2026 PMHC Agenda - Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: the Montana Coalition

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Time	- Main Stage	Conference Room 5 - Breakout	Skyview 1 & 2 - Breakout	Willow 1 & 2 - Breakout
8:30 am	Welcome & Opening Session Amy Stiffarm PhD, MPH, Executive Director \| Berry Medicine Native Birthwork Initiatives Stephanie Morton MSW, Executive Director \| Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies - The Montana Coalition Presented by: Montana DPHHS
9:15 am	Caring for the Whole Person: Helping Mothers See Themselves April Quinlan LCPC, Professional and Personal Life Consultant \| Independent
10:15 am	Break & Snack with Exhibitors
10:30 am	Creating Safe Pathways to Perinatal Care for People Using Substances: An Academic Community Partnership Jacqueline Kline Certified Prevention Specialist, Missoula Public Health Dr. Marcy Hanson PhD, MN, RN, Assistant Professor \| Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing at Montana State University Dr. Sarah Reese LCSW, ssistant Professor \| University of Montana School of Social Work
11:45 am	Lunch
12:30 pm		Neurodivergence Convergence in Perinatal Couples: How Neurodivergent Experience Impacts Intimate Relationships Caitlin Adamo LCPC, PMH-C, Clinical Mental Health Counselor \| Fireweed Integrative Therapy PLLC	Community Justice Workers: Expanding Access to Justice through Lay Advocacy Hayden Ramsey Community Justice Worker Project Coordinator \| Montana Legal Services Association	Supporting Grief and Loss When Working with Indigenous Families Misty Pipe Indigenous Doula
1:30 pm	Transition Time
1:45 pm		Enhancing Motivation in Brief Counseling for Pregnant and Postpartum Patients Holly Demarest BS, LAC, PMH-C, Behavioral Health Care Manager \| Billings Clinic	Building Inclusive Care: Barriers, Strengths, and Needed Support for LGBTQ2S+ Parents in Montana Tess Carlson MSW, LISW-S, RYT, PMH-C, Doctoral Candidate \| University of Montana School of Public and Community Health Sciences	Beyond the Couch Jamie VanderLinden LCSW, LAC, LCSW, LAC \| Montana Primary Care Association
2:45 pm	Break & Snack with Exhibitors
3:00 pm	“More than Just a Number”: Supporting Mental Health in Clients of Advanced Maternal Age Emily Riggs MSW, LISW-S, RYT, PMH-C, Women's Mental Health Therapist, Consultant, and Educator \| Emily Riggs Therapy & Wellness
4:00 pm	Policy is Care: When Systems Fail—and How We Can Change Them Mary Collins MSW, Policy Director \| Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies - The Montana Coalition
7:00 pm	SILOED Screening Stephanie Fitch MHA, MS, LCPC, LAC, PMH-C, Women's and Children's Grant Manager \| Billings Clinic

Time	- Main Stage	Conference Room 5 - Breakout	Skyview 1 & 2 - Breakout	Willow 1 & 2 - Breakout
7:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am	Welcome Stephanie Morton MSW, Executive Director \| Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies - The Montana Coalition
8:45 am	Critical Allyship Practices to Grow Indigenous-led Maternal Child Health Organization: The Birth of Berry Medicine Amy Stiffarm PhD, MPH, Executive Director \| Berry Medicine Native Birthwork Initiatives Stephanie Morton MSW, Executive Director \| Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies - The Montana Coalition
9:45 am	Nutrition and Perinatal Mental Health Dr. Leigh Wagner PhD, MS, RDN, LD, CPPC, Integrative and Functional Medicine Dietitian
10:45 am	Break & Snack with Exhibitors
11:00 am		No Time to Heal: Cow Heavy and Floral, Perinatal Mental Health, and the Fight for Paid Family and Medical Leave in Montana Mary Collins MSW, Policy Director \| Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies - The Montana Coalition	A Year in Review: The Empaths Program’s Integration of the Collaborative Care Model in the OB/GYN Setting Stephanie Fitch MHA, MS, LCPC, LAC, PMH-C, Women's and Children's Grant Manager \| Billings Clinic	Grief in the Perinatal Period: Evidence-Based Support for Parents After Loss Rebekah Price Orr MHA, MS, LCPC, LAC, PMH-C, Clinical Mental Health Counselor \| Nature and Nurture Counseling Services
12:00 pm	Lunch
12:45 pm		From Vision to Village: Creating Perinatal Support in Your Community Mackenzie Johnson Program & Partnerships Director \| Roots Family Collaborative Kerry Williams Co-Executive Director, Co-Founder \| Roots Family Collaborative Suzanne Bendick Co-Executive Director, Co-Founder \| Roots Family Collaborative	Maximizing Impact: Elevating Patient Family Partner Contributions Within the Montana Perinatal Quality Collaborative Chelsea Bellon MPH, Patient Family Partner \| MPQC-AIM Lanita Hoskinson BHPSS, CD, CLC, Behavioral Health Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Doula/CLC \| One Health Margaret Anne Adams RN, BSN, Indigenous Health Systems Transformation Lead \| Yarrow	Fathers and Families: Integrative Approaches for Paternal Perinatal Mental Health Dr. Michael Smith ND, MS, Naturopathic Physician \| Natura Health and Wellness Clinic
1:45 pm	Break & Snack
2:00 pm	Partnering with Families Through HOPE: Strengthening Relational Health and Positive Experiences in the Perinatal Period Brooke Hathaway Angst M.Ed., Founder/Consultant/Trainer \| Angst Learning Services, LLC
3:30 pm	Closing Session: Lifting Spirits, Building Hope! Stephanie Morton MSW, Executive Director \| Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies - The Montana Coalition Presented by: Montana DPHHS

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