Episode 40: Health Psychologist Kathleen Kendall-Tackett

Our guest today is Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, a health psychologist and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and the Owner & Editor-in-Chief of Praeclarus Press, a small press specializing in women's health. Dr. Kendall-Tackett is Editor-in-Chief of two peer-reviewed journals: Clinical Lactation and Psychological Trauma. She is Fellow of the American Psychological Association in Health and Trauma Psychology, Past President of the APA Division of Trauma Psychology, and a member of the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest.   We will be speaking with Dr. Kendall-Tackett about violence, trauma, depression, breastfeeding, mothering and their intersection and impact in domestic violence and child custody cases.

In our conversation, Dr. Kendall-Tackett and I referenced the following resources:

• "The startling toll on children who witness domestic violence is just now being understood" in USA Today
• Managing Pain Before It Manages You, by Margaret Caudill
• The work of Dr. Doug Drossman on the link between chronic pain and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• "Violence against women and the perinatal period:  The impact of lifetime violence and abuse on pregnancy, postpartum, and breastfeeding."  Trauma, Violence and Abuse," 8(3), 344-353, by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, 2007.
• American Academy of Pediatric's Guidelines on Breastfeeding
• "The bottle-feeding culture is alive and well:  Lessons from stock photo sites," Clinical Lactation, 7(2), 45-47, by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, 2016.
• "The health effects of childhood abuse:  Four pathways by which abuse can influence health," Child Abuse & Neglect, 6/7, 715-730, 2002.
• The origins of the Adverse Childhood Experiences study and the connection between child sexual abuse and obesity

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