IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT OUR TRAINING

At the PPSC, our trainings* are designed to provide an optimal environment for personal and practical learning. We do our best to keep the classes small (6-10 clinicians) in order to maximize individual attention and offer a hands-on experience. Although statistics and academic review are a vital part of the educational focus, great attention is placed on understanding the profiles of the women we treat, understanding our own experiences or perceptions of motherhood and how best we can utilize ourselves in the PPD recovery process.

These trainings provide a novel approach to conceptualizing and treating the unique needs of postpartum women. Our belief that postpartum women require an active, involved therapist has led us to develop training methods that go beyond passive study or more traditional instruction styles. Instead, a significant component of our experiential training involves modeling the relational, philosophical style we believe essential to a positive therapeutic outcome: Therapy will be more successful if the therapist takes on a proactive role as the expert who is equally supportive and well-informed.

What makes this experience so distinctive is the small group format, providing the opportunity for participants to interact closely and explore the challenges of working with postpartum women on both a personal and professional level. The staff at the PPSC are committed to making the training experience intimate and meaningful so it can inspire other clinicians to carry out this important work on behalf of women struggling with postpartum depression.

*All basic courses, including Fundamentals of PPD and Advanced Study (optional) are instructed by Karen Kleiman, MSW.