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Eszter Kalman

Eszter Kalman

Hungarian-born perinatal therapist (LCSW, PMH-C) and founder of Golden Tears Therapy in San Diego, specializing in postpartum depression and anxiety.

Jan 12, 2026

18:21
I guarantee you may be asked once or none about how your anxiety or depression is during your whole entire pregnancy.
18:27
Yeah, yeah, sadly, that's very true.
18:29
And again, it depends on the provider, depending on where you live, which state you live in, because it's crazy how some states require some screening, but in some states, they don't even talk about it.
18:42
So there's great effort and some sort of grassroots movements and also postpartum support international are great in terms of providing training right to professionals as well as building community and free support groups to everyone yet there's still so many moms that they just never even heard of it because it's not talked about and even if you think about the visits right like during pregnancy you said you get your you pee in a cup every single time during pregnancy and they see you I mean depending on your pregnancy but A lot, right? Like every month and then towards the end, like every two weeks.
19:28
And then at six weeks postpartum, they see you one time and then that's it.
19:35
You're done.
19:36
You're on your own.
22:20
What would you tell her the next steps for her to be?

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