I just completed my first training with Seleni Institute and plan to complete additional training in the near future. Seleni provides quality education and I am excited to take this knowledge into practice. I would highly recommend Seleni as a training resource for those working in perinatal mental health.!

Great information! As a social worker for this demographic, I found the information very helpful in creating additional understanding of my patient population. I learned so much that will be used to assist my patients.

I would highly recommend the Seleni Institute.I am a Public Health Professional who suffered two second-trimester losses. Shortly after, I founded Life After 2 Losses. Our mission is to support, inform, and empower women and families to prevent them from suffering similar losses by providing advocacy through education. The Seleni Institute recognized the work I was doing in community and I was awarded a scholarship to the Selenis Mental Health Intensive Clinical Training online courses. I learned a lot of useful information to better help assist the women and families I come in contact with who suffered pregnancy or fetal loss. The Seleni Institute was also the first organization who gave me the tools I need to make sure I am practicing self care and not burning out, and what to do if I am noticing signs of burn out.

We have used the Seleni Institutes online training in Maternal Mental Health for our staff and have been so pleased with the quality and content of their online program! The instant access and online format makes it so accessible for our clinicians. We are so grateful to have an immediate alternative to in-person training when onboarding and training our new staff!Michelle Button, LCSW-R, PMH-CDirector, Passages Wellness & Counseling for Women

I attended the Maternal Mental Health Intensive at Seleni a few months ago. The material was presented very clearly and the staff was very knowledgeable about the topic. It was great to be in a room with other clinicians who are passionate about this work. The case presentations were great and provided and opportunity to reflect on what interventions work best. I would recommend the training to anyone working with women of reproductive age.

After having our first child, I knew I wanted to become a doula. Within my doula studies, I soon realized that providing physical comfort measures was just as important as the emotional aspect. In addition, it was crucial to continue providing that emotional support to all mother’s postpartum.As someone who has personally battled with postpartum anxiety and depression, I learned that advocating for myself was the most important decision I made in recovery. My personal battles and self-discovery gave me the desire to encourage others to learn to advocate for themselves as well.After having our second child, I wanted to dive deeper into my birth and virtual doula services, by providing the best emotional support I could. I was eager to learn about my own mental health and perinatal mental health overall. I came across Seleni Institute and I fell in love with their core values and mission. Seleni invisions “ a world where emotional health is valued just as much as physical health.”The first course I completed was Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. This online course was broken down into 14 sections with an exam at the end. The lessons include video lectures, notes and case studies.The course sections can be found below:SECTION 1 : The Complex Terrain of ParenthoodSECTION 2: Perinatal Emotional AdjustmentSECTION 3: Range of Distress, PMADs and Intrusive Thoughts, EtiologySECTION 4: Range of PMADs and Issues Around DiagnosisSECTION 5: Clinical ApplicationSECTION 6: Psychotherapeutic Approaches at SeleniSECTION 7: Clinical Application by Diagnostic CategorySECTION 8: Implications of Managed and Unmanaged Maternal & Paternal Mental Illness, Treatment InterventionsSECTION 9: Principles of Perinatal Psychiatric CareSECTION 10: Fathers and Perinatal DistressSECTION 11: ART and Third Party ReproductionSECTION 12: Expanding Our FocusSECTION 13: Clinician’s Use of Self and Burn-out PreventionSECTION 14: Applying Skills: SupervisionSome of my favorite topics covered were: postpartum rage/postpartum anger, the good enough mother, breastfeeding, breastfeeding myths, surviving morning sickness, and breaking up negative thoughts. The instructors of this course provided information clearly and used evidence-based skills. The case examples used also enhanced the understanding of my learnings.By the end of the course I was able to see the various ways that the physical, emotional, and social expectations around pregnancy interact and influence the experience of pregnancy and new parenthood. I now feel comfortable being able to utilize the strategies learned to care for mothers, fathers, partners and families.The next course I will dive into is Perinatal Loss and Grief. As someone who has personally experienced loss, I know this course will be both hard and beneficial. My goal has always been to have the knowledge and compassion necessary to provide the best care to my birth and virtual doula clients. Seleni Institute has given me the education and encouragement needed to empower mothers everywhere.

I had an incredible experience at Seleni. I first went there for a consultation with their IBCLC and continued going for weekly breastfeeding clinics. It is such a supportive and welcoming environment. I felt so comfortable there that I returned months later for their sleep support clinic. They have every challenge a mother could experience covered. Whatever the hurdle, Ill always reach to them. The space is like oasis in the city, the staff are lovely.

Friend recommended this place to me 6 months ago when I was feeling really anxious a few weeks into my pregnancy (my first). Kind of lifesaving. Ive been going ever since and I feel so much better. Andrew the clinic director made me feel so taken care of and the therapist I see is really lovely - exactly what I needed (just needed some TLC with all the hormones and nausea!). I took the breastfeeding workshop where they prepare first timers and that was really helpful. Now in therapy there and we talk about fears of not being a good mom, what if I have to have c-section, etc. And the office is BEAUTIFUL. Highly recommended.

An expensive scam. Don’t waste your time and money here. Most of the people who work here don’t even have licenses (they are trainees pretending to be psychologists and such). I attended a training here and found it rather surface and repetitive. I thought it seemed fishy so I decided to look up the clinical team and found that most of the people billed as “experts” were actually unlicensed or limited permit (LP) trainees who are required to have supervison before they can practice on their own. The clinical director doesn’t even have a license to practice psychology or therapy-she is also an LP! This seems like fraud targeting early career clinicians. Very disappointed.

Beautiful space and nice people but I don’t think they have many licensed people here and they don’t seem to know why they are doing. I had an intial appointment here for support around my postpartum anxiety a few months ago and it felt off. The psychologist seemed nervous and unfamiliar though she was sweet. I decided not to go back. I read Susan’s review above and it made sense. Do yourself a favor and check out their clinical team-most of them including the founder and the clinical director don’t have licenses to practice therapy! I had to do some checking but I found out that LP does indeed mean they do not have licenses and still in training. I wish I knew this before I have them $300 for “expert care”...go check out behavioral health associates around the corner if you want actual expert treatment...

Amazing nonprofit and a team that truly cares about women and their families. Seleni works hard to address reproductive challenges.

Awful. Getting one star because of the lovely doctor who did my initial intake phone call. I dont believe she knows that the person she referred me to basically discouraged me from seeking treatment at Seleni and basically told me just to go to Payne Whitney. Because I inquired about sliding scale? I felt ashamed but later found out from other professionals they have stopped referring women here because of this reason. If you have the money they will help you, otherwise they will not. I read they have a teen program, I wonder if it is limited to wealthy teens. Shame on Seleni for pretending to be otherwise and wasting the time of pregnant women and mothers in need of help. Just say you dont take insurances and you must pay up front and thats all.