The Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood Workbook

The Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood Workbook uses inclusive language and content applicable to all new parents to empower you in managing your changing moods throughout your pregnancy and postpartum/postnatal recovery, helping explain what you are feeling and offering tangible skills that will help you feel better.

Bethany Warren, LCSW, PMH-C, is an experienced psychotherapist certified in EMDR therapy and Perinatal Mental Health. She regularly provides trainings and lectures on women's mental health and trauma. Find her at bethanywarrenlcsw.com and on IG @bethanywarrenlcsw. Beth Creager Berger, Ph.D., is a psychologist with over twenty years of experience specializing in anxiety disorders and Perinatal Mental Health. She frequently lectures to physicians and community groups about PMADs. Find her at drbethberger.com and on IG @bethcreagerbergerphd.

Part 1: Helpful Information-Empowering You With Education 1. How to Get the Most Out of This Workbook 2. What's Going on With Me? Breaking Down the Differences Between Baby Blues and Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders 3. Learning More About Your Moods: No, Seriously, What's Going on With Me? 4. Risk Factors and Screening: Why me, and What Next? Part 2: Building Tangible Skills to Help You Weather the Storm 5. Sleep and Self-care: Tangible Ways to Climb out of the Black Hole 6. Attachment and Bonding: Creating a Secure Foundation With Your Baby While In the Middle of Your Storm 7. Mom Guilt and Other Mind Battles: How to Manage Your Thoughts, Moods, and Behaviors Using Cognitive Behavioral Skills 8. How to Manage Your Really Awful Thoughts: Name Your Dragon to Slay Your Dragon 9. Role Changes, Building Support and Improving Effective Communication Skills: How to Build and Strengthen your Village 10. Mindfulness, Meditation, Relaxation: How to quiet the storm within Part 3: Additional Factors-Aspects of Your Life That Can Impact Your Mood 11. Embracing All of You: How Your Culture and Identity Intersects With Your Mental Health 12: How's Your Partner Doing? (Yes, They Can Struggle Too!) 13: Crying, Low Sex Drive, Irritability and More: How Your Hormonal and Biological Changes Impact Your Emotions 14: A Tough Situation Just Got Tougher: How Parenting a Child With Health Issues or Disabilities Can Impact Your Mood Part 4: What's Next? 15: From Ambivalent to Terrified and Everything In Between: Creating an Empowering Postpartum Plan for the Next Pregnancy 16: So What Now? Treatment Options