Postpartum Support International

Every family deserves to feel seen, safe, and supported during the transition to parenthood. For q***r families, that experience is too often missing from the care system.

This coming Monday on the PSI Blog, Amanda Keenhold, DNP, PMHNP-BC, PMH-C makes the case that inclusive perinatal mental health care isn't optional, it's essential for equitable, ethical, and effective care for every family.

This Pride Month and always, PSI is committed to supporting all families 🏳️‍🌈

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Parenting a child with medical complications or special needs comes with a love that runs deep and a weight that can feel impossibly heavy. The appointments, the logistics, the moments of isolation when it feels like no one else could understand.

You deserve a space where people do understand.

PSI's Mental Health Support for Special Needs & Medically Fragile Parenting is a peer support group for parents from birth to four years postpartum and open to anyone navigating the outcome of a child's medical needs or special needs diagnosis. Come share, connect, and learn. You are not alone.

💙 Online, confidential, and always free
📌 Register: https://loom.ly/RVs8FtU

PSICON 2026 is just around the corner! 🌴 Thanks to our Supporting Role Sponsors CVS Health, Reunion Neuroscience, FullWell, and L.A. Care Health Plan! Thank you for being part of the leading conference in perinatal mental health! 💙

She was a therapist. She knew the signs. And she was still struggling to find the words for what she was going through.

In a new piece on the PSI Blog for PTSD Awareness Month, Madison Petersen, LCSW, PMH-C shares how creative expression, journaling, visual art, expressive writing, became a road back to herself during her own perinatal mental health struggle. She also breaks down the neuroscience of why art can reach places that talk therapy sometimes can't, and offers simple, accessible ways to start.

🔗 Read it at https://loom.ly/yZn0lvQ

If you're struggling, help is here:
📞 PSI HelpLine: Call or text 800-944-4773 (you never need a diagnosis to ask for help)
💻 Free support & resources: Postpartum.net

A space made just for you 💙

PSI's Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi Moms Support Group is a free, online, confidential space for anyone pregnant or postpartum (up to two years) who identifies as Asian, South Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American.

There is no definition of being "Asian enough." This group is a place to connect, share your experience, and find community with moms who get it, facilitated in English and always free.

🔗 Register directly at https://loom.ly/UWAd2es

You are not alone 💙

What happens when the feelings are too big for words? 💙

This Friday on the PSI Blog, Madison Petersen, LCSW, PMH-C shares how creative expression, from writing to visual art, can help regulate your nervous system, make meaning, and support healing during the perinatal timeframe.

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Receiving a high-risk or potentially life-limiting fetal diagnosis during pregnancy can feel isolating in ways that are hard to put into words. The uncertainty, the medical decisions, the grief... it's an experience few people around you may understand.

PSI's Fetal Diagnosis Support During Pregnancy group exists for exactly this moment. Led by trained peer facilitators, this group offers a compassionate, nonjudgmental space where expectant parents can find connection and support from others who truly get it.

✔️ Free
✔️ Confidential
✔️ Online
✔️ Open to all expectant parents (gestational and non-gestational)

You don't have to carry this alone. Register: https://loom.ly/dn8Ez5g

June on the PSI blog is full. 📖✨

This month we're bringing you expert perspectives, honest conversations, and stories of hope, covering everything from good-enough mothering and creative expression to supporting q***r families, Black dads in loss, and disrupting cycles of abuse.

New posts drop every Tuesday and Friday all month long. Subscribe so you never miss one.

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“The host was very knowledgeable, kind, and organized. The flow and transitions during the session were timed perfectly.” — PSI support group attendee

If you're a parent navigating a perinatal mental health disorder, you don't have to figure it out alone. PSI's free virtual support groups help you connect the dots, from something feels wrong to I'm not alone to I can get better.

Groups are online, confidential, and always free.

🔗 Find a group: https://loom.ly/ZEP7VGc

🔵 Want to be part of the movement this Maternal Mental Health Month? Visit Postpartum.net/bluedot to get involved. 💙

"For the solid first three months it felt like I was in a dark hole, and it was really difficult."

Shawn Johnson East has spoken openly about how her son's colic amplified everything she was already carrying, turning ordinary moments into fight-or-flight, and the early weeks of motherhood into something she describes as a dark hole.

Perinatal mental health disorders can be triggered or intensified by so many things. Whatever brought you here, your experience is valid, and you don't have to stay in that dark place 💙

📞 Call or text the PSI HelpLine: 800-944-4773
💙 Free support programs & resources: Postpartum.net
🔵 Join our Maternal Mental Health Month campaign: Postpartum.net/bluedot