Postpartum Support International

Have you walked through a perinatal mood challenge and come out the other side? Your lived experience could be exactly what another parent needs to hear right now 💙 PSI is looking for Volunteer Support Group Facilitators for several of our peer support groups, including Postpartum Rage, Birth & Medical Trauma Loss, Bipolar Support for Perinatal Moms & Birthing People, and more. ✅ Minimum 1-year commitment ✅ At least 1 year post-recovery from PMHD or loss (and not currently in the perinatal period) ✅ Lived experience with the group topic OR licensed healthcare professional specializing in perinatal mental health or a related area 🔗 Apply today → https://loom.ly/wtJFY-U

Please join us for a peer-led support group in American Sign Language for Deaf parents who are pregnant and up to two years postpartum 🤟 This support group is free and virtual and for all Deaf parents: birthing parents, partners, gestational, and non-gestational. Everyone is welcome. The 90-minute group will be entirely in ASL. Our online group will help you connect with other Deaf parents, communicate about your experiences, and learn helpful tools and resources. Pregnancy and postpartum can bring up unique challenges for Deaf parents, and this is a safe and brave space to share those experiences. This group is led by PSI-trained support group leaders who are also Deaf parents and fluent in ASL. Learn more about this group and register here: https://loom.ly/hF_Z3Sk

PSI is pleased to announce the launch of the PMH-C Practice Test, a new resource for professionals preparing for certification. The tool includes real, expired questions from the PMH-C item bank, targeted flash cards, and flexible 1-, 3-, or 6-month subscription options to fit any study timeline. Learn more and sign up: https://loom.ly/VbIk6b4

"Strength and struggle can coexist. You can be grateful for your child and still mourn what was lost." 💙 For so many parents, the pandemic didn't just complicate postpartum, it stripped away the village entirely. No visitors, no hugs, no in-person support groups. Just isolation, layered on top of everything new parenthood already asks of us. In our latest Survivor Story on the PSI Blog, Manyori Pinto, LCSW, puts words to an experience so many carried alone. 📖 Read it now → https://loom.ly/VtsuMfk

"Really grateful to have a space where it was okay to talk about the loss and the living child." 💙 Parenting after loss can feel like holding two things at once: grief and love, missing and parenting. Our Parenting After Loss Support Group is a place where all of it is welcome, and none of it needs explaining. PSI's peer support groups are virtual, confidential, and always free. 🔗 Explore our 50+ support groups at https://loom.ly/ZEP7VGc

This week, PSI is hosting our largest virtual training ever! 🎉 1,456 professionals registered for Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care, and 1,006 for Advanced Perinatal Mental Health: Psychotherapy, all training together July 29-31. No matter where you're located, you can #TrainWithPSI from anywhere. Check out upcoming virtual training opportunities at Postpartum.net/training! 💻

What if maternal rage wasn't a meltdown, but a message? 💥 In her latest PSI Blog post, regular contributor Nancy Goh Kelly, MPH, shares how she turned her anger into advocacy after realizing new moms weren't failing, the system was. She breaks down 5 ways to channel maternal rage into meaningful change, from finding your people to using your voice with lawmakers. 📖 Read the full post: https://loom.ly/zpBATCc

Dads need support too, and PSI's Dads Support Group is here for that. "Tyler was a great facilitator and made effective use of our time! Great resources were provided. Great open discourse was had." – Dads Support Group Member Every PSI Support Group is virtual, confidential, and always free. No cost, no judgment — just a space to connect with other dads who get it. 📅 Register for the Dads Support Group: https://loom.ly/gpLPYn4

Some postpartum journeys happened in silence, during a pandemic that left new mothers isolated when they needed community most. Manyori Pinto, LSW, @mp.healingspace shares a Survivor Story honoring those mothers this Thursday, 7/30, on the PSI Blog. 🔗 Visit https://loom.ly/ssQ-_bM to subscribe to the PSI Blog so you'll be notified when it's published.

🎉 Please join us in congratulating Mikah Goldman Berg on her promotion to Director of Advocacy, leading PSI's newly established Advocacy Department! Mikah has been a vital part of the PSI team for several years as Assistant Director of the Chapters Program, and we're thrilled to see her step into this new role. "We are thrilled to announce our new PSI Director of Advocacy, Mikah Goldman Berg. We are excited to have Mikah's passion and skills at the helm of coordinating and representing PSI's advocacy in perinatal mental health policies and care systems." — Wendy Davis, PhD, PMH-C, President & CEO of PSI Mikah brings both lived experience and deep passion to this new chapter: "Advocacy has always been a passion of mine. Going through my own perinatal mental health condition was incredibly difficult... but it had ripple effects throughout my entire community. It is an isolating experience, but one that is not isolated to the person navigating it... Not one more person should have to struggle to access the care they need for the most common complication of pregnancy. Navigating mental health systems can be incredibly challenging, but it is through those experiences that we often find our voices and become powerful advocates for change... Together, we can continue creating lasting change. I cannot wait to get to work!" Congratulations, Mikah! 💙