Mental Health & Motherhood: Interview with Courtney Costello

Courtney Costello is a licensed masters social worker with over a decade of hands on experience working with families across WNY. Her career started in child protection services focusing on the well being and safety of children and families that she worked with. She then began her clinical experience working with adults and adolescents providing mental health counseling. She then went on to become a school social worker focusing on the mental and social health of students. The culmination of her years of working in the field, education, additional training in perinatal mental health and lived a mother, she has recently began her journey in private practice focusing on perinatal mental health. She is a dedicated and understanding ear for pregnant and postpartum women who are needing extra support. She is currently working with clients through OTT counseling and working on training clinicians in maternal health with 716 CEU In this episode Dr. Ashley and Courtney discuss what perinatal mental health entails, the impact of motherhood on identity, understanding matrescence, common postpartum challenges and when to seek help. Courtney Costello can be found at https://www.ottcounseling.com/ or followed on instagram at @courtney_costello_lmsw