Navigating Your Emotions & Postpartum Identity
With Divya Kumar, LCSW, MSW, PMH-C, Perinatal Mental Health Specialist167 reviews
“Imagine if you started a new job. You’re not going to know everything you need to know to do the job well. It’s going to take time for you to feel confident and comfortable. New parenting, it’s the same thing.” — Divya Kumar, LCSW, Perinatal Psychotherapist. As much as we talk about preparing your body for the act of labor and birth, little is done to help parents prepare for the mental and emotional changes that new parenthood brings. Here, we talk about how to navigate that often startling shift in identity, as well as how to navigate your postpartum relationship, and when and how to seek help if you are struggling.
Covered in this class
- Understanding and incorporating your new identity as a parent
- Easing the transition into parenthood and combatting “mom/parent guilt”
- Ways to navigate your new partner relationship
- When to seek help for a perinatal mood or anxiety disorder (PMAD)
Lessons
Introduction
1:58
Q&A: Your Postpartum Identity
10:58
Q&A: Your Relationship after Baby
5:36
Q&A: Postpartum Emotions & Mental Health
8:50
Meet the instructor
Divya Kumar, LCSW, MSW, PMH-C, is a psychotherapist specializing in perinatal mental health and trauma. She is co-founder of the Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for Women of Color, a program within Postpartum Support International that increases perinatal support for communities of color. She lives in the Boston area with her husband and two children.
Divya Kumar, LCSW, MSW, PMH-C
Reviews
Member
Wonderful advice and information.
Alyssa
Great information and very reassuring
Bailey M
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