Episode 3: Maternal Bodyfulness with Helena Vissing, Ph.D.

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Welcome to episode THREE of the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast!
I am thrilled to bring you Helena Vissing, Psy.D., the incredible mind behind the theory of maternal bodyfulness. In this episode we discuss her experience as a psychodynamic and somatic experiencing practitioner lending her clinical expertise to mothers in the perinatal period - yet her unique perspective also expands the more traditional clinical practice to include the lens of matricentric feminism, trauma and the body.

Episode Summary:
We dive into so much goodness - from WHY we need one another - in all disciplines - to come together to explore, challenge and critique Motherhood to her groundbreaking theory of maternal bodyfulness and so much in between - including exploring more deeply matricentric feminism. This episode will leave you "daring to believe" that we can find agency in our experience of Motherhood and that when we work towards empowered mothering, connecting with ourselves as women and mothers and the felt bodily experience. Mothering is an embodied experience, one that allows us to resist Patriarchal Motherhood - you'll have to listen to some of Vissing's nuggets of gold as they hold within them such wisdom and power!
Additional episode resources:
You can learn more about Helena Vissing's work here.
IG: www.instagram.com/helenavissing
And find her book, Somatic Maternal Healing here.
Dr. Helena Vissing’s full bio:
Helena Vissing is a Licensed Psychologist certified in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) in private practice in California. She practices psychodynamic and trauma-informed somatic psychotherapy as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Dr. Vissing is experienced as Adjunct faculty at several graduate institutions, including Reiss-Davis Graduate School, Antioch University, and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She also has experience offering consultations and trainings for perinatal providers. She has published book chapters and articles on the topic of the psychology of motherhood. Dr. Vissing has written a book on her somatic and psychodynamic model for treatment of trauma in the Perinatal Period titled Somatic Maternal Healing: Psychodynamic and Somatic Trauma Treatment for Perinatal Mental Health (Routledge). She has done psychodynamic training at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and the Saturday Center for Psychotherapy. She is also host on the New Books in Psychoanalysis podcast and on the editorial board of the International Journal of Body Psychotherapy.
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