The expert resource for women, families and healthcare providers offering the information you need to combat the effects of pregnancy related mood disorders
Rhode Island
Organizations
Individuals/Practitioners/Advocates
Michele Bailey Chaudhry, LICSW, MPH, Providence, RI, practitioner, advocate, mother Amy Quinn, survivor, advocate Margaret Howard, PhD, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, practitioner, educator, researcher Thomas Mirza, Esq, supporter Yolanda T. Gabrielle, LICSW, practitioner, advocate Teri Pearlstein, MD, Director, Center for Women's Behavioral Health, Women and Infants Day Hospital Cynthia L. Battle, PhD, Assistant Professor, Brown Medical School, practitioner, supporter Tina Freeman, Patient Services Representative, Women and Infants Day Hospital Jaime Medina, supporter
South Carolina
Organizations
The Ruth Rhoden Craven Foundation for postpartum depression - Helena Bradford, Chairman
Individuals/Practitioners/Advocates
Kelly Helms, LISW-CP, practitioner, supporter Jacyln Jones, ppd survivor, supporter Autumn T. Mead, MA, LPC, practitioner, supporter Marcy Coster-Schulz, MS, MPH, RN, practitioner, supporter Wendy Sharnoff, LISW, practitioner, supporter Martha Beam, LPC, LMFT, practitioner, supporter Stephanie Berg, MD, Medical Director, The Women's Emotional Health Center Cathleen Crouley-Koschnitzki, CNM, WHNP-BC, SC, practitioner, supporter
South Dakota
Organizations
Individuals/Practitioners/Advocates
Tennessee
Organizations
Individuals/Practitioners/Advocates
Marcie Ramirez, advocate PSI coordinator, TN Betty Keith, mother, supporter Gloria Valdez, family member of PPD survivor, advocate Liberty Bain, supporter
Texas
Organizations
Fort Worth Area Postpartum Support - Lisa D'Mura Mental Health America of Greater Houston, Betsy Schwartz, President/CEO Dallas Association for Parent Education - contact Amy Michniak
Individuals/Practitioners/Advocates
George J. Parnham, JD, Parnham and Associates, legal and legislative advocate Wade Bowen, musician, advocate Dr. Kelly Boyd, practitioner, group facilitator, advocate Margaret Basu, M.D., practitioner, advocate Stacey Glaesmann, LPC, practitioner, advocate, survivor Sheila McComas, advocate, mother of 5, Dallas Association for Parent Education Mary C. Moore, advocate, paralegal to George J. Parnham, P.C. Anne Dunnewold, PhD, licensed psychologist, pratitioner, trainer, author advocate Sandra Poulin, talk show host, author, advocate Peta-Gay Chen Rhinehart, RN, LPC, PhD, practitioner, advocate The Honorable Jessica Farrar, advocate Lillian Aguirre Ortiz, MSW, Chief of staff, advocate Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, Associate Professor Pediatrics, Texas Tech U School of Medicine Jana Wertheim, LMFT, practitioner, supporter Deborah Egalnick, supporter Mr. & Mrs. Pat Harrison, supporters Jill Piefer, RN, practitioner, mother Melissa Bentley, future clinician, supporter Deborah A. Olson, MA, LPC, practitioner, supporter Sherry J. Duscon, MA, LMFT, LPC, practitioner, supporter Debbie Biehler, supporter Susan Helgren, mother, grandmother, supporter Tina Leanne Bice, supporter James Whalen, supporter Michael Shepard, supporter Matthew Dowd, supporter Lynne Skinner, mother, supporter Harvey Castro, MD, researcher, practitioner,supporter Jill Warner Weir, supporter Shelley Morris Britto, supporter
Utah
Organizations
Individuals/Practitioners/Advocates
Cynthia Shipley Bestvina, PMD survivor and Co-coordinator PMD Support Group Jamie Park, supporter Jennifer Parent, ppd survivor, supporter Shannon Allred, supporter Susan Monson, supporter Nancy Mitchell, supporter
Vermont
Organizations
NASW Vermont Chapter, contact Rilla A. Murray, M.S., DrPH, Executive Director
Individuals/Practitioners/Advocates
Virginia
Organizations
Individuals/Practitioners/Advocates
Hilda Templeton, MD, perinatal psychiatrist, Roanoke, VA Adrienne Griffen, postpartum support group leader, supporter Christy Bergemann, LCCE, practitioner, supporter Cassandra Taylor, supporter Kate Koch, supporter
Washington
Organizations
PSI of Washington - Juliana Nason Ashe, MA, LMHC, NCC, CMHS, HBCE Postpartum Support International of Washington, Heidi Koss-Nobel, MA,CD, CLE, Executive Director Neighborcare Health, Seattle WA - Sandy Szalay RN - Director Seattle Midwifery School - Mary Yglesia, Executive Director Simpkin School for Allied Birth Vocations - Annie Kenney Director Council for Children and Families - Chris Jamieson, Communications Director
Individuals/Practitioners/Advocates
Christy Cuellar-Wentz, MA, practitioner, advocate, talk show host Heidi Koss-Nobel, MA, CD, CLE, practitioner, advocate Melinda Ferguson, CD, PCD, CBE, educator, practitioner Kim Stearns, BSN, RN, practitioner, advocate, Greenwood Medical Clinic Sandy Szalay, RN, program manager, educator, doula, doula trainer and advocate Jeanne Tate Schneider, RN, IBCLC, practitioner, advocate, Evergreen Healthcare Beth Jenson, MA, advocate Sunridge Professional Center Corey Colwell-Lipson, LMFT, ATR-BC, practitioner, advocate Leslie Butterfield, PhD, practitioner, Transition to Parenthood Alissa Wehrman, CD, CPD, CLE, practitioner, advocate Elaine O. Percival, MS, RN, CD, nutrition coordinator Nicole C. Gallicchio, PhD candidate, advocate MaryAnn O'Hara, MD, MPH, MSt, practitioner, advocate University of Washington Katherine Weller, LCSW, practitioner Lori Gibbons, Childbirth Educator, advocate, Memorial Hospital Libby Hein, advocate Liz Cruz, MSW, practitioner, advocate Joanne Edinberg, Labor Support Doula, advocate Shawn Mabley, Program Coordinator, St. Mary's Medical Center Linda Netzky-Berkson, BSN, RN, practitioner, advocate Kara McEvoy, RN, OB/Maternity support, practitioner, advocate Melanie J. Anderson, ARNP, psychosocial nurse practitioner, advocate Christine J. Cairns, RN, BSN, practitioner, advocate Shannon Armitage, MA, LMFT, practitioner, advocate Margaret Bone, MD, practitioner, advocate Sandra Jolley, PhD, ARNP, practitioner, researcher, advocate Rebecca Brabo Silva, MA, LMHC, practitioner, advocate Loretta Kissel, MA, practitioner, supporter Nancy Grote, supporter Melissa Fogarty, MA, LMHC, Mattawa Community Medical Clinic Jeanne Marie Butterworth, supporter Megan Davis, CPD, ppd doula, practitioner, supporter Catherine Pergamo Whiting, supporter Diane Booth Reginald, supporter Ronnie Berger, RN, BSN, IBCLC, practitioner, supporter
Wisconsin
organizations
Mental Health America - Shel Gross, Director of Public Policy