Sarah Craig, PhD, PMH-C
Chair
Dr. Sarah Craig is a clinical psychologist and practices at the Hanover Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapies. Her clinical areas of expertise include PTSD, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and substance use disorders. After experiencing perinatal depression during her second pregnancy, she became concerned about the disconnect between medical and psychological care for pregnant and postpartum individuals and sought to extend her clinical training to this population. She earned her PMH-C certification in 2021 and in 2022, she accepted the role of chair for the NH state chapter where she is excited to promote awareness, education, training, and access to care to the residents of this state.
James Craig, PhD
Treasurer
Dr. James Craig is a licensed clinical psychologist at Dartmouth Medical School and specializes in supporting parents and children with mental health concerns. He grew up in rural Kansas and has focused his research career on finding ways to bring evidence-based mental health care to rural and underserved families. He believes that if we are ever going to address the current national mental health crisis it must start with taking care of all of the brave people who take on the role of being a parent. In his own life, he has found that the joy, but also the challenges of becoming a parent, which has connected him with this population like never before. He hopes that PSI NH will be a place where all pregnant and parenting are welcome and valued.
Jessica Leandri, MA
Secretary
Jessica Leandri is a seasoned healthcare operations leader with a strong track record of working with diverse stakeholder groups on system quality improvement and program implementation. For many years the scope of her work has been peripheral to perinatal health and an area of personal passion. After having her daughter in Spring, 2022 and experiencing postpartum firsthand she was more motivated than ever to engage within her community and statewide to expand resources for new parents. Jessica accepted the role of secretary for the NH state chapter and looks forward to working collaboratively to best support and expand access to resources in NH.
Mirella Maggi, PhD
Advocacy Lead
Dr. Mirella Maggi is a clinical psychologist who works at the Hanover Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapies. She has extensive training in empirically supported treatments for anxiety and depression, as well as a wide range of other challenges in children, adolescents, and college students. In particular, she specializes in treating children and young people experiencing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Mirella’s work with families and young children and her own experiences with pregnancy and motherhood has made her passionate about supporting families and parenting individuals. In 2022, she joined the NH state chapter of PSI as the advocacy lead.
Alison Palmer, MS, WHNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Liaison
Alison Palmer, APRN combines over 25 years of nursing experience as a bedside labor and delivery nurse, perinatal clinical nurse specialist, and advanced practice nurse practitioner in OBGYN and reproductive mental health. She became involved in this work after struggling with postpartum anxiety over 18 years ago. Alison was a former NH state coordinator for PSI. She has a passion for innovative program development that supports the mental health of growing families and is invested in evidence-based clinical training of healthcare providers to effectively care for these individuals. She is the owner of Palmer Perinatal and Women’s Wellness, PLLC.
Heather Martin, RMA, PMH-C, PFP
Member At-Large
Heather Martin is a maternal mental health advocate/coordinator and works at Dartmouth Health Pediatrics as a medical assistant. She lives in Salem, NH with her husband and two boys. She became passionate about maternal mental health after tragically losing her sister to maternal suicide. She started a postpartum screening/follow up call workflow at her pediatric practice. She advocates for legislation pertaining to maternal mental health both nationally and here in New Hampshire. She also is a Postpartum Support Coordinator for New Hampshire.
Farrah Sheehan, MSN, RN, IBCLC, CCBE
Member At-Large
Farrah Sheehan is a perinatal nurse educator, researcher, and consultant whose work focuses on respectful, equitable and supportive care, birth trauma recovery and care for substance exposed infants and their families. She provides private lactation services and birth trauma-recovery sessions for families and birth professionals. She trains perinatal professional teams in trauma-informed care, health equity and birth trauma awareness and prevention and provides consultation for teams seeking to improve the quality of care they provide through reflective-practices and compassionate communication. Farrah recently completed service as faculty in the National Institute of Health clinical trial “ACT NOW” researching the Eat Sleep Console Care Tool and helped lead the implementation Eat Sleep Console with the Northern New England Quality Improvement Network (NNEPQIN). Farrah serves on NH’s Perinatal Substance Exposure Taskforce, as a board member on NH’s Breastfeeding Taskforce and Postpartum Support International NH chapter and as a research nurse for MOms in REcovery (MORE), a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) awarded study. Farrah loves to travel, explore in nature, practice yoga, paint and spend time with her family. She lives in Amherst, NH.
Maureen Thibault
Member At-Large
Maureen is an RN, Lactation Consultant with over 20 years of experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Her hospital based Lactation experience includes: Lactation Care for Maternity,Neonatal ICU and Pediatric Units at Dartmouth Medical Center and Elliot Hospital. She has also provided Dartmouth Medical Center and Elliot Hospital based outpatient Lactation assessments, recommendations and care for infants from birth to age 1. In addition Maureen has previously provided Pediatric Nursing/Lactation Care for the Granite Visiting Nurse Association, NH Special Medical Services and for the state of NH as the State WIC Breastfeeding Coordinator. Maureen is an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant and holds a Master’s Degree in Education. Her experience in the field has shown her how connected Lactation and maternal/infant mental health are. It is her belief that a better understanding of these connections can help professionals serve families in ways that more deeply support both parent/infant mental health and Lactation.
Victoria Munoz
Member At-Large
Victoria will graduate from the University of New Hampshire in May 2024 with a Master of Social Work in addition to graduate certificates in Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities and Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice. Victoria is passionate about working with the perinatal and parenting population. She believes that pregnancy and early childhood are a crucial time to address multi-generational effects of inequity, trauma, and adversity. She looks forward to serving her on the PSI-NH board and drawing her on passion of blending clinical and systems work.
Jenna Semeiks LICSW, LCSW, PMH-C
Member At-Large
Jenna is an LICSW in New Hampshire, and LCSW in New York, Texas, and California. Jenna has over thirteen years of experience providing mental health services to diverse populations of adults, children, and families. Following her own experience with perinatal anxiety and OCD, Jenna became passionate about working with this population and earned her Perinatal Mental Health Certification. Jenna has private practice providing EMDR therapy and incorporates other treatment modalities such as Internal Family System (IFS), Polyvagal Theory, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Jenna is also a virtual PMAD peer support group facilitator for Postpartum Support International. Jenna is excited to call New Hampshire home after living all over the country with her husband, children, and dog.
Lindsay Smith
Member At-Large
Lindsay Smith worked as a nurse midwife for 25 years, in New York City and Miami, Florida. The Covid pandemic led her to seek extra training in perinatal mental health and from a patient she learned about Postpartum Support International. After completing PSI’s provider trainings and relocating to New Hampshire, Lindsay began volunteering as one of PSI’s NH regional coordinators. Since 2022, she has taught obstetrical nursing at Keene State College and Cheshire Medical Center. Lindsay has 2 daughters who are in their 20s. In addition to spending time with her family and friends, she loves to hike, ski and play pickle ball.
