Perinatal Mental Health Consulting, Training & Program Development
Helping healthcare organizations, nonprofits, and clinical teams build more compassionate, trauma-informed care for families navigating pregnancy, loss, birth, and reproductive transitions.
When families are facing pregnancy complications, reproductive loss, traumatic birth, or serious fetal and neonatal illness, compassionate care matters.
But compassion alone is not enough.
Teams also need the knowledge, structures, language, and confidence to respond well.
I’m Dr. Solimar Santiago-Warner, LCSW, PMH-C, a clinician, educator, scholar, and consultant specializing in perinatal mental health, reproductive grief, perinatal palliative care, birth and NICU trauma, and culturally responsive care.
I partner with organizations to turn that expertise into practical, meaningful change.
How I Partner With Organizations
Training & Education
Engaging, evidence-informed training designed for healthcare professionals, mental health clinicians, social workers, community organizations, and interdisciplinary teams.
Topics include:
Perinatal Mental Health • Pregnancy & Infant Loss • Birth & NICU Trauma • Perinatal Palliative Care • Advanced Birth Planning • Reproductive Grief • Culturally Responsive Care • Clinician Wellbeing
Trainings can be customized for your team, setting, and learning goals.
Program Development & Consultation
Sometimes the need is bigger than a workshop.
I consult with organizations developing or strengthening perinatal mental health, pregnancy loss, bereavement, psychosocial support, peer support, and perinatal palliative care programs.
Together, we can identify gaps, clarify workflows, develop trauma-informed practices, and build systems that better support both families and the professionals caring for them.
Clinical Consultation
I also provide individual and small-group consultation for clinicians working with pregnancy loss, infertility, PMADs, reproductive trauma, birth trauma, and complex perinatal cases.
Consultation can include case conceptualization, grief and trauma interventions, EMDR integration, cultural responsiveness, countertransference, and clinician sustainability.
What I Bring to the Room
My perspective comes from years of work across hospital systems, psychotherapy, perinatal palliative care, bereavement, graduate education, research, and community-based care.
That means I understand both the clinical experience of the family and the realities of the professionals and systems trying to care for them.
My work is:
Clinically grounded. Evidence-informed. Culturally responsive. Trauma-informed. Practical enough to use in the real world.
The goal is not simply for your team to leave inspired.
I want them to leave knowing what to do differently.
Selected Work
A few examples of how I’ve partnered with healthcare, nonprofit, and community organizations to strengthen care for families and the professionals who support them.
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Urban Strategies | NYC Maternal & Family Programming
The Need
Staff supporting pregnant and postpartum families needed practical tools to recognize perinatal mental health concerns and respond in ways that were supportive, trauma-informed, and appropriate to their roles.My Work
I developed two tailored learning experiences: a staff training focused on recognizing and responding to perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, followed by a participant-centered workshop for new mothers focused on emotional wellbeing, attachment, and the transition to parenthood.The Impact
The program translated perinatal mental health concepts into accessible, real-world strategies that both professionals and parents could understand and use.Expertise: Perinatal Mental Health • PMADs • Community Education • Trauma-Informed Care • Maternal Mental Health
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NYU McSilver Institute / TTAC
The Need
Clinicians working with reproductive loss need approaches that address more than the cognitive and emotional dimensions of grief. Pregnancy loss can also profoundly affect the body, identity, relationships, and sense of safety.My Work
I developed and delivered professional education on perinatal grief and the postpartum body, translating scholarship and clinical experience into practical strategies clinicians could bring into their work with grieving parents.The training introduced an embodied approach to understanding reproductive grief, including attention to trauma, bodily memory, identity, culture, and the continuing impact of pregnancy and loss.
The Impact
Clinicians were offered a broader framework for understanding and responding to reproductive grief beyond traditional models of bereavement care.Expertise: Pregnancy Loss • Reproductive Grief • Trauma • Embodied Care • Clinical Educationtion text goes here
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The Tiny Miracles Foundation
The Need
Peer mentors supporting NICU families are often sitting with parents during moments of fear, uncertainty, grief, and trauma. They need more than good intentions. They need language, boundaries, and trauma-informed skills that help them support families without stepping outside the peer role.My Work
I developed specialized training for loss mentors focused on understanding grief and trauma, responding compassionately to bereaved parents, recognizing the embodied impact of loss, and supporting families while maintaining appropriate peer-support boundaries.The Impact
The training strengthened mentors’ ability to remain present with difficult emotions, respond without trying to fix or minimize grief, and provide more intentional support to families navigating loss.Expertise: NICU • Pregnancy & Infant Loss • Peer Support • Trauma-Informed Care • Grief Education
Let’s Build Something Meaningful.
You may already know exactly what your organization needs.
Or you may simply know that something in the current system could be better.
We can start there.
Tell me about your team, program, or challenge, and we can explore what thoughtful collaboration might look like.