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Mother and Baby

Birth Trauma Resources 

Note that these are not the ONLY resources in the community.
If you are from the Edmonton Area, these are the only practitioners or care providers I have personally worked with, or someone I trust has worked with.
If they are international, then it is at your own discretion.


If you would like to join my resource page, please reach out to connect.

Maternal/Paternal Mental Health Support

Postpartum Support International (PSI) directory for Edmonton and area
Penny Waller Ulme - R. Psych. Mind-Body-Life Wellness 
Pine Integrated Health Center - Counselling Psychologist Kristine Aanderson - Perinatal counsellor 
Evylin Chudyk - Beautiful Mind Psychology
Ask Therapy for Moms - Jennifer Summerfeldt 
Nest Integrative Wellness
Pacific Postpartum Support Society  
Texting support from anywhere in Canada - from 11:00 am MST (10:00 am PDT) - 4:00 pm MST (3:00 PDT)  -
1-604-255-7999 


Postpartum support

Healthy Beginnings Hotline - 780-413-7990
Family Futures (Brand-New Mama & Managing Motherhood)
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta
(complaints and compliments) 

Crisis support for immediate prenatal and postpartum
depression

If it is an emergency please dial 911 as soon as possible.
Crisis Support
There is also access through calling 211 for mental health
strategies and support.
24 hour pregnancy crisis line - 1-800-665-0570
Beyond Blue (Australia K10)
Birth Talk



Community Websites, Online Influencers and FB groups
(Perinatal Education, Mental health, Postpartum Resources)


Postpartum progress website
Maternal Mental Health
The Bloom Foundation
The Blue Dot Project
Postpartum Support International 
PostpartumDepression .Org
The Tea on Birth Trauma  

Online Trauma Group meetings through PSI
Birth Trauma Facbook Support Group (Dancy Perinatal)
Dancy Perinatal Nationwide Support Groups

Book Recommendations

Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth - Julia Oparah  Alicia Bonaparte 

Making more milk - Diana West and Lisa Marasco

Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery - Diana West

This Isn't What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression - Karen R. Kleiman, Valerie Davis Raskin MD

Healing After Birth: Navigating Your Emotions After A Difficult Childbirth - Jennifer Summerfeldt

I, Asha Thomas, am a third generation settler, native of Bukovina Ukraine, currently residing on stolen land.

I acknowledge that my practice is situated on Tready 6 territory,  in amiskwacîwâskahikan ( ᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ Beaver Hills House in Cree); ti oda, (Many Houses as per Nakota Sioux); and Amakowsis, or omahkoyis (Big Lodge from Niisitapi), more recently referred to as Edmonton, AB. It is possible too that the fort was known by other names as well, in languages which have yet to be revitalized. This land is the traditional lands of the First Nations, including nêhiyaw, Cree, Dené, Anishinaabe Saulteaux, Nakota Isga  Nakota Sioux , and Niitsitapi  Blackfoot peoples, Métis’ homeland and the home of one of the largest communities of Inuit, South of the 60th parallel.  I call upon the Canadian Gov't to continue to work with the 94 call to reconciliation, and continue to personally do my best work to be a better ally and care taker of this land, while committing to support the agency and autonomy of Indigenous peoples in revitalizing and participating in traditional, contemporary, and future manifestations of their heritage and culture.

I strive to offer a family practice, inclusive of all people, with equity, inclusion and diversity offered and honoured. These priorities include, but are not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religious or ethical values system, national origin.


If you identify as a member of the 2SLGBTQ and/or BIPOC community please let me offer you an appropriate exchange of services / fee for the services I offer, with the above acknowledged as a way to thank you..

Edmonton, AB, Canada

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