Course Schedule
Day One Fundamentals of Perinatal Depression & Anxiety (9am – 4pm)
Breakfast at Normandy Farms
9:00 am Who we are & Why we are here
9:15 am Differential Diagnosis
9:45 am Clinical Profile
10:15 am Perinatal Anxiety
10:45 am Early Assessment
11:15 am Treatment Options and Obstacles
12-1 pm ~ Lunch ~ (provided by Normandy Farms)
1:00 pm Medication Use & Management
1:30 pm Breastfeeding Issues
2:00 pm Psychotherapy: Theory & Techniques
3:00 pm Screening Tools and Risk Assessment
3:30-4pm Suicide and Other Special Considerations
Day Two Advanced Clinical Practice (9am – 4pm)
9:00am Review of Friday’s program & FAQ’s
9:15am ~ Magic ~
10:00am Case presentation discussion
11:00am Break
11:15am HOLDING points review; Principles of excellent clinical practice; structured role-play
12:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00pm Processing & breakout sessions / Hard to hold challenges & intensive problem-solving interventions
2:00pm Hard to hold challenges & intensive problem-solving interventions
3:00pm – 4pm Exploration of use of best self and self-care / Maximizing your expertise in this area of treatment
Closing comments