On today’s episode, we’re chatting with Dr. Ellen Chance, a Maternal Mental Health Counselor, who switched her focus from serving school-aged youth to mothers when she noticed huge gaps in perinatal mental health care. Ellen also volunteers her time as an online support group facilitator here at PSI. Today we’ll hear a story that I suspect is more common than we may think. Because the reality is, Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders do not discriminate and nobody is immune to them - even practitioners who know what to look for. We’ll hear about how Anxiety showed up for Ellen during pregnancy and postpartum, how difficult it felt to express how she was truly feeling (pssst - spoiler alert … this is the first time she’s sharing so openly on a public platform). And finally, we’ll hear why she’s inspired to support pregnant and postpartum parents every day.
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"On The Train To Paris" by Many Moons Ago
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