This scholarship was created in memory of Cynthia Wachenheim, who lost her life due to Postpartum psychosis.  She was an amazing woman who loved life. She was smart, funny, kind, caring, down to earth and wanted nothing more than she wanted to have a family.  Unfortunately, our family did not realize the severity of her illness and were unable to help her. There are not enough resources available or education for Postpartum Mental Health.  It is the Wachenheim family mission to change that.  We are hoping by offering more education to providers, it will be able to assist more families to help keep from this tragedy happening again.  We are looking for providers that are truly interested in utilizing this scholarship to not only become educated in Postpartum mental health but also bringing it to their community and educating others and assisting families that need it.

Upon selection by the Wachenheim scholarship committee, recipients are responsible for registering for the PSI training event selected.

Selection and Award

  • You must provide services in New York State.
  • Scholarships are available for PSI Trainings only.
  • Scholarship toward registration will be rewarded, up to a maximum of $400.00 per recipient.
  • You will receive notification that your application has been received. If you don’t receive this confirmation, write to training@postpartum.net.
  • All applications and decisions about scholarships are confidential and will be seen only by the Cynthia Wachenheim Scholarship Committee and PSI staff.
  • ** Scholarships are awarded only before registration; we don’t provide refunds to registrations already purchased. **

You can apply this scholarship to any of our PSI Trainings, including:

Fill out the Wachenheim Scholarship Application