On this week's episode, Stephanie DeFilippis joins Kayleigh. Stephanie is a licensed therapist who specializes in perinatal mental health and is also the founder and owner of Crescent Moon Therapy. In this episode Kayleigh and Stephanie talk about the pros and cons of having a therapist with a shared lived experience or not. The conversation continues into the ways one who has never experienced birth trauma can support someone who has.

On this episode you will hear:
- the role of a lived experience in therapy
- the importance of therapists working through their own traumas for best practices
- one's therapeutic needs changing over time
- supporting someone who has experienced birth trauma as someone who hasn't had a shared experience
- practical ways to support someone in birth trauma

Guest Bio:
Stephanie DeFilippis is a perinatal mental health clinician as well as the Founder of Crescent Moon Therapy.  She has more than seven years of clinical experience providing psychotherapy to adults. She works with individuals with a wide range of challenges: life transitions (college, young adulthood), transitions related to parenthood, preconception, pregnancy, postpartum, as well as ADHD, depression, anxiety, significant trauma, sexual abuse, and domestic violence (also known as IPV).  Stephanie previously worked at Northwestern Medicine in a nationally-renowned program that specializes in maternal mental health. She provided mental health services and coordinated care with OBGYN's and other mental health providers for pregnant and postpartum individuals. She's had the privilege of working with leaders in the perinatal space and attribute a lot of her clinical knowledge and expertise to her time at NM.  

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