NEW!Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Free Lesson for Professionals!
Free access to an evidence-based, expert-led lesson on Generalized Anxiety Disorder during the perinatal timeframe
While our world faces an unprecedented crisis, the vulnerable among us feel the effects most acutely. As a mental health professional, it's very likely that your clients in the perinatal population are facing increased anxiety, whether they are pregnant, trying to conceive, grieving a loss, or simply navigating the challenges of new parenthood in an uncertain world.
This free lesson is an excerpt from the Seleni Institute's signature online course, the Maternal Mental Health Intensive. You will learn about Generalized Anxiety Disorder during the perinatal timeframe, and its prevalence, symptoms, and treatments (including short- and long-term recommended interventions such as psychoeducation, behavioral interventions, cognitive restructuring, and psychodynamic therapy).
Certificates Participants who complete this free lesson are not eligible for a certificate of completion. To take the certificate course, you will need to purchase access to the full Maternal Mental Health Intensive online training.
About Your Instructor
Dr. Ann Simmons has more than 20 years of clinical experience. As a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist, she focuses on how women experience their own bodies and emotional lives before, during, and after pregnancy. She believes that the many different, and often confusing, feelings around pregnancy deserve to be explored, and that some feelings, such as depression, may be unexpected.