Practical Strategies for Supporting Mom Through Postpartum Depression
Aired May 14, 2025
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Postpartum depression (PPD) can leave new mothers feeling isolated and overwhelmed, while families often struggle to understand how best to help. The experience of PPD affects not just mom, but ripples through the entire family dynamic. This makes it crucial for loved ones to understand how to provide effective support while maintaining their own well-being.
Join us for a live panel discussion featuring an experienced clinician and doula who will guide you through practical strategies for supporting mothers experiencing postpartum depression. Our specialists will share invaluable insights on recognizing warning signs, accessing vital mental health resources, and creating a nurturing environment that promotes healing and recovery.
Whether you’re a partner, family member, or caregiver to a new mother, this free program will equip you with essential tools to make a meaningful difference during this challenging time. Learn how to balance family responsibilities while ensuring mom receives the support she needs and discover effective ways to maintain open communication and strengthen family bonds.
This program is supported by
Sage Therapeutics and Biogen
Presenters
Annie DiTiberio, LCSW, panelist
Annie DiTiberio is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Los Altos, CA. After receiving her MSW in Community Mental Health from UC Berkeley, she has worked in almost every level of care, both public and private, in Santa Clara County. She now focuses on helping families navigate the mental health system as well their own relationships with their loved ones, striving to include families in the important treatment of those with significant mental health issues. Annie also experienced infertility and went through her own journey of family planning using Assisted Reproductive Technology. This led her to specialize in helping families navigate infertility and ART specifically (IVF, donor eggs/sperm, gestational carriers). She is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Mental Health Group.
Jeannette C. Myrick, MPH
Jeannette C. Myrick, MPH, is a Massachusetts-based community doula and data specialist with Accompany Doula Care, where she creates and manages systems to organize and analyze doula service and perinatal outcome data. Through her work as a doula, Jeannette brings firsthand experience and a deep understanding of the challenges faced by perinatal people, which enriches her ability to use data to improve service delivery and advocate for the value of community-based care. In addition to her role at Accompany Doula Care, Jeannette manages implementation science studies focused on perinatal mental health, doula care, and health equity. One such study aims to expand access to mental health support for perinatal people by integrating doulas into mental health care. Jeannette holds an MPH from Boston University School of Public Health.
Lisa Mecham, MSW, Moderator
Lisa Mecham, MSW, is a writer and freelance editor based in California. Her work has been featured in The New York Times: Tiny Modern Love and Roxane Gay’s bestselling anthology Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture. Lisa’s writing about redefining her family and staying legally married to her husband, despite their separation, has been published in The On Being Project and HuffPost. Lisa’s interests center around resiliency, agency, and hope, with a particular focus on empowering women. She holds a Master of Social Work degree from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
