Episode 10: 30 Rock, Perinatal and Postnatal Mental Illness and Guest Yuliya Golubev

Licensed professional counselors Johanna Dwinells and Sarah Bryski-Hamrick are slowly demystifying and destigmatizing therapy, one episode at a time. Recording and living in the Philadelphia area, Johanna and Sarah work to make therapy feel more accessible, with quirky, sometimes intrusive questions that reveal the human side of healthcare professionals, all while they overcome their own anxieties and internalized stigmas. 

TW: mistreatment of pregnant women, new mothers

Episode summary: Johanna talks about hitting the road again. Sarah talks about 30 Rock. They both read a history lesson about the history of perinatal and postnatal mental illness. Licensed Professional Counselor, Yuliya Golubev talk about being a therapist in New York City during the pandemic and helping clients on their journeys into parenthood. 

Guest Bio:Yuliya Golubev is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of New York. She is a seasoned bilingual-bicultural psychotherapist who has been seeing clients for over 14 years. She has been running her private practice since 2017. Prior to starting her private practice, Yuliya worked with a diverse set of clients in a variety of clinical settings: college counseling, outpatient substance abuse program, crisis call center, and hospitals.  Yuliya also provided a spectrum of clinical services: individual, group, family therapies, crisis intervention, and supervision. 

Yuliya is passionate about professional advocacy and teaching. She served one term as the Professional Development Chair and Vice President for the NYC Chapter of the New York Mental Health Counseling Association. Yuliya is a part-time adjunct Professor at St. Francis College. She teaches undergraduate classes of General Psychology and Child and Adolescent Developmental.

Yuliya also enjoys volunteering to decrease the stigma of mental health. 

Yuliya lives with her family in Brooklyn. When not in the office, she enjoys discovering new hiking trails, strolling NYC neighborhoods, going to the theater, and trying new recipes.

Sources for today’s History Lesson: “Perinatal mental illness: Definition, description and aetiology” by Michael W. O’Hara, PhD, Katherine L. Wisner, MD, MS, Norman and Helen Asher Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Obstetrics and Gynecology; “Sadness and Support: A Short History of Postpartum Depression” by Robert Sparks; wikipedia.org;

Resources: Postpartum Support International www.postpartum.net; La Leche League https://www.llli.org/; “The Worry Cure: Seven Steps To Stop Worry From Stopping You” by Robert L. Leahy; “When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life” by David D. Burns

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