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Ethics in Perinatal Mental Health Practice

Morgan Bradwell, LICSW, PMH-C
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Description

This workshop examines the ethical considerations that arise when providing mental health care during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Clinicians supporting perinatal clients may encounter complex clinical situations involving professional boundaries, confidentiality, dual roles, client autonomy, personal biases, mandated reporting, and concerns related to client and infant safety. This presentation reviews ethical principles relevant to perinatal mental health and offers a framework for navigating challenging situations while maintaining client autonomy, trauma-informed care, and professional integrity.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Identify at least 3 common ethical dilemmas that may arise in perinatal mental health practice.

  • Develop an ethical decision-making framework to apply trauma-informed clinical responses to complex perinatal circumstances.

Educational Goal

The educational goals of this workshop are for clinicians to identify common ethical dilemmas in perinatal mental health practice and develop an ethical decision-making framework to apply trauma-informed clinical responses to complex perinatal circumstances.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Nurse
  • Physician
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Morgan Bradwell, LICSW, PMH-C
Morgan Bradwell, LICSW, PMH-C is a licensed clinical social worker, therapist, and the founder of Village Therapy Collective in Mobile, Alabama. Morgan is passionate about all things women’s health, trauma recovery, and maternal mental health. As a certified EMDR Therapist and a certified perinatal mental health specialist, Morgan brings unique expertise in the treatment of traumas that disproportionately impact women, and she is committed to helping women build villages of support in any season of their lives. In addition to her clinical practice, Morgan speaks at conferences, trainings for healthcare professionals, women’s health panels, and on podcasts. She is an approved CEU provider through the Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners and also offers individual and group consultation to clinicians. Morgan is also the co-host of a free postpartum support group in her community, and serves on the board of a local nonprofit organization that ministers to women who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss. In her spare time, you can find Morgan sipping a cinnamon oat milk latte with her husband, having dance parties with her daughters, or creating content for her professional social media space @yourhiredvillage.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Aetna Better Health of Louisiana
  • Humana Healthy Horizons in Louisiana
  • Louisiana Healthcare Connections