Perinatal Mental Health Medications: A Clinician's Guide
On-Demand with Ayelet Amittay, PMHNP-BC
Course Description
As perinatal providers, we are often faced with supporting our clients as they make complex decisions. How can we best support our perinatal clients in making decisions about whether to start or continue psychiatric medications? What sorts of therapeutic interventions can we offer while staying within our practice scope? How can we help our clients find reliable information, and how can we advocate for them with providers who may be out of step with the clients' needs? This training will provide actionable strategies for working with clients on issues related to medication.
The training will offer psychoeducation about the risks and benefits of medication in pregnancy and the postpartum period, as well as ways to help clients identify core needs and beliefs about medication in this time of life.
This course is composed of recordings from a workshop held in 2025. CE credits are calculated based on the total duration of video content. Supplemental readings are not included in the CE credit calculation. To obtain CE credits, a course quiz must be completed with a passing score of 70%.
For more information on our work at The Touchstone Institute, visit our website.
Note on Accessibility:
We include captions in all of our live and self-paced trainings. If there is anything else you need to make our trainings accessible to you, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We recognize that every person has access needs and we are happy to do everything we can to meet yours.
Instructor
Ayelet Amittay, PMHNP-BC
[email protected]
Ayelet Amittay is a psychiatric nurse practitioner specializing in perinatal mental health. She has provided medication management and psychotherapy to pregnant and postpartum patients for more than a decade through her private practice, Wild Geese Mental Health. Ayelet is a certified PMH-C through Postpartum Support International. In addition to her clinical work, Ayelet is a preceptor to nurse practitioner students and has provided trainings for therapists through a variety of professional organizations.
Ayelet is also a poet and essayist. Her first collection of poems, The Eating Knife, is forthcoming from Fernwood Press.
Course Curriculum
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Slides (handout)
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Lecture
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About Your Course Quiz
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Course Quiz
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Receiving your CE Certificate
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Course Evaluation
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CE Certificate Request
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About this course
- $160 - $200
- on-demand
- 2.5 CEs (see below for specific approvals)
More about our pricing:
We offer tiered pricing for all of our trainings to make our courses accessible to as many practitioners as possible. If you are unsure which tiered price is right for your financial situation, please read through our FAQ section below or visit our website.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] if you are interested in a multi-month payment plan. We are always happy to create a custom payment plan to make it more feasible for everyone to participate in our courses.
Course Agenda
All times are estimated:
Introduction to medication use in the perinatal period (statistics, history, and present concerns) (30 min)
The non-prescriber's role: assessment (30 min)
The non-prescriber's role: medical decision-making support (30 min)
Case example, individual work, and discussion (15 min)
Q&A (15 min)
Psychopharmacology for non-prescribers (45 min)
Q&A and wrap-up (15 min)
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Apply concepts from this workshop to identify their own clinical vulnerabilities as they relate to their own lived experience(s) with mental health or personal reproductive journey.
- Apply strategies to determine if self-disclosure of lived experience(s) to clients is appropriate in the clinical setting.
- Describe the warning signs of compassion fatigue and burnout and develop a plan for ongoing self-assessment.
Continuing Education Credits
Submission of a quiz and course evaluation is required to receive a CE certificate for this course. The quiz and course evaluation are made available after all lectures have been completed within the course portal. After passing the quiz with at least a 70% and completing the evaluation, participants will be able to submit a request for their CE certificate. This training offers 2.5 CE credits.
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It is your responsibility to verify CE coverage in your State or Province.
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The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
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The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training, Inc. has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7346. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training, Inc. is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training, [provider number:1876], is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: [1/19/2025-1/19/2028]. Social workers completing this course receive 3 continuing education credits.
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This course is approved by Postpartum Support International (PSI) for continuing education towards maintaining the PMH-C.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is the Generative Access tier right for me?
Select this tier if you: Own the home you live in (even with a mortgage); live in a two-income household; have investments, retirement accounts, or inherited money; travel recreationally; have access to family money and resources in times of need; work part-time by choice, etc.
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Is the Sustaining Access tier right for me?
Select this tier if you: Have income available for recreational activities (going out to dinner, movies, concerts etc.); have consistent work compensated at a median income rate based on your region; pay rent that is not more than 25% of your monthly household income; do not own your own home, etc.
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Is the Supported Access tier right for me?
Select this tier if you: Are a graduate student paying tuition; have major medical expenses not covered by insurance; have been denied work, or experience discrimination related to ableism, racism, sexism, gender discrimination or other forms of oppression; are eligible for public assistance; have immigration-related expenses; have ever been denied work due to incarceration history; are supporting adult children, extended family members in need or have other adult dependents; are an elder with limited financial support; are primarily working in a setting with under-resourced populations and your income reflects this work, etc.
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Are there payment plan options available?
Yes! We are happy to work with you to create a payment plan that fits your needs. Please reach out to us over email with a brief description of the length of the plan that you are interested in using to pay for this course: [email protected].
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How can I learn more about your pricing?
Please visit our website for more information on our approach to pricing our trainings: www.touchstoneinstitute.org/pricing.
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What is your refund policy?
More than 14 days notice is required for a full refund minus 7% administrative fee. Cancellations made within 14 days of training are eligible for a 50% refund or full transfer to another training within The Touchstone Institute. Only 1 transfer to another training is allowed. If you can not attend the transferred training your fee will be forfeited. No-shows are not eligible for a refund or transfer. Exceptions to this policy are limited to medically documented circumstances or family bereavements. Failure to attend without prior notification (no-shows) will not qualify for a refund.
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