Susan Benjamin Feingold

Susan Benjamin Feingold, PsyD, PMH-C is a licensed clinical psychologist, author and perinatal expert and advocate. In her clinical practice, she has specialized for over twenty-six years in women's reproductive-related mood and anxiety disorders (pregnancy and postpartum), perinatal loss, infertility issues, PTSD, and couple relationship problems.

Dr. Feingold is the recipient of the 2018 Maternal Mental Health Innovacation Award for work in policy and advocacy.

She co-authored the 2020 book, Advocating for Women with Postpartum Mental Illness: A Guide to Changing the Law and the National Climate (Rowman & Littlefield) regarding postpartum psychosis and the first postpartum criminal law in the U.S.

She is author of, Happy Endings, New Beginnings: Navigating Postpartum Disorders (New Horizon Press, 2013). Website: http://drsusanbfeingold.com

She serves on the Advisory Board for Postpartum Support International and is a nationally known expert on perinatal depression and anxiety disorders.

Over the past few years, Dr. Feingold has taught training workshops in mental health for the American Psychological Association, NAMI and the Lake County Health Department, the Illinois Psychological Association, the National Association of Perinatal Social Workers and has been a guest on radio talk shows in 10 major cities around the country.

She has served as an expert witness to the Illinois Prison Review Board in the petition for Executive Clemency in the Debra Gindorf case, and participated in a national presentation with Attorney George Parham (attorney of Andrea Yates, Texas case) at the Maternal Mental Illness & Criminal Justice System sponsored by Postpartum Support, International.

Past honors include being a representative for the American Psychological Association at several local press conferences with Representative Bobby Rush (D-IL), as well as in the U.S. House of Representatives at the presentation and passage of the Melanie Blocker Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act.

Other distinctions include being a keynote speaker at the 2014 conference of Postpartum Support, International; and a chair at APA for the panel discussion and film screening of “Pardon My Postpartum; The Depression You’re Not Supposed to Have.”

Dr. Feingold has been involved in facilitating support groups for perinatal women over the past eighteen years, has provided continuing education to nurses, physicians, medical students, mental health providers, midwives, doulas, social workers and lay audiences in the area of reproductive mental health, and has been involved in legislative efforts for women with postpartum depression on a state and national level.

Her earlier clinical work was in such varied settings as a VA Medical Center, an outpatient community clinic, an alternative school, and at Great Lakes Naval Hospital. She also worked as a school psychologist providing assessments and psychotherapy to children and adolescents.

Interviews of Dr. Feingold have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago SunTimes, People magazine, Self magazine, and the APA Monitor, and been featured on The Point, a production of Bill Kurtis TV; Channel 7 TV News Report; WTTW Chicago Tonight with Phil Ponce; and Fox News.

Her published articles include: “The Illness That Robs New Mothers of Joy” in Motherhood: Pakistan’s First Parenting Magazine; “Adjusting After Baby” in Chicago Baby Resource Guide; “Postpartum Depression” in Birth Gazette: An International Journal for Midwives; and “There’s Help for Postpartum Depression” in Chicago Parent magazine.

In 2016, Dr. Feingold was given the honor of addressing the graduating classes, faculty and parents at the Argosy University graduation ceremony. She received the 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award for her work in perinatal issues and women’s mental health.