Mom & Mind Podcast | Postpartum | Birth | Pregnancy | Maternal Mental Health |

Perinatal loss and grief are different from other types of grief. In this episode, we discuss how parents can care for themselves during the grief process and why people often don’t acknowledge this kind of grief. We, as a society, do not do a good job in supporting people through perinatal loss and grief. We can do better! My guest is Nneka Symister, a licensed clinical social worker with over two decades of experience in social services. She has dedicated the past decade to private practice, working with diverse populations in New York, and currently specializes in PMADs, infertility grief, and loss. Working with both individuals and couples, her methods draw from a range of modalities, including CBT, EMDR, interpersonal therapy, and mindfulness.  Show Highlights: An explanation of perinatal grief Ways in which perinatal grief shows up as “invisible grief” The complexities around perinatal grief that make it difficult to offer the right support How we can “sit” with someone in their grief/loss without b