4 Ways to Manage Mental Health and Distance Learning with Kids
It’s officially Fall, and in 2020 that means that many parents are in the midst of navigating their children’s education remotely. Logistically and emotionally, this places new challenges on what are already incredibly full parental plates – especially for those parents facilitating virtual learning, while working, while possibly also pregnant, and/or caring for their infant […]
3 Secrets to Surviving PMADs: Get the sleep support you need to rest, restore, resource, & recover
Written by Jen Varela, owner of Sugar Night Night & PHA President-Elect Jen is a Certified Gentle Sleep Coach®, co-author of “Loved to Sleep,” and founder of Sugar Night Night, a pediatric sleep consulting service. As a survivor of a PMAD herself, Jen has a deeper understanding of how to support parents experiencing PMADs in […]
Interpersonal Psychotherapy: An Interview with Dr. Scott Stuart
AUTHOR: RACHEL RABINOR, LCSW I’m thrilled to share that this September, San Diego’s Postpartum Health Alliance will be offering two trainings in Interpersonal Psychotherapy: IPT Level A, and IPT for Group. I recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Dr. Scott Stuart, the Director of the International Psychotherapy Institute (link: https://iptinstitute.com/about-ipt/about-ipt-institute/) and […]
How Can We Help Low-Income Families Get Access to Care?
Author: Shelly Tregembo With the passage of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion, California now boasts more than 12 million people insured through the Medi-Cal program– the largest number of insured individuals in our State’s history. And amazingly, finally, these millions of newly-insured Californians have coverage that includes mental health services. As much as […]
Deepening the Conversation: Helping Prenatal and Postpartum Professionals Ask Important Questions
*This blog was from 2016, but so great we had to share again! May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month—a month dedicated to education and awareness of perinatal women and their mental health. I feel it’s also an opportunity to reflect on the path we’ve each taken as professionals, to arrive at this point in […]
Ending The Year With A Renewed Mission
Postpartum Health Alliance San Diego providers, supporters and friends, As we close another year of service to families in our community, we embark on a renewed mission and vision for Postpartum Health Alliance (PHA). Originally established in 1993, PHA has grown and shifted with the times to be the organization in San Diego taking the […]
Delayed Postpartum Depression & Anxiety Podcast Series
We teamed up with New Mommy Media to recorded a 6 part series on Delayed Postpartum Depression & Anxiety, and it is pretty amazing! A BIG thank you to New Mommy Media for your partnership, to the clinicians that offered their insight and to the families who shared their stories. We hope this will be […]