Advisory Council

Linda was Membership Chair and Secretary of the PSI Board from 2007-2012 when she became chair of PSI’s President’s Advisory Council. She is a facilitator for PSI’s Chat with an Expert. She has been on the PPD Taskforce of the ...
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Diana Lynn Barnes, Psy.D, PMH-C is a psychotherapist in private practice in Woodland Hills, CA who specializes in the assessment and treatment of perinatal mood disorders. She is a frequently interviewed trainer and presenter on this topic. Dr. Barnes is ...
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After two life-threatening bouts of postpartum illness, Dr. Shoshana Bennett helped pioneer the field of maternal mental health.  She founded Postpartum Assistance for Mothers in 1987, became president of California’s state organization Postpartum Health Alliance, and then served as President ...
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Catherine Birndorf, MD is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics/Gynecology and founding director of the Payne Whitney Women’s Program at The New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan. She is also the founder of the ...
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Angela Burling earned her master’s in nursing from California State University, Sacramento writing her thesis in 1991: “Screening Practices of Health Care Practitioners for Postpartum Mental Illness.” Her story was published in 2014 in “Motherhood, Mental Illness and Recovery: Stories ...
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I am the president and founder of Alexis Joy D’Achille Foundation for Postpartum Depression, advocate, husband, and Dad. I’m a man advocating for maternal mental health issues because I realize women’s health is a family health issue.   My passion ...
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R. Featherstone (they/them) has had a colorful career in healthcare, which began in 2005 as an Emergency Medical Technician.  They have since had experiences spanning labor and delivery, behavioral health, sexual health, eating disorders, and psychedelic medicine. After starting their ...
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SUSAN BENJAMIN FEINGOLD, PSY.D. , PMH-C, is a licensed clinical psychologist, perinatal legal advocate, author and adjunct professor at Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Argosy University with offices in Chicago, Skokie and Highland Park, IL. Dr. Feingold presented expert testimony ...
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Professor in Perinatal Psychobiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London Adjunct Professor, University of Rochester, NY, USA Glover trained as a biochemist at Oxford University, and did BA Biology in Oxford ...
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Jane Honikman, M.S., began her career in Parental Mental Health in 1977 when she co-founded Postpartum Education for Parents (PEP). Her expertise is based upon her struggles as a new mother that are described in her book, My Diary A ...
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Pec Indman, PA, EdD, MFT, PMH-C, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of maternal mental health. A former family practice physician assistant with a master’s degree in Health Psychology and a doctorate in Marital and Family Therapy, she ...
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Kathleen Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She is the Owner and Editor-in-Chief of Praeclarus Press, a small press specializing in women’s health. Dr. Kendall-Tackett is a Research Associate at the Crimes against Children ...
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Alexis E. Menken, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist licensed in NY, NJ and CT. She developed her career at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. She worked there for approximately ten years as a staff Psychologist in Community Psychiatry where she conducted ...
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Dr. O’Donnell is an Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center and the Department of Obstetrics Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at the Yale School of Medicine, where he Directs the Health-Omics & Perinatal Epidemiology Research Group. Dr. O’Donnell’s research ...
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He is a soft-spoken attorney who once trained for the priesthood and was thrust into the national spotlight through representing such high-profile clients as Andrea Yates and Clara Harris. Parnham has practiced law for thirty-seven years in Houston, Texas, specializing ...
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Hello! I’m a maternal health advocate, speaker and writer with a focus on mental and physical trauma due to childbirth and pregnancy complications. In 2010, I experienced a near fatal postpartum hemorrhage immediately following the birth of my oldest daughter ...
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Christena Raines, RN, MSN, APRN-BC PMH-C, is an adjunct professor in the department of psychiatry at UNC Chapel Hill. She is a dual trained nurse practitioner in women’s health care and board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner. At UNC she helped develop ...
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Dr. Singley is a San Diego-based board certified psychologist and Director of The Center for Men’s Excellence. His research and practice focus on men’s mental health with a particular emphasis on reproductive psychology and the transition to fatherhood. Dr. Singley won ...
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Ann Smith is an RN, certified nurse midwife and women’s health nurse practitioner. She graduated from Cornell University School of Nursing with a BSN and Columbia University with an MSN specializing in Midwifery. Her long career has included delivering babies ...
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Carly Snyder, M.D. is a Psychiatrist in New York City with a focus and expertise in Reproductive Psychiatry. Dr. Snyder is the Clinical Course Director for the Reproductive and Perinatal Psychiatry Program at Beth Israel Medical Center. She holds faculty ...
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Susan Dowd Stone, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C was president of Postpartum Support International, (2006 – 2008), the organization’s vice-president and Conference Chair (2005 – 2006) and Chair of the President’s Advisory Council (2008- 2010.) She is a NJHSS Certified Perinatal Mood ...
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