Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color at Postpartum Support International (PSI)
Latinx Therapy
Adriana Alejandre
4.8 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we announce our partnership with The Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color from PSI (Postpartum Support International), and hear more about their Spanish offering at the PSI Conference in July 2024. Register for the Perinatal Mood Disorder Components of Care and Advanced Psychotherapy training en Español by visiting https://psi.societyconference.com/v2/
Learn more about PSI and its program bridging the gap in perinatal mental health services for LatinX communities The Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color at @postpartumsupportinternational, @psi_alianzenespanial, and @pmhapoc.
Our guests:
Karla is the manager of the Spanish hotline and volunteer coordinates in Spanish speaking countries, facilitator of Perinatal support meeting in Spanish and is one of the speakers of the Postpartum Support International training, & contact her at karla@postpartum.net. She also owns her private practice @yerba.buena.wellness
Xochitl is the Alliance Spanish Cultural Program Manager of the Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color at PSI. YouTube Channel: @postpartumvideo
To find a therapist, check out the Latinx Therapy directory at latinxtherapy.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Latinx Therapy. |
| 0:05.2 | The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed mental health professional and is not a substitute for psychological diagnoses or treatment. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm your host, Adriana Alejandra Alejandro, licensed marriage and family therapist. |
| 0:19.0 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:20.5 | I'm so excited to announce that Latinx therapy has partnered with the subdivision of the |
| 0:25.6 | postpartum support international. |
| 0:28.6 | And this subdivision is called Paranatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color. |
| 0:33.6 | I want you all to know that this episode will be released in Spanish next week. And this partnership and |
| 0:39.8 | segment is really important for me on a very personal basis. If you all heard my trailer starting from back in |
| 0:49.5 | 2018, then you know that I was pregnant at a very young age and that I suffered from postpartum |
| 0:57.5 | depression. When my son was born, I was 19 years old and he was born with a lot of obvious |
| 1:05.4 | stress from his time in the womb. And I won't go details into that. He's turning 14 in two weeks. |
| 1:13.7 | And although he is turning 14 in a few weeks and there has been so much progress, a lot of that |
| 1:19.4 | stress from the perinatal time from when he was in the womb was absorbed in his mental health. |
| 1:27.4 | And you'll also know that I didn't know that I |
| 1:30.5 | was experiencing postpartum depression. At the time, what I remember is that my parents, I don't think |
| 1:37.3 | they knew the name or the term for it, but they knew that something was wrong because when my son |
| 1:43.0 | was born, I wouldn't leave the room. |
| 1:46.1 | I don't remember too well, but what I remember was a lot of darkness. |
| 1:50.8 | I think I was staying in the room pretty dark. |
| 1:54.0 | I didn't want to even eat. |
| 1:56.1 | They would invite me out to take walks or they would actually invite me out to eat and my parents don't have |
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