Ep. 30 - Maternal Mental Health with Dr. Danielle Jenkins

Maternal Mental Health is such an important topic for us to address as moms and one I get asked about often. I wanted to bring in an expert on the topic to the podcast to share with you. Today you get to meet a friend of mine and Psychologist. Dr. Danielle Jenkins is a psychologist and maternal mental health expert and has been working with families for over 20 years, first as a nanny, then as preschool teacher in parent-child interactive preschools, and then as a postpartum doula.  She took those experiences helping mothers, babies, children, and families went to George Fox in Newberg Oregon where Sh received her doctorate and then completed an internship at Cherokee Health Systems in Knoxville, TN. While there, She completed rotations in pediatrics, primary care, and women's health. She now has A private practice where she enjoys seeing women and their partners to problem solve the frustrations of new parenting and help them overcome the pain of infertility, birth trauma, pregnancy and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders. One of her favorite things is helping women who worry they shouldn't have a second child for fear of worsening postpartum have such resolution of their depression that they don’t experience issues at all with their next children.