The Postpartum Stress Center

01/31/2026

🤓 For perinatal therapists in pursuit of clinical excellence

🤓 Join our informal discussion informed by your questions and clinical curiosity
www.postpartumstress.com/registration

01/28/2026

01/27/2026

𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

💜 For you.
💜 For your partner.
💜 For those who love you.
💜 For your therapist.
💜 For your medical provider.
💜 For your mental health provider.
💜 For anyone who cares about prenatal & postpartum wellbeing.

☑️ Self help books
☑️ Professional books
☑️ Professional trainings for mental health providers
☑️ Professional trainings for medical providers
☑️ Specialized advanced trainings for ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠

The Postpartum Stress Center : Supporting and treating perinatal women and their families for almost 40 years.

postpartumstress.com

01/27/2026

✨ It will help your client feel better sooner.
✨ It will help you feel better about the way you work.

The Art of Holding Perinatal Women in Distress™
because

For information and registration:
postpartumstress.com/registration
or email us training@postpartumstress.com

✨2 partial scholarships available
✨Also available: 6 hr virtual core training with Rachel Brabec

01/26/2026

Research supports our S.E.L.F. model: Rest, (Sleep), movement (Exercise), nourishment (Food), and restorative pleasure (Laughter/leisure) all play a critical role in postpartum brain health and emotional well-being.

💜Better sleep is tied to lower postpartum depression/anxiety

💜Postpartum exercise is linked with fewer depressive and anxiety symptoms.

💜Adherence to a brain-healthy eating pattern is associated with lower odds of postpartum depressive symptoms

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Archana Basu, Aaron Sarvet, Jarvis T Chen, Christy Denckla, Yiwen Zhu, Karestan C Koenen, An examination of sleep as a protective factor for depression and anxiety in the perinatal period: novel causal analyses in a prospective pregnancy cohort

Deprato A, Ruchat SM, Ali MU, Cai C, Forte M, Gierc M, Meyer S, Sjwed TN, Shirazi S, Matenchuk BA, Jones PAT, Sivak A, Davenport MH. Impact of postpartum physical activity on maternal depression and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

01/23/2026

✨Because training matters✨

01/22/2026

✔️ Anxiety ≠ OCD.
✔️ Intrusive thoughts ≠ diagnosis.
✔️ Protect mothers from unnecessary labels.
✔️ Postpartum distress comes in many forms.
✔️ Normal anxiety and intrusive thoughts are common - not always OCD.
✔️ Expert guidance matters.
✔️ Clarity matters.
✔️ Be informed.

01/21/2026

Pay attention to your relationship

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01/20/2026

For perinatal therapists in pursuit of clinical excellence.
postpartumstress.com/registration
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*Edited to add: In order to maintain a safe, interactive space, honoring participant privacy and real time connection, our trainings are not recorded. (see website)

01/19/2026

Now is the time.

01/15/2026

✨Training Updates ✨
The Art of Holding Perinatal Women in Distress™
For perinatal therapists in pursuit of clinical excellence

✔️Virtual
✔️Interactive
✔️Holding-informed
✔️Save the dates
✔️Save your spot

🟣We’re excited to highlight the work of our brilliant colleague, friend, and psychodynamically trained relational therapist, Tanya Cotler, PhD, who returns with her powerful presentation on Mom Rage and introduces a new training on Birth Trauma. Both are beautifully taught through a holding lens and promise to deepen and inspire your clinical work.

🟣Our OCD courses will continue to be led by Noah Suzuki, our Director of OCD Training & Consultation. Joining Noah for the course on psychosis, is Ashlee Adams, LCSW, our esteemed Director of Clinical Services.

🟣Rachel Brabec, our phenomenal leader of the PPSC Holding Coalition, will again offer our 6-hour course on The Art of Holding an ideal program for clinicians new to this model.

🟣I’m honored to co-facilitate the REWIRED Workshop with renowned author, researcher, and thought leader, Dr. Jodi Pawluski, where we’ll explore how The Art of Holding intersects with the neuroscience that informs our work.

🟣NEW: The Art of Holding Perinatal Distress: A Gateway to Treatment For Medical Providers, featuring our Queen Kristina Guerrero Ledlow, PPSC Holding Coalition leader. This specialized training equips medical providers and maternal healthcare professionals with practical, evidence-based strategies to facilitate patent disclosure, intervene effectively with Holding techniques, and optimize maternal and infant outcomes.
(email training@postpartumstress.com if interested)

🟣Ashlee and I continue to offer our 12-hour Advanced Training in The Art of Holding, expanding access for clinicians committed to becoming holding-informed therapists. 🌟 Partial scholarships available🌟 Discount for PSI members

To Register: postpartumstress.com/registration