Postpartum depression is one of the most common complications of childbirth — yet it remains widely underdiagnosed and undertreated. For the clinicians who see these patients, confident assessment and evidence-based intervention can change the course of a family’s first months together.

Join licensed clinical social worker Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW, for a focused one-hour training designed to sharpen your clinical lens on postpartum depression — how to recognize it, how to screen for it, and how to deliver evidence-based care across a range of presentations.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

☑️ Assess symptoms of postpartum depression using standardized screening tools, including how to differentiate normal postpartum adjustment from clinical depression.
☑️ Apply evidence-based interventions — psychoeducation, referral pathways, and brief therapeutic strategies — when working with individuals experiencing postpartum depression.

Inside This Webinar

Diane will walk through the clinical territory most practitioners need to navigate confidently, including:

➡️ The cultural messaging around motherhood that complicates disclosure and help-seeking
➡️ Postpartum depression in men — prevalence, presentation, and why it’s so often missed
➡️ Distinguishing postpartum depression from postpartum psychosis, and knowing when to escalate
➡️ Risk factors and clinical warning signs, illustrated with real-world scenarios
➡️ How to open the conversation: assessment questions that move past the surface
➡️ Screening tools in practice, including the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS)
➡️ Evidence-based treatment options: CBT, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), SSRIs, and newer pharmacologic interventions including zuranolone (Zurzuvae) and brexanolone (Zulresso)
➡️ Barriers to asking for help — and how to work through them in session
➡️ Case-based illustrations of IPT and CBT applied in the postpartum context

Who Should Attend

This webinar is designed for licensed behavioral health clinicians, including:

➡️ Therapists and counselors in private or group practice
➡️ Psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners
➡️ Behavioral health staff at community mental health centers and agencies
➡️ Supervisors and program directors who train early-career clinicians

Anyone providing mental health care to perinatal populations — or collaborating with those who do — will leave with practical tools they can put to use the same day.