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  • Ashley Brichter is a life-long educator, birth worker, consultant, and entrepreneur. In addition to improving maternal health, she is a champion for systemic reforms to improve the lives of families by rebalancing the division of labor at home and funding parental leave, universal health care, and progressive early childhood education. Despite her experience with hundreds of families as a doula, lactation counselor, and birth educator – like so many, her first birth did not “go as planned.” Better for it, she founded Birthsmarter in 2019, which provides unbiased, inclusive, and award-winning practical wisdom and guidance to the next generation of families. Ashley was born and raised in New York City, is a proud Bi-Co graduate, and currently lives in Salt Lake City where she has learned to love camping with her husband and two amazing kids. She is a Certified Fair Play Facilitator, a Tory Burch Fellow, and she sits on the board of ProNatal Fitness.

    https://birthsmarter.com/

  • After spending her early career in the corporate world Lynn transitioned into the field of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology after becoming a parent. She currently supports adults and families with early attachment trauma histories and is serving as the Vice President on the Board of Directors at APPPAH.

    She is a graduate of the Castellino Foundations training as well as a Prenatal and Perinatal Educator from the Association of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH).

    She has also completed the Castellino Family Practitioner Training and is on staff of the Building & Enhancing Bonding and Attachment Clinic (BEBA). She is working towards becoming a certified Womb Surround Process Facilitator.

    She is a certified practitioner of NARM (Nuero Affective Relational Model) which helps integrate early childhood survival strategies. She holds a certificate in Trauma Informed Somatic Therapy and is a facilitator of the Circle of Security Parenting Program.

    Her greatest joy is spending time with her family. She is the proud mom of three grown children and lives with her husband in Boulder Colorado.

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  • Margery Segal LPC, RSMT, IDME, PPN is the founder of the Whole Movement Center PLLC located in Austin, Texas. She has spent the last 20 years teaching her embodied approach to pre/perinatal psychology and somatic attachment and bonding in Brasil, Australia, Canada and Texas. She works with individuals, families, couples, infants, children, and people of all ages on early developmental attachment trauma and the art of creating fulfilling relationships. She integrates Dance & Theater, Body-Mind CenteringÂź, Somatic Experiencing, Developmental Movement, and Prenatal Birth Attachment Therapy into experiential sessions and workshops. Her workshops provide a fun therapeutic experiential approach to a depth of neurobiological and body-mind concepts that help students transform and grow. She currently is enrolling women in Her year-long Whole Movement Embodiment Body Recovery Program. This is an online group program (with an in-person intensive) for women who are seeking to recover from a major transition such as caretaking, illness, aging or loss, or any major life change that has affected their relationship with their body. I invite participants who want to commit to learning a somatic movement and therapeutic approach to recovering a new sense of self, while becoming re-embodied and personally empowered as they move forward in their lives.

    Email: [email protected]

    Website: www.wholemovementcenter.com

  • Episode 64: Klaus Evertz, Art, Body, Psychotherapist and Writer in Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology

    Klaus Evertz, lecturer, works as psycho-, art- and body therapist in own office and Center for Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Cologne. Painter and cultural psychologist. Research in Images as Forms of Consciousness. Lectureships at the Universities Cologne and Dresden, the University for Environment and Economy (Depart. Art Therapy) Nuertingen and the Dr.Mildred-Scheel-Academy, Cologne. His main work is a design of a Prenatal Aesthetic in Kunstanalyse (Art Analysis) (2002). Editor of „Lehrbuch fuer Praenatale Psychologie (Textbook for Prenatal Psychology)“, Mattes, Heidelberg (2014) and "Handbook of Prenatal Psychology", Springer, New York (2020). Coauthor of „Lehrbuch fĂŒr Palliativmedizin (Textbook for Palliative Medicine“, Schattauer, Stuttgart (1997, 2007, 2011). His pioneering re-search on pre- and perinatal trauma and transgenerational trauma has potential applications for psycho-, art- and bodytherapists helping to identify the effects of these traumata on mental health and behaviour. Since 1997 Member of the Advisory Board of „International Journal of Peri- and Prenatal Psychology and Medicine“, since 2007 Member of the Board of Associate Editors. He is Past-vice-president of the International Society for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine (ISPPM).

    Institut for Arttherapy and Artanalysis Cologne

    Neusser Str. 569

    50737 Köln/Cologne

    Germany

    Tel./Fax 0049 – 221 5509156

    E-mail: [email protected]

    klausevertz.de

  • This interview is part of the preparation for the series: Supporting Families to Integrate their Birth and Early Experiences, that is a fundraiser for the clinic that is run by Tara and Mary, the Building and Enhancing Bonding and Attachment Clinic.

    Tara Blasco has a Ph.D in prenatal and perinatal psychology from the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, and has worked at the BEBA clinic since 2001. Currently she is the Director of the BEBA clinic and works as a facilitator . She is a certified craniosacral therapist. She is a psychologist in her country of origin, Spain. She is a Certified Womb Surround Process Workshop facilitator through Castellino training. She co-teaches Dr. Castellino’s Foundation Training in Spain and in the US together with Ray Castellino and Mary Jackson.

    With her husband Lyn, she co-directs the non-profit organization Global Resource Alliance dedicated to the alleviation of poverty and disease by supporting communities in the Mara region of Tanzania.

    Mary Jackson, RN, LM, RCST has been a home birth midwife since 1975. She was one of the women who brought midwifery back to life in California in the '70's. Her work encompasses prenatal care, home birth, postpartum care and birth trauma resolution. She incorporates Craniosacral Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Circle of Security and Castellino PPN training into her work as a midwife. She is one of the co-teachers of the Castellino Foundation Training and is a Certified Womb Surround Process Workshop Facilitator. Mary was an adjunct faculty member for eight years at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute and has been the President of the BEBA clinic since 2003. Her focus is on assisting babies and parents to integrate the birth experience in order to strengthen their relationships. A national and international speaker, Mary strives to educate people around the world about birth and how it can impact their lives forever.

    Read the research project published by the Castellino Group, Supporting Families to Integrate Their Birth Experiences.

    See more about their practitioner training at Castellino Training. They have new trainings forming for this year and in 2025.

  • Freddy is an inspirational and transformational speaker, mentor, personal trainer, educator, author, and founder of The Love No Ego Foundation,lnc. rginia.

    Freddy's Love...No Ego philosophy serves as the foundation for pushing the human spirit into greatness. He helps clients to remove biases, fear, and judgement, while simultaneously igniting their intuition to produce monumental results!

    Approaching a decade of experience, Freddy has delivered powerful, engaging, and relevant presentations, mentored, consulted, and conducted workshops for individuals, teams, and organizations nationally and internationally.

    Freddy utilizes and demonstrates his pillars and principles to enable participants to grow and perform better than their everyday pressures and gain optimal performance, personally as well as professionally. His approach improves their overall awareness and sustainability, promotes self and team development, helps them to notice the ego and where the limitations are, and gets committed to living a life of resilency!

    ​Freddy currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife of three years, Emily. He loves being a dedicated husband and bonus Dad to his step-son, Jaxson!

    EM: [email protected]
    O: (434) 262-0442

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  • Olga is a prenatal psychologist, researcher, author of books, editor of collective authorship projects, Editor of the academic journal, designer of educational programmes in Prenatal Sciences, Professional Education Trainer of many successful educational courses in the field of prenatal psychology internationally. Olga created the Programme Health Promotion "WELCOME" for pregnant couples with a focus on the (unborn) baby. Her vision/ mission is to synthesize and organize the acquired knowledge in the field of Prenatal Sciences and bridge the Academia with the professionals in the field of Prenatal Psychology.

    She has done tremendous things in the world, including organizing the Prenatal Sciences Partnership International Congress and various research projects you can see at https://www.prenatalsciencespartnership.org/.

    She also is the mastermind and educator behind online education in prenatal and perinatal psychology at prenatalsciences.org

    She has edited books and articles, and is a joy to work with. See more at her websites.

  • Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D., PMH-C is a clinical psychologist and EMDR consultant and trainer in Chicago and Jerusalem. She is the founder and director of The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training where she offers advanced EMDR trainings which take deep dives into the intersections and applications of EMDR and perinatal mental health. As Senior Faculty with the Institute for Creative Mindfulness, she also offers foundational EMDR trainings for perinatal specialists.

    Dr. Stein is a staunch advocate for trauma-focused care and is trained and certified in a range of integrative trauma therapies. Dr. Stein is also certified in Emotion-Focused Family and Couple Therapy, Brainspotting, and is a Gottman Certified Therapist, and continues to deepen her training in Clinical Hypnosis, Yoga-Informed treatment, Advanced applications of EMDR, and Ego-State therapies.
    She is the co-author (with Deborah Davis, Ph.D.) of Parenting Your Premature Baby and Child: The Emotional Journey (Fulcrum, 2004) and Intensive Parenting: Surviving the Journey Through the NICU (Fulcrum, 2013).

    Her trauma work is grounded in her personal perinatal journey, which began 27 years ago taking her through infertility, twin pregnancy, prolonged hospital bedrest, the NICU, and years of raising NICU graduates.

    You can find her at touchstoneinstitute.org and at [email protected]

    EMDR and Weaving Video:

    https://youtu.be/n85qHC_9XLA

  • Frank Carbone Is a Singer/Songwriter,and DJ from Queens, New York. He has been performing since 15 years old and is a dedicated practitioner and teacher in the field of somatic health and well-being for over 25 years. He has extensive training with Emilie Conrad and Susan Harper and is a 1st generation Continuum Teacher,and is a certified practitioner in Prenatal and Perinatal Somatic psychology and health (PPN). Frank has extensive training,and experience with Dr. Ray Castellino, a pioneer in the field of prenatal and birth trauma healing, and the developer of The Womb Surround Process Workshop. Frank lived almost a decade in Ojai California working at Ray's BEBA Clinic (Building and Enhancing Bonding and Attachment) as a Facilitator of families. Frank has assisted other leaders in the field, including Mary Jackson and Tara Blasco. He is currently assisting Anna and Elizabeth Chitty's Biodynamic Craniosacral Training in Boulder, Colorado.

    As a Continuum Teacher, and Gyrotonic instructor, Frank draws on the principles of fluidity, movement, breath, sound and tracking pleasurable sensations to facilitate healing and transformation in his own life as well as his students, and clients. He has a deep understanding of the connection between the body, mind, and spirit and believes in the power of somatic practices to promote greater awareness, vitality, and well-being.

    Frank is currently working and teaching in Queens NY at # Elements Healing Arts Center on Bayside NY.

    He is the lead singer and songwriter of WOOFWOOF and NY Groove

    Frank is the creator of WombContinuum, a unique blend of Continuum movement therapy and womb surround work developed by Ray Castellino. In his small group workshops, Frank creates a safe and welcoming environment for participants to explore early imprinting, heal from prenatal and birth trauma, and discover more creative and pleasurable ways to play in "The Umbilical Field."

    Through his work, Frank is committed to helping individuals tap into their innate potential for healing and transformation. He believes that by reconnecting with our bodies and the wisdom of our earliest experiences, we can discover greater ease, joy, and meaning in our lives.

  • Jo Lloyd is the founder of mumabuba and has spent the last 20 years supporting women and babies through conception, pregnancy, birth, postnatally and breastfeeding. Her unique approach to support uses a combination of multiple therapies, including reflexology, bodywork, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Shiatsu and pre & perinatal somatic psychology, as well as her deep knowledge of lactation and breastfeeding, drawing on these different modalities to tailor the support to what the mother and baby needs.

    Jo is also the co-founder (with her husband) of the recently launched echos of birth community, a digital online community that brings together parents, birthing professionals and other pre and perinatal professionals around the common mission of transforming the way we support and experience birth in Australia and New Zealand through understanding implicit birth memories.

    The community is a fantastic blend of curated educational resources, mentoring and support to integrate new knowledge and skills into practice, on-line community meet-ups, knowledge sharing, regular articles and discussion topics and access to some of the leading experts from across the world.

    Jo is originally from the UK, she moved to Australia in 2009 and is now based in North Queensland. She is a mother to 3 children (aged 19, 15 and 6). She is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), and has held the roles of counsellor, community educator, trainer, assessor and assistant branch training manager for the Australian Breastfeeding Association. She has supported the Australian College of Midwives as a committee member and consumer reviewer of the Midwifery Practice Review and through the development of several online training courses as a member of the Professional Development Committee. She is a Certified Educator and Trainer with Childbirth And Parenting Educators of Australia (CAPEA) and has presented at numerous conferences.

    You can learn more about the echos of birth community here.

    https://echosofbirth.com/

  • Jerusha is a doula, and birth photographer & videographer based in Sydney. She trained as a doula in 2006 through Childbirth International, and has since worked extensively as a birth and postnatal doula in both London and Sydney.

    Jerusha found the beauty of birth so captivating that she soon trained in photography so she could capture the magic of what she was seeing with her doula clients, to provide lifelong visual memories of their birthing experience. She soon also moved in to videography, creating birth films for the women she supported. She photographs pregnancy, birth and families on a regular basis.

    Jerusha won the 2019 Postpartum category in the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers Competition, and was finalist in the 2019 Australian College of Midwives Birth Photography Competition.

    Her portraits of birthing women were exhibited in the Motherlove exhibition, both at the Creative Space Gallery in Curl Curl, and later the Royal Hospital for Women in 2019.

    Capturing and supporting births is her deep passion and hence the seed of creating a documentary for, and about birthing women was planted long ago.

    Jerusha is a proud volunteer member of Heartfelt, an organisation that gives the gift of photographic memories to families experiencing stillbirth, with premature babies or critically ill children.

    Jerusha also has a background in acting, gaining an Advanced Diploma in Stage and Screen Acting at ACTT in 2001. Since then she has worked as an actor, in casting and in film production. This experience both in front of, and behind the camera fed in to the creation of Birth Time: the documentary.

    Jerusha is a mother to a five year old fire cracker and a gorgeous baby girl.

    https://www.birthtime.world/

    https://jerusha.com.au/

  • I asked Nir Esterman to return for us to have a conversation about his shadow work. Our last conversation had several short explorations of several topics, so in this podcast, we had a longer conversation about how we can be better leaders, teachers and therapists.

    After 30 minutes, Nir asks a set of hard questions that are simple indicators that your shadow is in operation. They include:

    What is going on? Am I really myself now?Am I representing something for someone?Am I caught up in a dynamic?Am I becoming judgmental towards someone?Am I becoming superior?Do I feel repulsed by someone?Do I act differently toward this client and student than with other ones?Am I attracted to the student?Is there something in someone I like and I like in myself?I am asking these questions

    Nir Esterman (M.Sc), A teacher of Family Constellations and Embodied Shadow Work. The developer of the Shadow Constellations approach. A body psychotherapist (Grinberg method).

    Nir is a staff member in the Constellation Path school, the Systemic Trauma online University and Embodiment facilitator course Russia. Nir's teaching is focused on helping professionals to become deeper, safer and more successful. He works mainly with therapists, facilitators, coaches, practitioners and teachers.

    https://www.niresterman.com/

    Our previous discussion: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-53-nir-75605495



  • This episode features a conversation with two practitioners:

    Elisheva Rose Khalfin Elbaz, MSc, BCST, PLC, PPNE, PPNP (they/them):

    "My personal experience with pregnancy loss in my early twenties and my family lineages of healing practice inspired me to do this work. I started my practice in 2011, and I am a somatics practitioner, craniosacral therapist, full-spectrum doula, and facilitator. I am also a student of traditional Yehudi/Ivri healing practices. I work with parents, babies, and adults, healing trauma related to the perinatal period (preconception through postpartum) and childhood, intergenerational patterns, and supporting teens and adults in exploring gender and sexual identity. My academic background is in Narrative Medicine, and I used to teach clinical relational skills to medical students. I am Yehudi/Ivri and white European, with a mixed class background. I’m trans, queer, and neurodivergent. Witnessing the grave lack of embodied anti-racist education in perinatal psychology trainings, inspired me to co-create this project. I currently live on Lenni-Lenape land, in West Philadelphia, and grew up on Duwamish land, in Seattle, WA." See more about them at: elishevaelbaz.com

    Shanna M. Williams, LCSW, MEd, PMH-C (she/her)

    "My personal and professional experiences as an African American woman dealing with motherhood, mental health, trauma and resilience led me to develop my own business, S.W. Doula, in 2017. As the owner and lead practitioner, I provide integrative Perinatal wellness services, Lactation care, Clinical counseling and Professional consultation services to those at increased risk of negative emotional & physical health outcomes during pregnancy and the postpartum period. I also serve as an Adjunct Professor of Social work at Widener University, where I teach classes in Generalist Social Work Practice, Trauma Therapy and Family Therapy. Over the last 20 years or so, I have developed my experience in the fields of birthwork, sexuality education and counseling, diversity education, case management and psychotherapy. I am also a PhD Candidate at Widener University's Center for Social Work Education, where my research focuses on Black women, Maternal-infant health outcomes, pregnancy after loss and the impact of historical trauma. I serve as a member of several Perinatal focused community organizations, including Pettaway Pursuit Foundation and the Delaware County Breastfeeding Coalition. I currently reside in Delaware County, PA, but was born and raised in Wilmington, DE." myswdoula.com

    We are talking about their new course: Birthing Wisdom: Caring for families and ourselves in the perinatal period.













  • Nir Esterman (M.Sc), A teacher of Family Constellations and Embodied Shadow Work. The developer of the Shadow Constellations approach. A body psychotherapist (Grinberg method).

    Nir is a staff member in the Constellation Path school, the Systemic Trauma online University and Embodiment facilitator course Russia. Nir's teaching is focused on helping professionals to become deeper, safer and more successful. He works mainly with therapists, facilitators, coaches, practitioners and teachers.

    Nir is doing a workshop on the Vanishing Twin, applying his unique approach to working with family constellations and the shadow material. I am in support of his approach, as there are not many places where you can go to work on that.

    The dates is December 10, 2022 and I hope there will be more. Here is the link to see: https://ourbirthjourney.com/page/the-vanishing-twin-workshop/

    Everyone that will attend our experiential VANISHING TWIN WORKSHOP this Saturday 10th December with Nir Esterman , will receive a continued 50% discount on Kate White online course: Twin Dynamics and The Baby’s Experience A Prenatal and Perinatal Somatic Approach - 6 Recordings with Experts in Twin Loss Dynamics from a Prenatal and Perinatal Somatic Perspective - All Presentations 75-90 Minutes - Panel Discussion at the End We feel like that twin loss is a dynamic that affects many more people than is currently understood, with wider affects that are in current awareness, and we really want to support the exploration and healing of this early trauma.

  • Adrienne Griffen is the Executive Director of the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance and she is an advocate and subject-matter expert in maternal mental health. Prior to joining MMHLA, Adrienne founded Postpartum Support Virginia and served as executive director for 10 years, establishing a statewide network of peer-led support groups, creating educational programs for mental health providers and maternal-child healthcare professionals, and helping pass legislation requiring information about postpartum depression and anxiety be provided to new mothers. Adrienne graduated from the United States Naval Academy and has a master’s in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Adrienne and her family live in Arlington VA.

    Website: http://www.mmhla.org

    Email Adrienne at [email protected].

    Listen to this riveting interview about maternal mental health in our country.

  • Carey Benenson Taussig is teaching a NEW course in our online school:

    Releasing the Shock to the Waters: A Biodynamic Visceral Course for Long Haul Syndromes.

    A 50 hour online seminar, 4 three-day modules

    Times: 7 am PST, 10 am EST, 3 pm UK, 4 pm European time zone
    All Courses 15 hours over 3 days, 5 Hours min each day, every 5/6 weeks online only
    February 3, 4, 5, 2023
    March 17, 18, 19, 2023
    April 28, 29, 30, 2023
    June 2, 3, 4, 2023

    https://prenatal-and-perinatal-healin...

    About the Course: Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, the founder of Osteopathy in 1905 wrote about how diseases such as Diphtheria acted as a sort of shock to the waters in the body which disrupted nerve conduction therefore "tapping off the lymph" and creating fermentation and heat in the system around the organs. Carey Benenson Taussig D.O.(M.P.) a traditionally trained manual Osteopath teaches about how to guide relief to the system as she teaches how to apply biodynamic visceral manipulation techniques and meditative palpation acknowledging the "in-between" spaces between the organs where this bubbling fermentation may be calling for attention. This heat may trigger a continuous over-reactivity of the immune system and slug momentum to the lymphatic system which ultimately disrupts the endocrine system creating often an inflammatory spin.

    In her teachings, Carey connects with the potency of nature and often refers to the lymphatic system of the forest and the frequency of the bees. As outlined in her article from Massage Magazine, she also teaches students within their scope of practice on how to work with clients both online and in-person as sometimes clients may be in isolation for medical reasons. Offering technique videos and recorded meditations that also help the practitioner support their clientele, this is a four course program that also taps into her work that she did in her specialized studies on Lyme disease that she completed in 2014 which has then grown with her own clinical and meditative work that she has done over the past 8 years.

    Four Phases will be discussed and outlined in the four courses:

    The Recognition and Unwinding of the Predisposition
    The Moment of Impact and the Reactivity of the Mechanism
    The Dehydration and Call for Restoration Phase of Disease
    The Rebuild and Pathway of Care According to the Individual Hive Mind Philosophy

    The Fee is $495 per class, paid for over 4 months. We have a coupon for $50 off the first course for you: https://prenatal-and-perinatal-healin...

    The Coupon is SALE50 if you find yourself in the online school. Just click the link above for more information too. And here is a short interview with Carey: https://youtu.be/0CgjJJKNBbU


  • Today on the show I have Dr. Jennifer Franklin. We met several years ago as we were studying the stress and threat responses of the nervous system. Please listen to this fascinating conversation about the psycho-physiology of digestive disorders, especially how we need to cultivate more parasympathetic experiences for ourselves in our lives. We NEED this!

    One of the first “gastropsychologists” in the US, Dr. Franklin is an experiential, somatically-oriented, mindfulness-based psychologist, specializing in the treatment of Psychophysiologic Disorders (PPD), especially digestive PPD. Dr. Franklin began her career on the heels of having suffered greatly herself from digestive PPD. A year of psychotherapy as a teenager kick-started her healing process and made her acutely aware of the powerful relationship between mind and body, and then over the course of graduate school, she recovered completely. For over two decades, Dr. Franklin has been providing psychotherapy, teletherapy, and consultation to individuals, couples, and families. She has taught Vipassana and mindfulness meditation, served as an associate editor for the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, given talks on the brain-gut connection and healing the gut, and started a website and YouTube channel to offer patients and health-care providers valuable information about how to promote healing. To learn more, visit donthateyourguts.com.

  • This is a deeper dive in to the dynamics around preventing and healing birth trauma with Kate White and Abi Blakeslee. They are teaching together in November, 2022

    https://prenatal-and-perinatal-healing-online-learning.teachable.com/p/advanced-somatic-resolution-skills-for-perinatal-traumaYou will hear:

    4:40 Kate
    What is the role of the autonomous nervous system and the physiology of stress and threat response before, during and after birth?

    Layers of experience: trauma before birth, how they are with themselves and families
    Fear of hospitals & doctors, idea of how the birth “should” go, after birth - feeling safe in the body after, to “open”

    Abi: Help providers catch cues to help them recognize what mother/family is going through.
    How the birth does not necessarily follow even the best “birth plan”
    Teaching to check inside, feelings, physical feelings. Notice temp. Flow, vibration - the language of the ANS. 9:10

    12:00
    Kate: Dream of supporting families with this model of care: 12:00
    Training to support. Caregivers developing relationship w/ ANS help them feel the rhythms in the babies and people they care for.

    15:25
    Kate start this relationship w/ baby in pregnancy

    17:15
    Abi - Name the states we feel

    19:50
    Abi - understanding the baby’s experience
    Ways baby respond to your rhythms - movement - getting to know each other

    21:35
    Kate Impact of Birth Trauma

    28:00
    Kate - Acknowledgement of experience
    Affirm experience, how the nervous system protects us, repair later
    Abi - Checking in with body when being acknowledged, or when feeling remnants of birth experience so we can leave it in the past

    13:50
    Kate - empower practitioner to understand so they can affirm the experience

    33:52 Ending and final words

    Dr. Abi Blakeslee, SEP, CMT, MFT, Ph.D., integrates Somatic Experiencing with clinical research, the psychobiological principles of attachment, psychodynamic therapy, and somatic bodywork in her practice and teaching. She has conducted original research on the role of implicit memory in Somatic Experiencing with a committee that included Dr. Daniel Siegel.

    Dr. Blakeslee holds a Masters of Arts in Counseling and Depth Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Clinical and Somatic Psychology. She is interested in the intersection between neuroscience, current trauma research, and the psychobiological principles of Somatic Experiencing.

    She works with individuals, couples, children, and families and treats a broad base of issues.

    Dr. Blakeslee currently resides in Bozeman, MT with her husband, two young boys, and a young daughter. She focuses on providing faculty-level individual and group consultations to all levels of Somatic Experiencing students, teaching SE trainings and somatic workshops, and presenting at professional conferences.

    If you would like to be informed about Dr. Blakeslee's upcoming professional workshops, Somatic Experiencing Trainings, conference presentations, or webinars, please fill in your contact information below.

    Abi's Websites:

    https://www.abiblakeslee.com/

    https://traumahealing.org/

    https://www.somaticexperiencing.com/



  • Amber Price DNP CNM. CEO and President, Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center

    Dr. Price received a Bachelor in Behavioral Science from the University of Maryland, followed by a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Old Dominion University. She completed her graduate degree at the University of Cincinnati, graduating with a Master of Nursing in Midwifery, and a post-Masters certificate in Global Women’s Health. She received her Executive Doctorate in Nursing from The Johns Hopkins University, with a research focus on Change Leadership. Dr. Price served as President of the American College of Nurse-Midwives in Virginia, and serves as a board member for the March of Dimes and Ronald McDonald House, as well as on state maternal mortality and perinatal quality boards. She was nominated for Birth Advocate of the Year in 2015 and for Global Women’s Health leader in 2018. In 2017, she won the prestigious Monarch Award for Innovation in Nursing. Originally from Holland, Dr. Price trained in New Zealand, and has worked in women’s and children’s health clinically and as an administrator for more than 30 years. Dr. Price currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President, Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center. In 2020, she was named a ‘Woman to Watch’ by Nashville Medical News. Dr. Price is a regular speaker on respectful maternity care, and has published numerous articles, as well as a recent book chapter on Women’s Voice in maternal health. Her passion and expertise surrounding consent, and her unique perspective as a Nurse-Midwife and hospital administrator make her an expert on the patient experience for women of childbearing age. Dr. Price works within her corporation and with other organizations on a state and national level to improve outcomes for women and children, and to increase access to respectful woman-centered care.

    Books Dr. Price is an accomplished speaker and has a chapter on "Finding Your Voice" in the new book "Nobody Told Me About That". For more information and to purchase a copy go to: http://nobodytoldmeaboutthat.com

    She is presenting in Birth Trauma and the Professional: Care for the Staff on September 21, 2022 at noon Eastern time on The Impact of Secondary and Personal Trauma on Respectful Maternity Care. You can see more about this series at:

    https://prenatal-and-perinatal-healing-online-learning.teachable.com/p/birth-trauma-and-the-professional-care-for-the-staff

  • Dr. Abi Blakeslee, SEP, CMT, MFT, Ph.D., integrates Somatic Experiencing with clinical research, the psychobiological principles of attachment, psychodynamic therapy, and somatic bodywork in her practice and teaching. She has conducted original research on the role of implicit memory in Somatic Experiencing with a committee that included Dr. Daniel Siegel.

    Dr. Blakeslee holds a Masters of Arts in Counseling and Depth Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Clinical and Somatic Psychology. She is interested in the intersection between neuroscience, current trauma research, and the psychobiological principles of Somatic Experiencing.

    She works with individuals, couples, children, and families and treats a broad base of issues.

    Dr. Blakeslee currently resides in Bozeman, MT with her husband, two young boys, and a young daughter. She focuses on providing faculty-level individual and group consultations to all levels of Somatic Experiencing students, teaching SE trainings and somatic workshops, and presenting at professional conferences.

    If you would like to be informed about Dr. Blakeslee's upcoming professional workshops, Somatic Experiencing Trainings, conference presentations, or webinars, please fill in your contact information below.

    Abi's Websites:

    https://www.abiblakeslee.com/

    https://traumahealing.org/

    https://www.somaticexperiencing.com/

    We are teaching together in November, 2022

    https://prenatal-and-perinatal-healing-online-learning.teachable.com/p/advanced-somatic-resolution-skills-for-perinatal-trauma