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The panel will discuss ways in which the COVID19 pandemic impacts already stressed and traumatized families, can generate its own traumatic ruptures and losses, and churns up old personal and intergenerational trauma. In addition to exploring these issues, they will offer some tools for helping ourselves and one another. Paul W. Miller, MD, DMH, MRCPsych, is a psychiatrist; accredited EMDR Europe Trainer and an EMDR institute facilitator and is a participating member of the Council of Scholars Future of EMDR Project. He has served as Chair of the training subcommittee, EMDR UK and Ireland Association and introduced EMDR therapy to psychiatry in Northern Ireland’s National HealthService. In January 2011 he founded Mirabilis Health – a private psychiatrist-led clinic specializing in EMDR therapy. Professor Miller is a popular international speaker on topics including EMDR therapy for psychosis. He is currently Visiting Professor, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, School of Nursing and is exploring the use of EMDR therapy within The Centre for Maternal, Fetal and Infant Research (MFIR). He is author of the book, EMDR Therapy for Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses. ** Katie O’Shea, MS, LCPC, is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and a Trauma-Recovery/HAP Senior Facilitator. Having spent forty years treating all ages and almost all diagnoses, twenty-six with EMDR, she attempts to support each person’s healing potential in efficient, effective and empowering ways. Katie has identified “EMDR Friendly Preparation Methods” which allow clients to maximize their innate ability to unlearn what’s no longer useful and learn what is. She originated the Early Trauma Protocol for EMDR making it possible to fully reprocess experiences held in implicit memory by focusing on time periods rather than specific experiences. Katie has presented at European, Canadian and International EMDR Conferences since 1997. ** Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D., PMH-C is a clinical psychologist in private practice, specializing in perinatal & maternal-infant mental health. 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). Mara is a staunch advocate for trauma-focused care and is trained and certified in a range of integrative trauma therapies. A certified EMDR therapist, EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Trainer for the Institute for Creative Mindfulness, she offers both EMDR Foundational trainings for perinatal specialists & advanced EMDR workshops which take a deeper dive into the intersections and applications of EMDR and perinatal mental health. Mara is also certified in Emotion-Focused Family and Couple Therapy, is a Gottman Certified Therapist, and continues to pursue training in Clinical Hypnosis, Advanced applications of EMDR, Brainspotting, and Ego-State therapies. Her trauma work is grounded in her personal perinatal journey, which began 25 years ago taking her through infertility, twin pregnancy, prolonged hospital bedrest, the NICU, and years of raising NICU graduates.

A webinar to support clinicians in the early days of the COVID pandemic. Audio didn't kick in for the first few minutes, so let me fill you in on what you missed. ** Welcome. I'm so glad you're here. The idea for this webinar came about because I felt the need, myself, for a space to talk about what was getting activated in me, in perinatal mental health terms, because of the current situation. I thought that, perhaps, I wasn't alone. I asked the group, "What has been the hardest part for you, so far? What are you struggling with?" Much of what you said had to do with sadness and fear about the new trauma occurring or likely to occur for birthing families, separations between parents and babies, fear of illness, and being unable to take care of our own children, and struggling to stay present with clients when we, ourselves, are immersed in the dislocation, fear and disruption of the virus, too. Today's webinar was for reflection, grounding, and resourcing, followed by some conversation about the experience, and about considering our needs both individually and as a community so that we can find ways to support one another during this strange and stressful time. Now, on to the video. It picks up just as I'm summarizing what you've told me about what's been most difficult these past weeks. 📷

The coronavirus pandemic presents particular challenges for families in the perinatal period, health-care providers working with this population, and the therapists supporting them. The ongoing nature of the coronavirus crisis can shake up one’s belief in the ability to keep oneself and one’s baby safe, to have access to meaningful choices in perinatal and postpartum care, and to preserve attachment with a newborn when the medical environment is tumultuous. This webinar will teach the Self-Care Procedure for Corona virus (SCP-C) developed by Gary Quinn, MD. of The EMDR Institute of Israel, adapted for the perinatal and maternal-mental health population (SCP-CP). The SCP-CP attempts to help people achieve a sense of stability and adaptability. This procedure can be taught once by a mental health practitioner and then can be utilized as needed by the client. No training or prior exposure to EMDR therapy is required. Panelists include: Dani Kahn, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist and the Deputy Director of the EMDR Institute of Israel (www.emdr-israel.org). He is an accredited EMDR Europe Therapist, Consultant, and Trainer and is a member of the board of EMDR-ISRAEL. He is a well-known and respected therapist who works with a wide range of clinical presentations, including trauma and dissociation, complex trauma, stress and coping, anxiety, depression, behavioral difficulties, ADHD, and parenting and relationship issues. Over the past 25 years he has lectured at several universities and institutions of higher learning, including Hebrew University, Bar Ilan University, and The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo. Erin Wheeler, MA, LCSW, PMH-C is a licensed clinical social worker, certified perinatal mental health clinician and founder of Inner Resource Counseling, a private mental health practice in Chicago. Erin has training in EMDR and in current behavioral therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment therapy, Dialectical Behavioral therapy, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. She treats mood and anxiety disorders in pregnancy/postpartum, perinatal trauma, infertility-related distress, and other women’s reproductive mental health issues. Erin is also a skilled presenter on topics that include childbirth trauma, perinatal mental health, breastfeeding and mental health, and others. Erin is passionate about collaborating with other providers within the perinatal mental health community in order to enhance support for folks in every stage of their reproductive journey. She is an active member of Postpartum Support International and The National Association of Perinatal Social Workers. Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D., PMH-C, is a clinical psychologist in private practice, specializing in perinatal & maternal-infant mental health. 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). Dr. Stein is a staunch advocate for trauma-focused care and is trained and certified in a range of integrative trauma therapies. A certified EMDR therapist, EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Trainer for the Institute for Creative Mindfulness, she offers both EMDR Foundational trainings for perinatal specialists & advanced EMDR workshops which take a deeper dive into the intersections and applications of EMDR and perinatal mental health. Dr. Stein is also certified in Emotion-Focused Family and Couple Therapy, is a Gottman Certified Therapist, and continues to pursue training in Clinical Hypnosis, Yoga-Informed treatments, Advanced applications of EMDR, Brainspotting, and Ego-State therapies. For access to the script and worksheets: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1xexbz3ro8yhshh/AACQQq7nh_mibmcXHYaxj8gFa?dl=0

Interview with Justine Leach of Resilient Birth. Www.resilientbirth.com www.facebook/groups/traumainformedperinatalprofessionals

Healing the Traumatized Brain: EMDR and Brainspotting for Perinatal Mental Health. Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D., PMH-C and Jana Glass, LCPC, PMH-C (http://www.supportivesolutionsga.com/) presenting at Postpartum Support International Conference, 2019 in Portland.

Healing the Traumatized Brain: EMDR and Brainspotting for Perinatal Mental Health. Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D., PMH-C and Jana Glass, LCPC, PMH-C (http://www.supportivesolutionsga.com/) presenting at Postpartum Support International Conference, 2019 in Portland.

Healing the Traumatized Brain: EMDR and Brainspotting for Perinatal Mental Health. Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D., PMH-C and Jana Glass, LCPC, PMH-C (http://www.supportivesolutionsga.com/) presenting at Postpartum Support International Conference, 2019 in Portland.

Healing the Traumatized Brain: EMDR and Brainspotting for Perinatal Mental Health. Mara Tesler Stein, Psy.D., PMH-C and Jana Glass, LCPC, PMH-C (http://www.supportivesolutionsga.com/) presenting at Postpartum Support International Conference, 2019 in Portland.

Join Dr. Mara Tesler Stein, faculty member with the Institute for Creative Mindfulness, as she discusses her clinical specialty of perinatal trauma. She also talks about the role of EMDR therapy in treating perinatal trauma and her new vision of training perinatal specialists in EMDR therapy.