Postpartum Depression & Related Disorders: Clinical Strategies to Identify and Treat Parents Who Are Suffering in Silence
- Speaker:
- Hilary Waller, MS, LPC
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 13 Minutes
- Language:
- Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
- Copyright:
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Jan 21, 2026
- Product Code:
- POS055415
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
It’s not a topic that comes up at play groups or over coffee. Instead, new parents suffer quietly, engulfed in shame and secrecy, afraid to dispel the ever-present myths about parenthood - “everything is perfect,” “I love being a parent,” and “this is the happiest time of my life.”
They don’t share the dark thoughts, intense anxiety, scary intrusive thoughts, checking excessively on the baby, feelings of inadequacy, grief over lost independence, thoughts of harm to self or baby, and even delusions and hallucinations.
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) are real, pervasive, and can be life-threatening.
Are you missing the signs with the parents you treat?
Watch this compelling seminar and gain tools to intervene during a critical period that does not offer the luxury of time. Postpartum parents are exceptionally vulnerable, as are their infants who are fully dependent on them. This seminar is a must-attend for any professional working with pregnant or postpartum parents.
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Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Postpartum Depression & Related Disorders (2.4 MB) | 61 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Postpartum Depression & Related Disorders - French (2.4 MB) | 61 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Postpartum Depression & Related Disorders - Italian (2.4 MB) | 61 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Postpartum Depression & Related Disorders - German (2.4 MB) | 61 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Postpartum Depression & Related Disorders - Spanish (2.4 MB) | 61 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
Hilary Waller, MS, LPC Related seminars and products
The Postpartum Stress Center
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.
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 Counseling Association, the American Mental Health Counselors Association, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, and EMDRIA.
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Objectives
- Develop communication style that meets the unique needs of perinatal clients in order to improve client engagement and retention.
- Differentiate between healthy parental adjustment and clinical symptoms to inform clinician's choice of treatment interventions.
- Modify clinical interventions and screening tools to meet the complex biopsychosocial and logistical demands of perinatal clients.
- Integrate understanding of common difficulties occurring within perinatal period for purpose of psychoeducation, collaboration with family members or partners, and improved specificity of case conceptualization and treatment planning.
- Determine self-regulation skills and interventions the clinician can use to manage vulnerability that may interfere with treatment of perinatal clients.
- Examine special circumstances (breastfeeding, NICU, perinatal loss, adoption, depression in the partner) that impact the therapeutic process and treatment planning.
Outline
The Clinical Profile of PMADs: (Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders):- Limitations of the research and potential risks
- What complicates normal postpartum experiences leading to postpartum mental health disorders?
- What makes mood disorders during this period unique
- Why “perinatal” is a multi-decade stage in life
- Differential diagnosis
- Breaking through vulnerability, and silence
- Depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, psychosis
- Red flags: What to look/listen for each session
- Evidence-based assessment tools
- Barriers to accurate screening
- Normalizing mental healthcare for all new parents
- Development of social support
- How to respond to disclosures of thoughts to harm self or baby
- How treatment differs for this population
- Navigating unwanted intrusive thoughts
- Practical interventions for busy new parents
- Adjustments within the perinatal family
- Tools for healing the perinatal intimate partnership
- Psychotropic medications: Safe for pregnant or nursing parents?
- Collaborative care with other providers
- Videos: Voices of Recovery
- Where and how to refer to a specialist/higher level of care
- Feeding issues: Breastfeeding and/or bottle
- Infertility/Assisted reproductive technologies
- Trauma
- NICU
- Perinatal grief and loss
- When PMADs are left untreated or present later in parenthood
- Multicultural factors
- Managing countertransference
- Ethical decision making: Breaking the rules and self-disclosure
- Collaboration and collegial support
- Implicit bias
Target Audience
- Social Workers
- Counsellors
- Psychologists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Psychiatrists
- Pediatricians
- Gynecologists
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Midwives and Doulas
- Lactation Consultants
- Other professionals who work with perinatal parents
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