Apoyando La Salud Mental Perinatal: Perinatal Mental Health in Spanish Speaking Communities Webinar

This webinar provides an overview of the perinatal period and the mental health complications that can impact birthing people. Attendees will be able to identify risk factors, potential concerns, and ways to support the perinatal individual. This session is in Spanish.

Esta capacitación proporciona una descripción general del período perinatal y las complicaciones de salud mental que pueden afectar a las personas que dan a luz. Los asistentes podrán identificar factores de riesgo, posibles preocupaciones y formas de apoyar al individuo perinatal. Esta sesión es en español.

Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024

Time: 9am-10:30am PST

Cost: FREE

Location: Zoom

Presenter: Dr. Meyleen Velasquez, LCSW, LICSW, PMH-C, RPT-S™, IMH-E®

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This webinar does not provide any Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

This webinar will be recorded and available on the Perinatal Support WA webinar page.  If you cannot attend in person, you do not need to register.  Recording will be uploaded approximately 1 month after the training.

This free webinar is available to anyone working with families during the perinatal period and is offered by Perinatal Support WA through a grant from Strengthening Families Washington at the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF).

Dr. Meyleen Velasquez, LCSW, LICSW, PMH-C, RPT-S™, IMH-E® is an immigrant Latina psychotherapist specializing in perinatal and infant mental health. Meyleen has a doctorate in social work and focused her research on anti-racist and anti-oppressive mental health services. Her practice supports birthing people and clinicians working from an anti-oppressive framework. Meyleen identified as a Brown person for most of her life until several years ago when Vitiligo changed how she navigates the world.