Monthly Archives: October 2016

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MD for Moms Radio | Anne Malavé, Ph.D. | Family Formation | Oct 26th, 2016

Photo attribution: Every Wednesday 1pm (ET) on the BBM Global Network and TuneIn Radio. Listen live or to archived shows at any time by clicking the link. This week on MD for Moms, I'll be interviewing Anne Malavé, Ph.D. about family expansion in the face of fertility struggles. The show, entitled Family Formation, Fertility and Fitting In will address the options available to couples to have children, potential barriers they may face in the process and ways to cope throughout the journey. Parenthood is not always a certain or an easy path, but this show will help by discussing the options in a clear, targeted but empathetic way. Learn more about my guest, Dr. Anne Malavé: Anne Malavé, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in full time private practice at Columbus Circle in Midtown North, Manhattan, NYC, and part-time private practice in Dutchess County NY, whose main area of special interest covers the range of experiences of people with fertility challenges who are trying to build their families.  She works with (but not limited to) heterosexual and LGBTQ individuals, couples, and small groups in (in)fertility, adoption, and third party reproduction, providing psychotherapy, support groups, and inter-country adoption and third-party consultations, and evaluations. Current support group offerings focus on infertility, pre and post donor egg pregnancy, and adoption. Dr. Malavé is actively involved in the professional communities associated with her areas of expertise.  She serves on the Executive Committee of the Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine; she is a current Professional Support Group Leader in RESOLVE, The National Infertility Association, where she has also served as Past Chair of the National Support Group Oversight Committee; in the The Adoptive Parents Committee she is a Parenting Group Leader, Adoptalk advice columnist, and Past Board Member; as a Consultant she works at California Cryobank, the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine- New York, and Reproductive Specialists of New York; and at the William Alanson White Institute she is Faculty, Supervisor, and Graduate. Dr. Malavé regularly speaks and writes about fertility and adoption related topics, and she lectures and teaches nationally and internationally.   Contact: 330 West 58th Street, Suite 406 New York, NY 10019 (212) 787 1304 Drannemalave@aol.com www.wmhcnyc.org/malav and 24 Main Street, Suite A PO Box 222, Millerton, NY 12546 (518) 789 0016">This week on MD for Moms, Dr Carly Snyder and Dr. Anne F. Malavé discuss Family Formation, Fertility and Fitting In: what makes a family, what options exist for family expansion and what are the best coping strategies when parenthood seems out of reach? All these questions will be answered and more - so be sure to listen!

This week on MD for Moms, Dr Carly Snyder and Dr. Anne F. Malavé discuss Family Formation, Fertility and Fitting In: what makes a family, what options exist for family expansion and what are the best coping strategies when parenthood seems out of reach? All these questions will be answered and more – so be sure to listen!

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MD for Moms | Peri-Natal Psychiatry

MD for Moms Radio | Dr. Alberto Escallon | Focus on Your Kid’s Focus | Oct 5th 2016

Alberto Escallon, MD

Dr. Carly Snyder and Dr. Alberto Escallon discuss how to identify and help a child who may be struggling with focus issues and/or anxiety; children do not always express how they are feeling, so we as parents need to know signs that indicate there may be a problem, and Dr. Escallon is going to review these signs and discuss when to get your child help and what treatment options exist.

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