The expert resource for women, families and healthcare providers offering the information you need to combat the effects of pregnancy related mood disorders
Workshops for Professionals to help develop a specialty in perinatal mood disorders
Blue Skye Consulting currently offers two workshops for professionals committed to developing a specialty in the treatment of perinatal mood disorders. These workshops are offered periodically throughout the year.
Please call for schedule and to register, 201-567-5596.
Identifying Perinatal Mood Disorders
This half day workshop offers an overview of risk factors, symptoms, diagnostic categories, explanation of evaluative tools and case presentations. The workshop also covers the often unique presentations, social and emotional stressors and resources available to the practitioner wishing to treat this population. Open to licensed professionals and healthcare practitioners only (students welcome).
Treating Perinatal Mood Disorders
This half day workshop reviews diagnostic criteria and symptoms and associates presentations with appropriate treatment. Psychodynamic, cognitive and trauma treatment models are presented. Open to licensed mental health practitioners only.
Fees for single half day workshop:
$100.00 per person (individual) $75.00 per person for multiple registrants from same institution. $50.00 students with valid current ID
Fees when registering for both workshops
$175.00 per person (individual) $125.00 for multiple registrants from same institution $75.00 for students with current valid ID
Additional professional training opportunities
Step-PPD - A wonderful new online resource for professionals developed by Scott Stuart MD, Michael O'Hara MD and other national PPD experts. This program was funded by in part by a grant from The National Institute of Mental Health. These trainings can be taken online or you can request a training at your facility.
MedEdPPD - also funded by an NIMH grant, is brought to you from MediSpin and includes training modules presented by national experts via podcasts, audiocasts and online learning modules on a variety of subjects. This website also includes a provider list of professionals who have taken these trainings.
The Postpartum Stress Center of Pennsylvania and New Jersey - offers professional trainings at their location or yours presented by Karen Kleiman, author of many best selling books on PPD. Ms. Kleiman has over 20 years of training and offering therapy for these disorders.
Postpartum Support International offers comprehensive 1 and 2 day workshops which you can bring to your community or educational center. These workshops cover all aspects of working with clients suffering from perinatal mood disorders. For more information, click below