Trauma-informed care in Birth Centers

Clinical Breakout

DATE: Saturday, October 14th
TIME: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
FACULTY: Dr. Cara English, DBH, MA, LAC, PMH-C

Learn about the prevalence and effects of trauma on brain development and health, learn to recognize signs and symptoms of trauma in self, colleagues, patients, and families, and learn to create a birth center environment that helps individuals and families to heal and recover from developmental and event trauma.

Faculty

Dr. Cara English, DBH, MA, LAC, PMH-C
Cara English is the Chief Executive Officer of Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies(CGI). Cara spearheaded a perinatal behavioral health integration project at Willow Birth Center that received international acclaim in the International Journal of Integrated Care. Dr. English currently serves on the Maternal Mortality Review Program and the Maternal Health Taskforce in Arizona. For her work to establish Cummings Graduate Institute, Cara was awarded the Psyche Award from the Nicholas & Dorothy Cummings Foundation in 2018, and is the recipient of the 2022 Sierra Tucson Compassion Recognition for her work to improve perinatal mental health in Arizona.