PIM Conversations

Postpartum Psychosis: Centering Lived Expertise

Tim Talty

Julia Alzoubaidi, PhD, PMH-C

About the Speakers: 

Tim Talty is a dedicated advocate for maternal mental health and the founder of the Krystal & Bella Foundation for Postpartum Safety & Support. Following the tragic loss of his wife, Dr. Krystal Cascetta Talty, and their daughter, Bella, Tim has dedicated himself to shedding light on severe postpartum mental illness and expanding expanding support systems for mothers and families. Through his advocacy, he brings a vital, lived partner and family perspective to national conversations around postpartum psychosis and maternal mental health.

Dr. Julia Alzoubaidi is a licensed psychologist who worked with children and adolescents until her first child was six months old, when she experienced perinatal psychosis. As part of her own healing, she began volunteering with Postpartum Support International (PSI), facilitating support groups and co-leading a local Climb Out of the Darkness event. That involvement grew into her current role managing PSI's Perinatal Psychosis Program and coordinating its Perinatal Psychosis Taskforce. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband and two children

Learning to Look: Video Microanalysis Informs Mother-Infant Treatment

Beatrice Beebe, PhD

About the Speaker: Beatrice Beebe, Ph.D. is a Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University Medical Center. She is an internationally renowned researcher and psychoanalyst known for her pioneering work in the microanalysis of mother-infant interaction. Her research focuses on how early nonverbal communication patterns influence infant development and how these dyadic systems inform adult psychoanalytic treatment. She is the author of several influential books, including The Mother-Infant Interaction and Psychoanalysis.

Learn more at: beatricebeebe.com