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PSI provides a worldwide network of peer support, reliable information, professional trainings, and coordinators in all US states and 35 other countries.

Postpartum Support International (PSI) is the world's leading volunteer organization dedicated to educating professionals and supporting pregnant, postpartum, and post-loss families. PSI was founded in 1987 to increase awareness among public and professional communities about the emotional difficulties that women can experience during and after pregnancy. The organization offers peer support, reliable information, best practice training, and volunteer coordinators in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, and Mexico, and more than 35 other countries. Working together with its volunteers, caring professionals, researchers, legislators and others, PSI is committed to raising awareness, eliminating stigma, and ensuring that compassionate and quality care is available to all families. To learn more, call PSI at 800-944-4PPD or visit www.postpartum.net. Send us a message if you need help or you'd like to help! We need volunteer support coordinators, outreach advocates, fundraisers, and professionals to help us fulfill our mission of support and community connection. We will train you and help you connect with other advocates. Send us a message on FB, call us 503-894-9453 or 800=944-4773 or write support@postpartum.net.

03/18/2026

Are you a q***r or trans parent who is expecting a baby or adopting?

Are you part of the LGBTQIA+ community and have kids from ages 0 to 4 years old?

Do you want to speak with other parents who understand how you feel?

There's a group for that.

Join PSI's Q***r & Trans Parent Support Group ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 All of PSI's groups are online, confidential, and free forever!

🔗 Learn more and register for our Q***r & Trans Parent Support Group at https://loom.ly/RK2bbOc

03/18/2026

Calling all new parent couples. 📣

A research team at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus wants to hear about your experience with pregnancy and early parenthood, and they'll compensate you for your time.

Eligible couples:
🔹 Both partners 18 or older
🔹 Baby born in the past 6 months
🔹 Currently in a relationship together
🔹 Non-birthing partner uses alcohol and/or cannabis

Participation includes one virtual session and a 60-minute survey. Each partner can earn up to $75.

🔗 Learn more and participate: https://loom.ly/zOb_Wn0

03/17/2026

Postpartum anxiety doesn’t always look like worry.

Sometimes it looks like rage.

Many parents experience sudden bursts of anger, followed by guilt or shame, but these reactions can be linked to a nervous system stuck in survival mode.

In this new blog, psychologist Emily Guarnotta, PsyD, PMH-C explains why postpartum rage happens and shares practical ways to regulate your nervous system and find support.

Anger doesn't mean you're failing. It likely means you need support.

🔗 Read the full blog: https://loom.ly/2cW_WBE

03/16/2026

📣 NEW Support Group Alert!! Introducing Autistic Moms & Birthing People: Pregnancy and Postpartum Support!

Pregnancy and postpartum bring unique challenges for autistic moms and birthing people, from sensory sensitivities and unpredictability to navigating transitions, emotional regulation, and the demands of parenting. A formal diagnosis is NOT required to attend. If you identify as autistic or think you may be and are pregnant or up to 4 years postpartum, you belong here.

✅ Always FREE ✅ Completely virtual ✅ Strictly confidential

🔗 Learn more and register at https://loom.ly/Qygrpjg

03/16/2026

🚨 OCD can be MISSED in the perinatal period. 🚨

Intrusive thoughts.
Intense shame.
Avoidance.
Compulsions no one sees.

Perinatal OCD affects 2 in 100 pregnant people, and if it’s missed, treatment can fail.

That’s why Postpartum Support International created the Advanced Perinatal OCD Training; the first deep-dive, trauma-informed, training for mental health professionals who want to actually treat this correctly.

Learn to support clients and differentiate Perinatal OCD from psychosis and other perinatal mental health disorders through an advanced curriculum built by experts.

Here’s what you’ll get:
🔵 Ethical, perinatal-focused ERP (Exposure & Response Prevention)
🔵 Real cases + hands-on strategies
🔵 Confidence in your clinical decisions

💥 New dates are coming SOON!

Join our Interest List to be the first to know when new dates are added!

Or tap the links to subscribe & learn more:
Interest List → https://loom.ly/fqVpO58
Training Info → https://loom.ly/XQ8-Xyk

⚡ Take your perinatal OCD care from missed to mastered.

03/15/2026

📢 Training Announcement!
📆 April 30 – May 1, 2026
📍 Warwick, RI
📖 Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care
Join Postpartum Support International for our flagship 2-day Components of Care training in Warwick, Rhode Island!

This training provides the essential knowledge and skills needed to recognize, assess, and support individuals experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.

Participants will learn about:
🧠 Perinatal Mental Health Disorders (PMHDs) and how they present
🩺 Screening, assessment, and referral pathways for effective care
🤝 Evidence-based treatment approaches and support strategies
👶 The role of interdisciplinary collaboration in perinatal mental health care

This training is ideal for mental health professionals, healthcare providers, doulas, lactation professionals, peer supporters, and others working with perinatal families.

✨ Interested in perinatal loss training as well?
A 2-Day Perinatal Loss: Clinical and Supportive Care Training will also be offered April 28–29, 2026 in Warwick, RI.

🔗 Learn more and register: https://loom.ly/G-IRUQM

03/15/2026

Sometimes the most important step in healing is knowing where to turn.

PSI’s support services connect parents with compassionate listeners, trusted resources, and communities that truly understand the challenges of pregnancy and postpartum.

Through peer support, online groups, and local connections, families are finding hope, understanding, and guidance during some of the most vulnerable moments of parenthood.

Today, the PSI HelpLine has grown from a phone in PSI Founder Jane Honikman's home to an international hub of support, connecting individuals to direct peer support, local volunteers, online support groups, and essential resources.

Even as PSI continues to grow and technology evolves, the heart of the HelpLine remains the same: real people offering informed, non-judgmental empathy to every parent who reaches out.

Because sometimes the most powerful support begins with a simple message: “You’re not alone.”

🔗 Read more about PSI’s impact: https://loom.ly/grWYNuo

03/14/2026

💙 New Training Announcement

📆 April 28–29, 2026
📍 Warwick, RI
📖 Perinatal Loss: Clinical and Supportive Care

This comprehensive perinatal loss training is designed for birth workers, therapists, nurses, and other psychotherapy and medical providers. Participants are guided into the world of perinatal loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth, complex congenital anomalies, and pregnancy decision-making.

During this training, participants will explore:
🔷 Trauma-informed strategies for supporting bereaved parents
🔷 Clinical techniques and practical interventions for perinatal loss care
🔷 Compassionate approaches for supporting families and providers impacted by loss
🎓 Continuing education credits available. Participants must attend the full training to receive CE credits and a certificate of completion.

🔗 Learn more and register: https://loom.ly/_-_dfoI

03/13/2026

Perinatal mental health disorders do not exist in isolation.

They affect the birthing parent.
They affect partners.
They affect infants.
They affect the entire family system.

When paternal depression and anxiety go unrecognized, maternal outcomes suffer. Relationship strain increases. Infant attachment can be impacted. Supporting families requires seeing the full picture.

PSI’s Foundations in Paternal Perinatal Mental Health Training equips providers to:
✔ Recognize paternal perinatal mental health disorders (PMHDs)
✔ Understand how symptoms may present differently in fathers
✔ Screen effectively and respond confidently
✔ Address stigma and barriers to care
✔ Strengthen outcomes for both parents and infants

Because the best care for struggling families includes both the birthing parent and their partner.

New training dates are coming soon, and you could be the first to know!

Join our Paternal Perinatal Mental Health Training Interest List to get:
💙 Early access to new dates
💙 Full training details

🔗 Subscribe now: https://loom.ly/2laUwEI

Learn more: 🌐 https://loom.ly/sbntBrc

03/13/2026

A difficult fetal diagnosis doesn't mean you have to navigate it alone 💙

If you're an expectant parent who has received a high-risk or potentially life-limiting fetal diagnosis and are continuing your pregnancy, PSI's Fetal Diagnosis Support During Pregnancy group was created for you.
This is a compassionate, nonjudgmental space to find connection with others who truly understand the overwhelming uncertainty and complex emotions that come with these situations, whether you're continuing a pregnancy with a life-limiting condition or facing treatment with unknown outcomes.

✅ 100% virtual
✅ Always free
✅ Always confidential

Visit https://loom.ly/dn8Ez5g to learn more about this group and register.

You are not alone 🤍

03/12/2026

Support for perinatal mental health must reflect the diversity of the families it serves.

Perinatal mental health conditions do not discriminate. Parents from every background, across cultures, communities, religions, and ethnicities, can experience mental health challenges during pregnancy and postpartum.

That’s why expanding representation, cultural understanding, and equitable access to care is essential to PSI’s mission. When support systems reflect the communities they serve, more parents can find the understanding, resources, and care they deserve.

PSI has had a long-standing commitment to improving services and responsiveness to communities of color. This commitment met opportunity in February 2017 when three visionary women of color came together to create the Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color (“The Alliance”), a supportive organization led by and for people of color, to provide advocacy, information, and resources related to perinatal mental health.

PSI continues to grow its network of leaders, volunteers, and advocates who bring broader representation, cultural understanding, and lived experience into the conversation around maternal mental health.

Expanding representation strengthens our ability to connect families with care that feels informed, compassionate, and accessible.

🔗 Learn more in our 2025 Impact Report: https://loom.ly/grWYNuo

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