Birth Story Circle
October 19, 2023 @ 6:00PM — 8:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Roxbury Innovation Center in the Bruce Bolling Building: 2300 Washington Street, 2nd floor Roxbury, MA 02119 Get Directions
A welcoming community for sharing birth stories
A multi-generational birth story sharing portal designed to transform the participants by sharing and witnessing perinatal stories. Facilitated by a JP resident, Divya Kumar is a South Asian-American psychotherapist with a public health background who specializes in perinatal mental health, trauma, and the life transitions related to pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. She will curate a supportive and empathetic environment that welcomes open communication.
*Please note this is a space to reflect on and share different aspects of our birth stories in response to prompts. All experiences are welcome, however, this workshop is not designed as a birth trauma or a grief/loss support group. For those looking for such groups, please reach out to info@
Divya Kumar, LICSW, PMH-C (she/her) is a South Asian-American psychotherapist with a public health background who specializes in perinatal mental health, trauma, and the life transitions related to pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. She is especially passionate about holding space for folks of color and folks who identify as first- and second-generation immigrants as they navigate the transition to parenthood and explore how race, racial identity, and culture intersect with parenting.
Before becoming a therapist, Divya's work focused on connecting clinical services with public health by addressing unmet needs in direct perinatal mental healthcare and the structure and delivery of perinatal support services. Currently, she participates in initiatives to improve perinatal mental health services and systems of care at both the state and national levels. Divya is a Co-Founder of the Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color and a Commissioner on the Ellen Story Commission for Postpartum Depression, and she writes and speaks on the intersections of perinatal mental health, race, and culture.
She is the daughter of Indian immigrants and the mother of two multiracial teenagers, and spends her free time wandering around the green spaces in Jamaica Plain, knitting brightly colored scarves, and baking delicious brownies.