Join Us for a Free Webinar
Friday, August 1, 2025
12:00 – 1:00 pm

This interactive workshop is designed to increase awareness, understanding, and culturally grounded responses to perinatal mental health challenges.

Target Audience

Therapists, healthcare professionals, doulas, and community advocates seeking to provide compassionate, respectful, and culturally attuned care during the perinatal period.

By the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

• Describe the unique risk factors and protective factors related to perinatal mental health among vulnerable populations.
• Perform screening and assessments using culturally appropriate language to support patients’ willingness to respond openly.
• Identify culturally informed and trauma-responsive interventions that support perinatal mental wellness.
• Discuss systemic barriers impacting diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care.

Speaker

Jerica Wesley, Ph.D., LPC, ALPS
Owner, Restored Wellness Life
Enrichment Services, LLC

Dr. Jerica Wesley is a licensed professional counselor who has supported the Kanawha Valley for over a decade. She currently works as a counselor educator and has previously worked as a school and community mental health counselor. She is passionate about decreasing stigma around mental health and has advanced training in perinatal mental health, reproductive loss, grief, bereavement, and culturally sensitive counseling. Dr. Wesley is the owner of Restored Wellness Life Enrichment Services, LLC a company seeking to restore the village through consultation, continuing education, clinical supervision, culturally sensitive counseling, and doula services.

For more information contact:

Caroline Crislip – ccrislip@wvperinatal.org

Registration

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