Did you have a baby during the pandemic? Was your birth story not how you had envisioned? Did you have a difficult labor or major unplanned medical intervention? Do you want to have more children, but feel like you can’t go through labor and delivery again?
You are not alone!!
Dr. Jill Franks PhD and Author and educator Olivia Scobie strategies in coping with birth trauma, postpartum depression, anxiety or intrusive thoughts. We will discuss symptoms of PTSD and suggestions for treatment and recovery after natural delivery or C-section. Tune in to learn strategies when faced with your own personal crisis.
Special Guest Speaker
Olivia Scobie, MSW is a published author and known for bringing a mixture of kindness, humor, creativity, and unwavering care to every client. She uses a strength-based and relational approach, and draws from a wide variety of therapeutic modalities such as mindfulness, narrative therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) to offer unique support catered to your mental health needs. Whether two parent, single parent, queer, blended – however your family comes!- you will feel safe and listened to when working with her.
She is so committed to supporting parents that she also founded the not-for-profit Postpartum Support Toronto.
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