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ANXIETY BEAUTIFUL

INFERTILITY

GENDER IDENTITY

& PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTHSEX

Exploring the intersection of perinatal mental health, sex and sexuality.

LIVE STREAM AVAILABLE

January 13 & 14, 2020 | 9 am - 4:30 pmThe California Endowment

Wellnest will be providing continuing education units for LCSW/LPCC/LMFT, MD and psychologists.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Pediatricians

Psychiatrists

Psychologists

Obstetricians

LMFT/LPCC/LCSW

Nurses

Health Educators

Midwives

Doulas

Other Allied Health Professionals

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Identify ways that clinicians

may implement more gender

affirming care in their practices.

• Learn about treatment

modalities for individuals

coping with sexual trauma.

• Integrate up to date theories

and research into care

practices.

• Build resources and skills to

improve treatment of perinatal

families and sex disorders.

Leaders in research and emerging voices will convene to delve into the complexities of perinatal mental health, sex and sexuality. We will examine how healthcare and culture address issues of sexuality in the reproductive period. In addition, we will discuss the many ways in which individuals cope with and recover from birth trauma, sexual trauma and societal influences.

Register today atWWW. MATERNALMENTALHEALTHNOW.ORGSpace is Limited

REGISTRATION

• $275 Early Bird Rate (Through 11/1/19) Lunch Included on Both Days

• $295 After Early Bird (After 11/1/19) Lunch Included on Both Days

• $70 Live Stream

Does not include lunch or CEUs/CMEs

CONFERENCE LOCATIONTHE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT1000 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles

Location is fully ADA accessible.

TRAVEL INFORMATIONFor information regarding hotel accomodation recommendations,please e-mail us at: info@maternalmentalhealthnow.org

REFUND POLICY50% registration fee refund through 12/1/19. No refunds after that time.Any grievances may be made to: info@maternalmentalhealthnow.org

Come join us for this important event.

DAY ONE / January 13, 2020

8:45 - 9:00 YOSEMITE OPENING - Kelly O’Connor Kay

9:00 - 10:45 YOSEMITE COME AS YOU ARE - Emily Nagoski, PhD

10:45 - 11:00 YOSEMITE PERSONAL STORY - Nicole Blaine, Comedian

11:00 - 11:15 BREAK

11:15 - 12:15 TBD Breakout Session A

DADS JUST NEED A PLACE: THE MYTHS AND REALITIES OF NEW DADS AND SEXUALITY -

Daniel B. Singley, Ph.D., ABPP

EMDR: HEALING SEXUAL TRAUMA THAT RESURFACES IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD - Ashley Hanna-Morgan,

LCSW, PMH-C

SEXUAL SIDE EFFECTS OF PMADS AND PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO TREATMENT - Sarah Oreck, MD

VAGINAL SPACE: SYMBOLIC ASSERTION OF FEMALE & MATERNAL SUBJECTIVITY - Helena Vissing, PsyD, PMH-C

12:15 - 1:00 COURTYARD LUNCH

1:00 - 2:15 YOSEMITE TRANSforming PARENTING: SUPPORTING PATIENTS WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA IN FAMILY BUILDING -

Molly Quinn, MD & Amy K. Weimer, MD

2:15 - 2:30 BREAK

2:30 - 2:45 YOSEMITE PERSONAL STORY - Angelina Spicer

2:45 - 4:15 YOSEMITE PANEL DISCUSSION: POSTPARTUM SEX

Moderator: Gabrielle Kaufman, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT, NCC, PMH-C

Panel Members: • Samara Fabrick, LCSW, Clinical Psychotherapist • Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, M.D. F.A.C.O.G. • Emily Nagoski, PhD • Daniel B. Singley, Ph.D., ABPP

4:15 - 4:30 YOSEMITE CLOSING REMARKS & EVALUATIONS -

Gabrielle Kaufman, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT, NCC, PMH-C

*Schedule subject to change.

DAY TWO / January 14, 2020

8:50 - 9:00 YOSEMITE WELCOME

9:00 - 10:30 YOSEMITE EYES FRONT: SEXUAL VIOLENCE, PMADS AND THE MILITARY - LaShonta Edwards, Sexuality Coach

10:30 - 10:45 YOSEMITE PERSONAL STORY

10:45 - 11:00 BREAK

11:00 - 12:00 TBD Breakout Session B

POSTPARTUM SEX: TIPS, TRICKS AND TOOLS - Elyse Springer, MA-CLP, LMFT, PMH-C

4TH DEGREE OBSTETRICAL LACERATIONS: NOT YOUR AVERAGE POSTPARTUM RECOVERY -

Laura Skoczylas, MD

LET'S GET IT ON: STARTING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT SEX AND MENTAL HEALTH DURING PREGNANCY -

Jenna Haeflinger-Kurtz, LMFT, IFECMHS, RPF-II

FAMILY BUILDING THROUGH THIRD PARTY ASSISTED REPRODUCTION: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SURROGACY AND EGG DONATION -

Janelle Watson, LMFT

12:00 - 1:00 COURTYARD LUNCH

1:00 - 1:15 YOSEMITE PERSONAL STORY - TJ Hill, Parent

1:15 - 2:15 YOSEMITE PANEL DISCUSSION: FERTILITY CHALLENGES AND PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH

Moderator: Deborah Kanegsberg, LCSW, CD(DONA) Panel Members: • Diana Chavkin, MD, FACOG • Janelle Watson, LMFT • Penny White, MSW

2:15 - 2:30 BREAK

2:30 - 4:00 YOSEMITE TWERK: DECOLONIZING SEXUALITY & PLEASURE IN BLACK BODIES - Thea Monyee', LMFT, Sex Therapy Trainee

4:00 - 4:15 YOSEMITE CLOSING REMARKS & EVALUATIONS -

Gabrielle Kaufman, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT, NCC, PMH-C

*Schedule subject to change.

FACULTY

NICOLE BLAINE, Comedian

As a stand-up comic, Nicole Blaine has been seen on NBC’s Today

Show, E’s That Morning Show, The Big Sky Comedy Festival,

San Francisco Sketchfest, Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, The

International FringeNYC Festival and Boston’s Women in Comedy

Festival. Nicole and her producing and life partner, Mickey Blaine, executive produced

the HBO comedy special, Burning the Light. For six years Nicole and Mickey produced

the monthly hit show, Virgin Sacrifice, at the Westside Comedy Theater. Nicole is the

head comedy writer for the online magazine RealMomDaily.com. She is the Executive

Producer and Festival Director of The Showdown, a stand-up comedy festival, at The

Westside Comedy Theater that has been running since 2014. Nicole lives in Santa

Monica with her husband and two kids. They all suck so she has great material. You

can see her perform every Monday in Los Angeles at Canter’s Deli in the Kibitz Room

Comedy Show. To see her info or stand-up go to: www.NicoleBlaine.com

Instagram: nicblaine

DIANA CHAVKIN, MD, FACOG

Dr. Diana Chavkin is a board-certified fertility specialist who helps

people build families. Having struggled with her own infertility,

she knows the value of a compassionate, transparent and effective

medical team. She sees patients at HRC Fertility in West Los Angeles.

She specializes in diminished ovarian reserve; unexplained, tubal, and male-factor

infertility; PCOS; egg/embryo freezing; and recurrent pregnancy loss. She works

with cancer survivors, singles, same-sex couples, and those seeking third-party

reproduction. She earned her medical degree from New York University and

completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as her fellowship

in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr.

Chavkin has authored many research papers in renowned medical journals as well

as book chapters and is active in multiple professional organizations including the

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Society for

Reproductive Medicine. She has received multiple peer reviewed awards such as Top

Doctors Los Angeles and Super Doctors Southern California Rising Stars.

LASHONTA EDWARDS, Sexuality Coach

LaShonta Edwards attended her first pleasure party in 2008 as a

young single mother in the throes of Postpartum Depression. New to

the “toy party” process, she sat quietly, smiled, and listened. While

listening, she realized that there was so very little that she knew about

her own body and had been engaging in sexual acts merely to keep her partners happy.

LaShonta decided it was time to take back her relationships and sex life and became a

Romance Consultant with her clients dubbing her as the Romance Paramedic. As she

completed a romance enhancement order for a client, she decided that it was time to

further her education. Upon further research, LaShonta became a student of The Dr.

Rachael Institute to obtain her certification as a Sexuality Coach. Through countless

hours of education, the course teaches the science behind relationships and sexual

wellness problems. LaShonta is extremely motivated to make a positive impact by

helping people create the relationships and sex lives that they desire.

SAMARA FABRICK, LCSW, Clinical Psychotherapist

Samara Fabrick is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who

has been in private practice in Beverly Hills for the past 20

years. Samara specializes in couples therapy and taught the

premarital course, Making Marriage Work, at the American

Jewish University for 15 years. As part of her extensive work with couples,

Samara works with a variety of sexual issues, including those associated with

postpartum sexuality and sexuality in the course of long term relationships.

SUZANNE GILBERG-LENZ, M.D. F.A.C.O.G

A Diplomat of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology,

Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz received her medical degree from the USC

School of Medicine and her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology

at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Gilberg-Lenz is involved in

women’s empowerment and public education, and appears frequently as an

expert in women’s health and integrative medicine on TV, in print and on-line. She

completed her clinical Ayurvedic Specialist degree at California College of Ayurveda

in 2010 and was board certified in Integrative and Holistic medicine in 2008.

JENNA HAEFLINGER-KURTZ, LMFT, IFECMHS, RPF-II

Jenna Haeflinger-Kurtz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

and the Director of Early Intervention & Community Wellness at

Wellnest in Los Angeles. She is an endorsed Infant-Family and Early

Childhood Mental Health Specialist focusing on birth to five issues

such as trauma, parent-child relational issues, and developmental delays.

ASHLEY HANNA-MORGAN, LCSW, PMH-C

Ashley Hanna-Morgan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing

in perinatal mental health, grief and loss, and trauma. In 2016, she

wrote the Afterglow Curriculum and started the first free Cognitive

Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy based support group

in Los Angeles for parents with Postpartum Depression and Anxiety. In 2017, she

published a collection called I Gave Birth to My Heart that she hopes will throw back

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the curtains and shed some light on what Postpartum Depression and Anxiety actually feel like, as well as, most importantly, what her recovery looked like. She is currently in private practice and serves as a Postpartum Support International Volunteer Coordinator for Reno, Nevada, where she now lives with her family. When Ashley is not advocating for parental mental health, she loves to explore nature, practice yoga, experiment in the kitchen, read with a cup of tea, meditate, and write.

TJ HILL, Parent

TJ Hill is the Executive Director of the Disability Community Resource Center (DCRC) in western Los Angeles. He has over 20 years of experience in public interest law and public policy. TJ and his husband Jay adopted their daughter Chloe from birth in 2013. They all live in Santa Monica, CA.

DEBORAH KANEGSBERG, LCSW, CD(DONA)

Deborah Kanegsberg has worked in the perinatal and early home visiting field for nearly 25 years, and has nearly 20 years of experience in Early Head Start. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Birth Doula with extensive direct, supervisory and management experience working with high need families. Deborah

has extensive experience working with pregnant and parenting teens, trauma survivors, diverse populations of families, immigrant families, and parents with a wide variety of mental health challenges. Deborah has personal experience with fertility testing and treatments, including in-vitro fertilization and embryo donation/adoption. She is the proud mother of a very feisty and funny two year old.

GABRIELLE KAUFMAN, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT, NCC, PMH-C

Gabrielle Kaufman, Clinical Director of Maternal Mental Health NOW, is a dance/movement therapist and licensed professional clinical counselor. Previously, she directed the New Moms Connect Program of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles. She has spoken widely, published articles on parenting, and served as editor for Bringing

Light to Motherhood: Online Trainings on Maternal Mental Health. She is Los Angeles coordinator for Postpartum Support International and has a private practice providing services in both English and Spanish.

THEA MONYEE', LMFT, Sex Therapy Trainee

Thea Monyee’ is an artist and licensed marriage and family therapist creating healing opportunities through decolonizing mental health, joy, and pleasure in marginalized bodies. Her credits include TV and radio appearances, countless keynotes at colleges and universities throughout the country, and published work on topics ranging from

speculative fiction to decolonizing mental health.

EMILY NAGOSKI, PhD

Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., is a sex educator and author of Come As You

Are: The surprising new science that will transform your sex life.

Her job is to travel all over the world, training therapists, medical

professionals, college students, and the general public about the

science of women’s sexual wellbeing.

SARAH ORECK, MD

Dr. Sarah Oreck attended medical school at Albert Einstein College

of Medicine and completed her Adult Psychiatry residency and

fellowship in Women's Mental Health at Columbia University. After

graduation, she returned to her hometown of Los Angeles, California

where she has a private practice focused on reproductive mental health and is a

staff physician at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. She is passionate about women's health and

addressing gender bias in medical training and education. She has become an active

member of Maternal Mental Health NOW and Postpartum Support International.

MOLLY QUINN, MD

Dr. Molly Quinn completed her undergraduate studies at Stanford

University and medical degree at the David Geffen School of

Medicine at UCLA. She completed her residency training in obstetrics

and gynecology and fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and

infertility at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine.

Her clinical interests include infertility, fertility preservation, recurrent pregnancy loss,

polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and helping LGBTQ individuals build families.

She has a special interest in fertility preservation for transgender and gender-diverse

individuals. Dr. Quinn’s research interests include optimizing pregnancy outcomes

subsequent to assisted reproduction, the role of the reproductive laboratory in

improving in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes, and the long-term safety of IVF and

related treatments.

LAURA SKOCZYLAS, MD

Dr. Skoczylas is currently Director of Urogynecology at Kaiser

Permanente West Los Angeles. She is board-certified in both

Obstetrics and Gynecology and Female Pelvic Medicine and

Reconstructive Surgery. She attended residency at the University of

California Irvine. During her fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, she received a

Masters in Clinical Research.

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DANIEL B. SINGLEY, Ph.D., ABPP

Dr. Singley is a San Diego-based board certified psychologist and Director of The Center for Men’s Excellence. His research and practice focus on men’s mental health with a particular emphasis on reproductive psychology and the transition to fatherhood. Dr. Singley’s

won the American Psychological Association’s 2017 Practitioner of the Year Award from the Division on Men & Masculinities. He is Past President of the APA’s Section on Positive Psychology and currently serves on the Board of the APA’s Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities as well as Postpartum Support International. He conducts trainings and presentations around the country to assist individuals and organizations to enhance their level of father inclusiveness and founded the grant-funded Basic Training for New Dads, Inc nonprofit and Padre Cadre social networking application just for dads in order to give new fathers the tools they need to be highly engaged with their infants as well as their partners. In his free time, Dr. Singley likes to cook, surf, read, and drive his two sons to activities all over town so they can’t escape his annoying shrinky questions. Follow him @MenExcel and www.facebook.com/MenExcel/

ANGELINA SPICER

Angelina Spicer is a comedian, actress and mom. A cum laude graduate of Howard University, Spicer has smartly delved deep for comedy that’s authentic. She became an outspoken advocate for maternal mental health after her diagnosis of postpartum depression (PPD).

Angelina has built an impressive online presence with her viral comedy sketches. Her online success catapulted her career from phone screens to the silver screen, when she’s appeared on several episodes of hit talk shows The Real, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Conan. Many of her sidesplitting skits have featured on Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Funny or Die. Earlier this year Spice ramped things up when she launched a Kickstarter campaign to create a documentary film & comedy special about her twelve month struggle with postpartum depression.

ELYSE SPRINGER, MA-CLP, LMFT, PMH-C

Elyse Springer is a Los Angeles based licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice with focus on Perinatal Mood and Anxiety disorders, LGBTQIA+, trauma, anxiety, OCD, and HIV/AIDS. Prior to private practice, Elyse worked at a cross-section of community mental

health organizations, including APLA Health, where she successfully piloted one of the very first programs embedding mental health in housing services in LA County. Elyse served as co-chair of LA County's HIV Mental Health Task Force for several years. For the last seven-plus years, Elyse has been teaching faculty at LA-based Maternal Mental Health NOW as well as Governing Council member and Governance Sub-Committee chair. She has served as a board member at large for 2020 Mom for the past five years, and currently serves on the clinical advisory board of non-profit perinatal loss org Return to Zero: HOPE. Elyse is among the first clinicians with the national PMH-C (Perinatal Mental Health Certification) designation.

HELENA VISSING, PsyD, PMH-C

Helena Vissing is a Licensed Psychologist in private practice in Westwood, Los Angeles, specializing in Developmental Psychology, Play Therapy, Perinatal Mental Health, and somatic trauma treatment. She is Adjunct at Antioch University and Faculty on the Training

Committee of Maternal Mental Health NOW. Helena is at the Intermediate Level of the Somatic Experiencing trauma treatment program and is Perinatal Mental Health Certified through Postpartum Support International.

JANELLE WATSON, LMFT

Janelle Watson has worked in the field of mental health since 2011 and sexual & reproductive health since 2006. She is a skilled therapist, educator, and trainer, serving audiences of teens, parents, families, and couples. Her specialties include third party assisted

reproduction, sexual and reproductive health, and LGBTQ affirmative psychotherapy.

AMY K. WEIMER, MD

Dr. Amy Weimer majored in Neuroscience at Brown University, and attended UC San Diego for medical school. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, followed by a year as chief resident in Internal Medicine.

She has since practiced primary care for patients of all ages, and through this work became very committed to caring for transgender and gender-diverse individuals. In 2016, she co-founded the UCLA Gender Health Program, and over the years has cared for hundreds of children, adolescents and adults whose experienced gender is different from the sex they were assigned at birth. She is very active in education, and is collaborating on research designs to improve the health care experience for this population.

PENNY WHITE, MSW

Penny White has an MSW degree in clinical social work, with a concentration in health care, from USC. She was a maternal/child health social worker, specializing in NICU, at Northridge Hospital Medical Center for ten years. She teaches psychosocial issues/skills

to second-year medical students at UCLA, where she has developed perinatal mental health case studies for first and second year curriculum. She co-created and co-directed an embedded maternal mental health assessment and treatment program at the USC/Eisner Family Practice Clinic.

CMEs for Physicians and Psychologists*

CEUs for LMFT, LCSW, LPCC**

CHES for Health Educators***

Awarded upon completion of program. (No partial credit will be given)

This training meets the qualifications for 10 hours

of continuing education for LMFTs, LPCCs, LCSWs,

LEPs, and psychologists as required by the California

Board of Behavioral Sciences and California Board

of Psychology. Wellnest (formerly Los Angeles

Child Guidance Clinic) is approved by the American

Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for

psychologists. WELLNEST, as sponsor, maintains responsibility for this

program and its content.

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