Tori Hamilton is a Registered Nurse Psychotherapist certified in perinatal mental health, Reiki master, IBCLC, Baby-Led Sleep Specialist, and mom of four. She owns Attuned Therapy + Wellness, a holistic wellness center that uses a collaborative approach to client care. She also owns The Mama Nurse, an online resource for parents that offers information, resources and access to individualized sessions for sleep and feeding.
Tori is an advocate for paid access to lactation support in her rural community in Ontario, Canada. She is a retired La Leche League Leader, offering volunteer peer lactation support in addition to her private lactation sessions. Tori now collaborates with family health teams in her area, using an Independent Contractor model to increase access to lactation support for families in her area.
Since integrating RN psychotherapy into her practice, Tori Hamilton often combines her skillset in lactation and holistic sleep with mental health when working with parents. She views mental health as a continuum, and has a special interest in nervous system regulation and generational healing. Tori sees clients Ontario-wide online as well as locally in her Attuned Therapy office. She also offers business coaching to other perinatal wellness professionals wanting to build or expand their practice.
The transition into parenthood is incredibly complex and often results in shifts in our physical and emotional well-being. Unfortunately, many parents do not receive adequate screening and support for perinatal mental health challenges, which in turn can negatively impact their ability to co-regulate with their children and find joy in their breastfeeding and perinatal journey. As lactation professionals, we connect with families during pivotal moments that may involve traumatic experiences, physical pain, financial strain, changes in relationships, and shifts in identity. We have an opportunity to play a pivotal role in identifying and assessing mental health challenges, reducing the stigma of accessing mental health support, and referring to our qualified counterparts to offer treatment. In this PowerPoint presentation, we will review how to perform a mental health assessment during a lactation consult. Topics that will be covered include how birth & breastfeeding experiences impact maternal mental health, how to bring forward difficult conversations including intrusive thoughts and suicide risk assessment, what to chart, and how to know when to refer.
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