In episode 176 Cath was joined by Dr Helena Vissing. Helena shared her path to motherhood, healing from birth and her perinatal specialisation. We talked about her book ‘Somatic Maternal Healing’, some of the concepts from it, sensory considerations and maternal bodyfulness and much more.
Helena Vissing, PsyD is a licensed psychologist certified in Perinatal Mental Health and Associate Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco. As a scholar of maternal studies and somatic psychology, she has published on the topics of the psychology of mothering and its somatic aspects. She is the author of “Somatic Maternal Healing. Psychodynamic and Somatic Trauma Treatment for Perinatal Mental Health”. She is also host on the podcast channels New Books in Psychoanalysis and New Books in Somatics and on the editorial board of the International Body Psychotherapy Journal.
She offers trainings through Nurturing Mamas Network: nurturingmamasnetwork.com
Helena's website: helenavissing.com
Contact details: contact@helenavissing.com
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