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Atara Parkinson

Atara Parkinson

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and certified integrative mental health clinician specializing in postpartum support, trauma-informed care, and somatic therapy.

May 29, 2026

5:40
... you know, what is your perception of the NICU, and, like, what is your experience, and why did you create that program? Because our, our children are important.
5:47
Yes.
5:48
Well, yeah, and such a great question.
5:50
And-I, even as you said that, Kelly, I'm imagining what that experience would've been like to have, have you, right? And to have had you while we were going through that.
6:02
And I'm just imagining what comfort that could have brought us, right? So, so to put it really succinctly, 'cause my whole story would take a couple hours to tell, but essentially I have four children, my first three of which were all unexpected NICU stays.
6:20
Yeah.
6:21
And, um, they were all full term, so that, you know, s- I- I think a lot of people assume that a NICU baby is a pre-term baby, but, uh, I forget the numbers.
7:16
Mm

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