Navigating the Perinatal Season as an ADHDer
Exploring Challenges, Embracing Joy, and Enhancing Support
2 NBCC CEs • $120
On Demand Workshop with Jane Kosloff, LICSW, PMH-C, Erin Wheeler, LCSW, PMH-C, and Skylar Ibarra, LCSW, PMH-C
About this course:
This course will explore the experiences of ADHDers in the perinatal season from a neuro-affirming lens, including both the challenges and joys of pregnancy and postpartum as an ADHDer parent. We will explore executive functioning, sensitivity to hormonal change, vulnerability to postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, and examples of ways to support ADHDers. We will also look at the joy of creative and energetic play, embracing deep interests, and building an affirming home culture where every member of the family is encouraged to be their authentic selves.
What’s Included:
2-Hour Recorded Workshop
Slides + Postpartum Workbook
2 NBCC CEs
Price: $120
Objectives
Participants will be able to…
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List 3 factors that can make the perinatal season challenging for ADHDer parents.
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Describe 3 ways that ADHDer parents can embrace joy during the perinatal season.
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Describe 3 examples of ways to support ADHDer parents during the perinatal season.
Did you know?
The perinatal period is a common time for women and AFAB folks to identify their ADHD identity. The mix of hormones, high executive functioning demands, disruptions of unconscious supports/accommodation, and frequent disruptions highlight ADHD traits.
While the postpartum period is challenging for nearly everyone, ADHDers have unique struggles that are often minimized or dismissed by others. This traumatic invalidation can be just as hard as the perinatal challenges themselves.
ADHD is not just a cognitive difference. ADHDers are much more likely to have many physical conditions that can impact the peripartum period (preconception to 3 years after birth).
Understanding sensory needs is so key for peripartum people. Knowing not just what sensory experiences are distressing, but also those that are needed for wellness can make a huge difference in the peripartum experience.
Medication management of ADHD is safe for most pregnant and breast/chestfeeding people. It is important to connect with prescribers who understand perinatal psychiatry.
ADHD perinatal joy is abundant. When someone understands their ADHD needs, they can also lean into their ADHD joy. New interests to explore, spontaneity that infuses the time with wonder, and creating a home that embraces supports and accommodations so the whole family can thrive.
Meet the Instructor
Jane Kosloff, LICSW, PMH-C
Jane Kosloff, LICSW, PMH-C is a neurodivergent clinical social worker in private practice in the Seattle area. Previous to private practice, Jane has worked in community mental health and primary care settings. In her private practice, Jane has a focus around perinatal mental health including trauma and OCD. Jane loves supporting neurodivergent clients in her practice, many of whom are in the perinatal season. Jane enjoys offering consultation, continuing education trainings, and talks around neurodiversity, perinatal mental health, and the intersections. Jane is an EMDRIA approved EMDR consultant. Jane can be reached through her website, www.counselingwithjane.com
Meet the Instructor
Erin Wheeler, LCSW, PMH-C
Erin Wheeler, LCSW, PMH-C, is a neurodivergent therapist and psychotherapist based in Chicago, Illinois. She earned her MA in Social Work from the University of Chicago in 2011. Since 2015, Erin has been dedicated to perinatal mental health. In 2020, she founded Inner Resource Counseling, focusing on trauma-informed interventions like EMDR to support perinatal clients and neurodivergent families during the transition to parenthood. Beyond her clinical work, Erin is passionate about community building and advocacy within the perinatal mental health field. She offers individual clinical consultation and facilitates training on neurodiversity-affirming care for perinatal practitioners. Erin can be reached through her website, www.innerresourcecounseling.com
Meet the Instructor
Skylar Ibarra, LCSW, PMH-C
Skylar Ibarra, LCSW, PMH-C, is a neurodivergent therapist with a private practice in Orange County, CA (unceded Tongva land). She specializes in working with both individuals and couples, focusing on the intersection of OCD, perinatal mental health, and complex developmental trauma, all within the Neuroaffirming Paradigm. A graduate of UCLA Luskin School of Public Policy, where she earned her MSW and received the prestigious Bohnett Fellowship, Skylar is passionate about the transformative power of the Neuroaffirming Paradigm. She has refined her neuroaffirming couples therapy work over the last six years and is excited to bring her knowledge to the Neuropebble community.
Skylar is an EMDR Consultant-in-Training and offers individual consultation in both EMDR and how to engage in neuroaffirming clinical work. Skylar also enjoys providing continuing education and presenting at conferences about Neuroaffirming and perinatal mental health care. More information can be found on her website: lenarratherapy.com/consultation