This Didn't Go as Planned: Practical Approaches to Validate and Process Reproductive Grief

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Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Julie Bindeman, PsyD Related seminars and products

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Julie Bindeman, PsyD, pursued intensive training in the field of reproductive psychology, in which she writes, teaches, and practices, as a result of her own reproductive story. Dr. Bindeman has served on the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s mental health professional group, including on the executive, continuing education, and social media committees, as well as on their antiracism task force. She was appointed by the governor of Maryland to serve on that state’s Maternal Mental Health Task Force, and she has served on the board and committees of organizations such as the Maryland Psychological Association, the National Abortion Rights Action League – Maryland, Rainbow Families, the Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse, and Uprooted. Dr. Bindeman has received several awards for her work, including the Karl F. Heiser APA Presidential Award for Advocacy and the National Council of Jewish Women’s Woman Who Dared Award. She has authored book chapters on maternal mental health and is co-owner of Integrative Therapy of Greater Washington, a private psychotherapy practice located in Rockville, MD.
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Julie Bindeman is the co-director of Integrative Therapy of Greater Washington. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Julie Bindeman serves on the executive committee for the Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. She is a member of American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Mental Health Association of Montgomery County, American Psychological Association, and Maryland Psychological Association.

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Objectives

1. Assess for disenfranchised losses that can occur within the reproductive years.
2. Develop treatment plans that include normalization and contextualization of these kinds of reproductive losses.
3. Utilize strategies to help clients manage the myriad of feelings that are experienced within the framework of reproductive loss.

Outline

• Disenfranchised grief and reproductive trauma
• The unseen losses of infertility, pregnancy loss, birth trauma, and perinatal mental health disorders
• How clinicians can help clients recognize and label these losses (even those in the distant past)
• Strategies to help normalize and process reproductive losses
• Research, risk and limitations

Target Audience

• Counsellors
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Nurses
• Nurse Practioners
• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Other Mental Health Professions