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Diana Lynn Barnes, Psy.D., MFT is a licensed psychotherapist who specializes in women's health issues and life cycle changes, particularly as it relates to the development of mood disorders. She started The Center for Postpartum Health in Woodland Hills, California, to address the needs of the pregnant and post-partum woman and her family.
In addition to her private practice, Dr. Barnes teaches "Transitions to Parenthood," a monthly class for expectant parents at Tarzana Hospital in Tarzana, California. She also teaches Family Studies and Child Development at Los Angeles Valley College and Pierce College.
Dr. Barnes has been a parenting columnist for Los Angeles Family Magazine and L.A. Parent Magazine as well as numerous parenting publications throughout the country. She is the author of Celebrity Parenting: Famous Parents Share Personal Stories and the creator/producer of "The Parent Profile," a CBS national radio feature. Dr. Barnes was a consultant and interviewed expert for the MSNBC program "A Mother's Confession," a television documentary on postpartum psychosis, and an interviewed expert for the Discovery Health channel's "Medical Diary" program on postpartum depression. She sits on the Advisory Board of the Los Angeles Best Babies Collaborative.
As a national and international trainer and teacher, Dr. Barnes is a featured presenter on issues pertaining to the assessment and treatment of depression during pregnancy and post=partum, its impact on the family as well as its impact on the healthy development of the infant. Speaking engagements include:
- Postpartum Support International, International Conference - consequences of maternal abuse on the new mother and implications for postpartum depression.
- Postpartum Support International, International Conference - family treatment approaches for postpartum depression.
- WIC, Statewide Conference - interventions in postpartum depression
- The Lactation Institute - assessment and treatment of postpartum depression
- La Leche League Annual Regional Conference, Costa Mesa, California - maternal depression and disrupted attachment
- Association for Perinatal and Prenatal Psychology Annual International Conference - ambivalence and the maternal role
- American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists 62nd Annual Conference - assessment and treatment of postpartum depression
Diana Lynn Barnes, Psy.D., MFT is a professional member of Depression After Delivery, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. She is the past president of Postpartum Support International.
