Webinar Wednesday: Unlocking the Untapped Potential of Matrescence for Postpartum Wellness
Presentation Description
Matrescence is a developmental process, similar to adolescence, where a mother's brain, body, psychology, identity, and social relationships are shifting in significant ways. While the science is clear that matrescence plays a major role in the emotional well-being of women in early motherhood, this information is rarely shared with women and birthing people. Unfortunately, not sharing this maternal wisdom hurts women, and, in turn, hurts families. Today, mental health issues are the leading cause of pregnancy-related complications, with those complications peaking months into the postpartum period. Further, 80% of postpartum people experience significant emotional distress.
The maternal wisdom that exists deep in the science of matrescence may be a critical missing piece to address the postpartum mental health crisis. In this presentation, licensed psychologist and clinical researcher, Dr. Katrina Roundfield, will share about the science of matrescence, explain how matrescence affects the mental health of postpartum women, and provide the audience with a practical strategy to support emotional wellness in early motherhood.
Webinar Wednesday is a FREE benefit of AABC Membership. Guests may attend for a fee ($45). Registration is required.
Presenter
Katrina Roundfield, PhD, CEO and Co-Founder of tara
Katrina Roundfield, PhD, is a licensed clinical-community psychologist who pivoted her career from academic medicine to entrepreneurship. She is the CEO and Co-Founder of tara, maternal health app to help mothers thrive in the 1st year postpartum. Formerly, Katrina was the co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer at Appa Health, a teen digital mental health company. At Appa, Katrina led the team to successfully secure a $2M scientific research grant funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Prior to co-founding Appa, Katrina was on the founding team of Two Chairs, an adult psychotherapy startup. Katrina maintains an advisory role at Two Chairs today.
Katrina completed her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical-Community Psychology at DePaul University and her pre-doctoral residency at Yale University School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry in 2014. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry in 2016 and maintained a faculty position at UCSF for 7 years. Katrina is a wife, mother of two boys (ages 4 and 6 years), and she lives in Oakland, California.
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