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In this week’s episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Abigail Burd, LCSW, PMH-C about her workbook The Postpartum Depression Workbook: Strategies to Overcome Negative Thoughts, Calm Stress, and Improve Your Mood Abby shares about her book which includes reviewing the diagnosis, tools for self-help for decreasing symptoms and case studies. Abby reviews the modalities that she teachers in the book and some of her perspective about the struggles one can have after becoming a parent.
Some highlights from this episode include:
(2:06) Abby shares what Postpartum Support International and their training.
(5:06) We begin discussing the book.
(6:20) We discuss tools in the workbook.
(9:30) Abby shares about expectations and self-care in motherhood
(11:30) Abby shares about the reproductive story exercise.
(13:14) We discuss modalities in the book including CBT, mindfulness, and interpersonal psychotherapy
(16:00) Abby shares about clinical hypnosis and strategic psychotherapy (which is not in the workbook).
(18:46) We discuss how common postpartum depression is.
(19:28) One of Abby’s takeaways is she wants her readers to walk away with is that things can get better with postpartum depression.
(20:00) Abby shares why she wrote the book and how she wanted people to have these tools if they could not access therapy.
About the author:
Abigail Burd, LCSW, PMH-C, is a perinatal mental health specialist in San Diego, CA. She is a licensed clinical social worker and certified in perinatal mental health by Postpartum Support International. Abby is a member of the Postpartum Health Alliance and has served on their executive board.
You can follow Abby on Instagram/Twitter @burdtherapy, Facebook at Burd Psychotherapy and Education or visit BurdTherapy.com.
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