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COLEMAN, Jabina (b. 1982)

Oral Histories

OH 2064

For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Jabina Coleman is a reproductive psychotherapist and a board-certified lactation consultant. She discusses her work as a social worker, and her work on Black maternal mental health and perinatal mood disorders like postpartum depression. She discusses her businesses, Life House Lactation & Perinatal Services and Breastfeeding Awareness and Empowerment (BAE). The interview also focuses on her work as a co-founder of Postpartum Support International (PSI)’s Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color in 2017. Mention of her co-founders, Desiree Israel and Divya Kumar, and of PSI’s Wendy Davis. Mention of her own postpartum experience with postpartum depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).