Dreaming For Two: Makor Features Discussion Of Womens Emotional Life During Pregnancy

Bryan Dotson

Columbia University Health Sciences Columbia Presbyterian

Medical Center

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Ruth Patkin

MAKOR

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DREAMING FOR TWO: MAKOR FEATURES DISCUSSION OF

WOMEN’S EMOTIONAL LIFE DURING PREGNANCY

MAKOR, a program of the 92nd Street Y, presents Columbia

University and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center researchers in panel

discussion

WHAT: The complex emotional life of an expectant mother

– a combination of joy, challenge, and transition – is rarely

given its due. An expert panel will explore the expectant mother’s

evolving sense of self, her experiences managing

changing relationships, and other common concerns. The panelists

also will discuss cutting-edge research on how a

woman’s emotions may affect the fetus and the future child’s development.

This event is sponsored by Makor, a

program of the 92nd Street Y that reaches out to New Yorkers in their 20s

and 30s with opportunities to connect

and learn through imaginative programming in the arts and entertainment,

education, and service to others.

WHEN & Wednesday, September 25, 2002

WHERE: 7:30 p.m.

MAKOR, a program of the 92nd Street Y

35 West 67th Street, New York, NY

Tickets & Info: 212-601-1000 / www.makor.org

Tickets can be bought for $12 in advance, or for $15 at the door.

WHO: Moderator Lisa

Benenson is an award-winning writer, consultant and speaker specializing

in parenting and work/life

issues. She has been a parenting contributor on NBC's “Today Show” to discuss

parenting and has appeared on

“NBC Nightly News,” the “CBS Nightly News,” “Good Morning America,” CNN

and other national broadcast

programs. Ms. Benenson is former editorial director and vice president

of Working Woman Network, where she

oversaw both Working Mother and Working Woman magazines as editor-in-chief.

Ms. Benenson lives in Upper

Montclair, N.J., with her husband, Joel, and their children, Anya and Will.

Alexis Menken, Ph.D., co-director, Pregnancy & Post-Partum Resource

Center at Columbia Presbyterian Medical

Center; instructor in clinical psychiatry, Columbia University Department

of Psychiatry; assistant professional in

psychiatry, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Catherine Monk, Ph.D., co-director, Pregnancy & Post-Partum Resource

Center at Columbia Presbyterian Medical

Center; assistant professor of clinical psychiatry, Columbia University

Department of Psychiatry

Hillary Grill, M.S.W.; psychotherapist specializing in the mental health

issues including prenatal and postpartum

adjustment, pregnancy loss, infertility and adaptation to parenthood; co-author

of “Dreaming for Two: The Hidden

Emotional Life of Expectant Mothers”

Sindy Greenberg, journalist and co-author of “Dreaming for Two: The Hidden

Emotional Life of Expectant

Mothers”

Elyse Kroll, senior editor, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and co-author

of “Dreaming for Two: The Hidden

Emotional Life of Expectant Mothers”

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