over 55+ educators and experts in perinatal mental health

2025 Conference Schedule

9-9:30 AM PST

DAY 3 | nov 7

DAY 2 | nov 6

DAY 1 | nov 5

Live Sessions | November 5th

Indigenous Land Acknowledgment and Opening Address: The Current State of Perinatal Mental Health Support, and a Call To Providers

KATE BORSATO + MELISSA MEDJUCK

Seminars, Interviews + Mini Sessions | Nov 5th

9:45 AM PST

WORKSHOP - Moving Beyond Survival: Centering the Mental Health for Black Birthing Mamas in Clinical Practice

KerriAnne Sejour

11:00 AM PST

LIVE INTERVIEW - What We Don’t Say Hurts Us: Shame, Stigma, and Silence in Perinatal Mental Health

DR. Jessica Zucker

1:00 PM PST

WORKSHOP - Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and EMDR for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Kate Kincaid

3:45 PM PST

WORKSHOP - Holding the Story: Tools to Support Clients in Processing Their Birth Experience

Alison Chisholm

*Held live on Zoom and will be available for replay. Each session is approximately 60 minutes, unless otherwise noted.

SEMINAR - Unseen No More: Doula Support for Black Mothers

Dr. Danielle Alexander

SEMINAR - The Importance of Attachment: How Early Relationships Shape the Developing Brain

Michelle Charriere 

SEMINAR - Breaking the Silence: South Asian Women’s Voices in Perinatal Care

Melissa Kaur Hanson

SEMINAR - Men’s Mental Health in Practice: Connecting With The Disconnected

John Shearer

SEMINAR - Eating Disorders and the Perinatal Period: Considerations for Care 

Courtney Sedlak

SEMINAR - From Guilt to Grace: Supporting Moms in the Journey from Shame to Strength

Kailynn Klepfer

MINI SESSION - Mental Health Impacts of Hyperemesis Gravidarum

Julia Russell and Maria Castrellon

SEMINAR - Perinatal Mental Health at the Margins: Northern, Rural, and Remote Realities

Avril Ferguson

SEMINAR - Before the Bump: Supporting Fertility Struggles in Perinatal Mental Health Work

Anita Gill

SEMINAR - Cactus in Bloom: An Overview of Supporting Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse in the Perinatal and Parenting Journey

Ebony Williams

SEMINAR - Seeing the Need: Supporting Postpartum Individuals Without Being Asked

Jeevan Atwal

MINI SESSION - What If Pregnancy Isn’t Safe? Mental Health, Trauma, and Ethics in the Family-Building Journey

Mila Arsenijevic

DAY 1 | Nov 5

DAY 2 | nov 6

DAY 3 | nov 7

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These are added to your conference portal each day. These are available for 24 hours with the Daily Pass, and for 6 months with the Extended Access Pass. Seminars and interviews are approximately 45-60 minutes long; Mini-sessions are approximately 20 minutes long.

MINI SESSION - Falling Through the Cracks: My Missed Postpartum Depression Diagnosis

Amanda Gurman

MINI SESSION - ‘Rest While the Baby Rests’ and Other Lies We Tell New Moms: Reframing Maternal Mental Health Through a Cultural Lens

Erica Rose Cummings

DAY 1 | Nov 5

DAY 2 | nov 6

DAY 3 | nov 7

9 AM PST

Live Sessions | November 6th

WORKSHOP - Queering Reproductive Trauma: What We Know, Who Gets Seen, and What Comes Next

olivia scoobie

Seminars, Interviews + Mini Sessions | Nov 6

10:30 AM PST

WORKSHOP - What’s Going On for Dad? Understanding the Shifting Emotional and Masculine Landscape of Modern Fatherhood, And How Providers Can Help

Dr. Brendan Kwiatkowski-Hartman

1:00 pM PST

WORKSHOP - Holding the Holder: Clinical Supervision in Perinatal Mental Health Through an Ethical and Decolonized Lens

Rita Girn

2:30 PM PST

WORKSHOP - Trauma Bombing or Storytelling? Holding Safer Space in the Era of Oversharing

amber sperling

SEMINAR - Couples’-Adjacent Therapy: Strategies for Addressing Relational Dynamics While Working Individually with Perinatal Clients

Sam welsh

SEMINAR - A Map of Matrescence: How Perinatal Professionals’ Understanding of the Transition to Motherhood Can Be Protective of Mothers’ Mental Health

Jessie Harrold

MINI SESSION - Walking the Same Path: Working with TTC Clients When You’re TTC

DR. Bridget Jones

SEMINAR -  The Metamorphic Flow of Motherhood: Exploring Cycles of Change Including Matrescence and Perimenopause. 

Vania Sukola

SEMINAR - Touched Out or Low Libido? Understanding Sexual Desire and Where it Goes Once Baby Comes

Lisa Greenstein 

SEMINAR - When ADHD Meets Motherhood: Implications for Mental Health and Family Functioning

Caitlin Slavens & Chelsea Bodie

SEMINAR - The Motherhood Identity: Using Narrative Therapy to Support New Moms

Marissa Gray

INTERVIEW - Supporting Couples Through Intimacy Changes in the Perinatal Period

Vanessa & Xander Marin

SEMINAR - Integrating Matrescence: Setting a New Standard in Maternal Care

Christina Bond

MINI SESSION - Unseen Struggles: The Perinatal Experience of Canadian Military Spouses

Kaitlin Wolfe

MINI SESSION - Walking the Parallel Path: The Clinician Mother Experience

Stephanie Borgen

SEMINAR - “Do I Really Want Another?” Helping Clients Navigate Ambivalence & Uncertainty in Family Planning

Alexandra Stewart & Ruth Skutezky

MINI SESSION - Spiritual Emergence: The Perinatal Time as a Portal For Growth

Paige DiChiara 

DAY 1 | nov 5

DAY 2 | nov 6

DAY 3 | nov 7

*Held live on Zoom and will be available for replay. Each session is approximately 60 minutes, unless otherwise noted.

These are added to your conference portal each day. These are available for 24 hours with the Daily Pass, and for 6 months with the Extended Access Pass. Seminars and interviews are approximately 45-60 minutes long; Mini-sessions are approximately 20 minutes long.

MINI SESSION - Sharing Safely: Navigating Lived Experience in Perinatal Care with Insights from the Intentional Peer Support Model

Dr. Julie Franks

MINI SESSION - When There’s No Baby to Hold: Supporting Postpartum After Pregnancy Loss

Ella Moynihan

DAY 1 | Nov 5

DAY 2 | nov 6

DAY 3 | nov 7

DAY 3 | nov 7

DAY 2 | nov 6

DAY 1 | nov 5

9 AM PST

DAY 3 | nov 7

DAY 2 | nov 6

DAY 1 | nov 5

Live Sessions | November 7th

WORKSHOP - Perinatal Mental Health in Muslim Women: Predictors, Clinical Relevance, and Implications for Care

Venus Mahmoodi

Seminars, Interviews + Mini Sessions | Nov 7th

10:30 am PST

WORKSHOP - Relationship Strain is a Health Issue: What Perinatal Professionals Can Do Without Doing Couples Therapy

Autumn Fowler

2:30 PM PST

WORKSHOP - Therapy Is Political: Providing Perinatal Psychotherapy in an Uncertain World

Suzanne Mungalez

These are added to your conference portal each day. These are available for 24 hours with the Daily Pass, and for 6 months with the Extended Access Pass. Seminars and interviews are approximately 45-60 minutes long; Mini-sessions are approximately 20 minutes long.

SEMINAR - Building a Sustainable & Meaningful Private Practice (and Group Practice)

Kate Borsato + Melissa Medjuck

SEMINAR - Maternal Burnout and the Mental Load: What Providers Need to Know

Stacy McCann

SEMINAR - When We Hold the Parent, We Hold the Child: How Supporting Caregivers’ Mental Health Supports Secure Attachment in Infants

Jessica Cowan Royle

SEMINAR - Running on Empty: Burnout in Parents of Kids with Complex Needs

hilary evans

SEMINAR - Sexual Wellness Throughout Motherhood and Beyond

Taylor McConnachie

SEMINAR - Building Families Through Surrogacy: Gay Men’s Mental Health and Parenting in the Perinatal Stage

Justin Brass

MINI SESSION - Beyond the Headlines: The Truths About Postpartum Psychosis

Nancy di nuzzo

MINI SESSION - The Invisible Crisis: Perinatal OCD, Delayed Diagnosis, and the Birth of HER: A Frontline Nurse’s Journey Through the Gaps in Perinatal Care

Kristina Soetaert

SEMINAR - Co-Creation of a Document: The Grounding Power of Writing in Perinatal Sessions

Briar Culbert

MINI SESSION - From What-Ifs to Worthy: Reclaiming Peace in Postpartum

Gabriella Bores

MINI SESSION - The ADHD Parent in a Postpartum World: Navigating Overwhelm, Shame, and Sensory Overload

MARTINA NOVA

MINI SESSION - Holding Space: A Restorative Pause for Caregivers

Casandra Musumeci & Andrea Rockefeller

MINI SESSION -Hormones After Birth: Unpacking the Mental Health Impact

samantha copithorne

MINI SESSION - Bringing in Everyday Rituals to Embrace Parenthood

Vania Sukola

MINI SESSION - Building Strength from Within: The Power of Resistance Training & Pelvic Floor Function for Perinatal Mental and Physical Wellness

JESSIE MUNDELL

DAY 1 | Nov 5

DAY 2 | nov 6

DAY 3 | nov 7

*Held live on Zoom and will be available for replay. Each session is approximately 60 minutes, unless otherwise noted.

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