AIP lens with the Three Core Tasks framework. It is designed to address the specific needs of clinicians working with clients in the perinatal period.
You will learn not just what to do but how to conceptualize a wide range of perinatal mental health issues, raising the level of care you provide to families. As an added benefit, you will spend three days connecting with and learning from other passionate EMDR-trained perinatal specialists from across the country. (18 CEs offered for psychologists, social workers, and counselors).
https://icm.thinkific.com/.../the-advanced-practice-of...
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Completion of at least EMDR Foundational/Basic Training Part I is a prerequisite for this training.
(https://icm.thinkific.com/.../emdr-therapy-training...)
If these dates don’t work for you, please consider the Self-Paced Advanced Practice of EMDR for Perinatal & Infant Mental Health, also offered by Dr. Mara Tesler Stein through the Institute for Creative Mindfulness.
(https://icm.thinkific.com/.../the-advanced-practice-of...)
Have questions? Email us at info@touchstoneinstitute.org.
Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D., PMH-C
Clinical Psychologist
7101 N. Cicero Ave., Suite 203
Lincolnwood, IL 60712
773-338-2980
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