Today on How We Can Heal Podcast, Lisa Danylchuk talks to Dr. Rosita Cortizo about her approach to helping women and moms heal internally through simple and subtle ways. For Dr. Rosita, a mother must know how to take care of herself. And that covers all aspects of well-being. But how can one mom start when there's just so much asked for from mothers? Dr. Rosita shares how volunteer work opened her to her current field of specialty, how trauma affects motherhood and womanhood, and why it's all-important for everyone to learn about how they got into this world.

Mothers – what place do you have in this world?

Even with the current generation's awakening to more open discussions on mental health, it's surprising to see how most people are still very unfamiliar with anything that has to do with therapy. No matter how necessary, some say, therapy is still very inaccessible for some. And mothers are not alien to the issue. For Dr. Rosita, economic concerns are one of the leading factors; a mother's responsibilities are number two.

In her experience, Dr. Rosita cites a straight entry point that can change how moms look at therapy as a whole: it's through education. Moms need to understand that it's essential to feel good about themselves. How a mother feels will impact how others feel in her care. Dr. Rosita teaches moms that they are the 'queens' of their bodies and children. If a mother doesn't feel good about herself, she cannot teach her children how they can feel good about themselves—let alone self-care and self-love.

About Dr. Rosita Cortizo:

Rosita Cortizo, originally from Panama City, Panama, in South America, currently works as a high-risk, multicultural, bilingual prenatal and perinatal clinical psychologist for women's health services working with female adults and children. 

Dr. Cortizo has worked in Public Health in Southern California with pregnant women at high risk with multiple diagnoses, traumatic stress, dissociative processes, and relational crisis for more than 30 years. 

She holds licenses as both clinical psychologist (2001) and marriage family therapist (1998); and earned a Master of Arts in Psychology with a specialty in Chemical Dependency (1993) in San Diego, California. She is EMDRIA Certified, an Approved EMDR Consultant, and the 2021 ISSTD President.

Outline of the episode:

●     [02:58] What volunteer work opened Dr. Rosita Cortizo to

●     [05:33] I wanted to see how far my volunteer work would go

●     [10:10]Treating trauma in public health was nothing like in the textbooks

●     [15:00] Birth is a painful conversation!

●     [20:29] In what avenue does Dr. Rosita Cortizo begin to work on a mother's interpersonal healing

●     [25:56] Moms need to learn self-soothing so their children can learn it too

●     [31:02] Why it definitely helps to get to know your patients more personally

●     [35:30] Compare then despair

●     [44:03] It's who, not how!

●     [50:35] Dr. Rosita Cortizo – I want to be a hand for all moms!

Website:  http://www.rositacortizo.com/

More Resources:  https://howwecanheal.com/prioritizing-trauma-healing-for-pregnant-women-with-doctor-rosita-cortizo/