Holding Space: A Symposium on Maternal Mental Health

Mississippi continues to face urgent maternal health challenges and perinatal mental health is a critical part of the solution. This one-day symposium centers practical skills to recognize, respond to, and link expecting and postpartum mothers to timely, compassionate care. Through storytelling, case-based learning, and harm-reduction strategies, attendees will leave with tools to reduce stigma, build warm handoffs, and strengthen community-to-clinic support for mothers and birthing people across our state.

CEUs: Social Work—6 hours | Nursing—6 contact hours

Registration & Networking: 8:00–9:00 AM

Program Highlights:

Session 1: Centering Storytelling for Maternal Mortality Review – LeJeune Johnson, LCSW-S, PMH-C

Session 2: Addressing Barriers in Maternal Mental Health Care: Becoming a Change Agent – Dr. Laura C. Taylor, PMH-C

Session 3: Motherhood & Substance Use: Treatment and Compassionate Care – April Miller, PharmD

Session 4: Beyond Birth: Trauma-Informed, culturally responsive care in the perinatal period – Calandrea Taylor, LPC

Join us to raise awareness, strengthen clinical practice, and expand pathways to screening, treatment, and community resources—so every Mississippi family is met with dignity, safety, and support.

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