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

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