Opening Up About Perinatal OCD. In Conversation with mental health advocate Catherine Benfield

Pachamama In Conversation

In this episode, I speak to mental health advocate, writer and campaigner, Catherine Benfield who is the founder and author of the OCD blog Taming Olivia. Catherine shares her personal journey with perinatal OCD and we cover everything from what the illness is, how it can manifest, what help is out there and what recovery looks like.

About Catherine Benfield:

https://www.tamingolivia.com/

Catherine article for the British Journal of Midwifery on maternal OCD: https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12968/bjom.2018.26.11.700

https://www.instagram.com/catherine_benfield/

OCD support charities and groups:

https://www.ocduk.org/

https://ocdaction.org.uk/

https://maternalocd.org/

Find an NHS psychological therapies service (IAPT): https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-psychological-therapies-service/

Support for Postpartum Psychosis:

Pachamama’s Live with Eve Canavan: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CGHrznGHCn4/

https://www.instagram.com/perinatalmhpartnership/

https://www.app-network.org/

About Pachamama:

https://pachamama-london.com/

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