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Our Board Members
Teresa (Terry) Wilson RN, MS
For over 40 years Terry has worked as a perinatal and maternal-child nurse. Her overarching professional goal has always been to care for mothers and their families wherever she may encounter them, and she has been privileged to work in the roles of expert practitioner, advisor, manager/supervisor, consultant, and educator in the following areas:
Hospitals & clinics
Community health nursing
Professional & community-based organizations
Colleges & universities
International health
Medical-legal expert
Over time Terry became more aware of and engaged in the care of women with mood and anxiety disorders in my work as a Nurse Home Visitor in the Nurse-Family Partnership where she could see very clearly effects of perinatal mood disorders on clients and their families. Wanting to learn and do more to improve maternal mental health, Terry joined the Board of Directors for the Tucson Postpartum Depression Coalition (TPDC, now Tucson Perinatal Mental Health Coalition) where she has been able to advocate through the work of the Coalition to improve the recognition of anxiety and depression and to find resources and solutions for mothers affected by mood and anxiety disorders.
Hospitals & clinics
Community health nursing
Professional & community-based organizations
Colleges & universities
International health
Medical-legal expert
Over time Terry became more aware of and engaged in the care of women with mood and anxiety disorders in my work as a Nurse Home Visitor in the Nurse-Family Partnership where she could see very clearly effects of perinatal mood disorders on clients and their families. Wanting to learn and do more to improve maternal mental health, Terry joined the Board of Directors for the Tucson Postpartum Depression Coalition (TPDC, now Tucson Perinatal Mental Health Coalition) where she has been able to advocate through the work of the Coalition to improve the recognition of anxiety and depression and to find resources and solutions for mothers affected by mood and anxiety disorders.
Sherry Duson, M.A. LPC-S, LMFT-S, PMH-C
Sherry Duson is a Texas and an Arizona Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice, and the Founder and Director of The Center for Postpartum Family Health in Houston and The Woodlands, Texas. Since 1999 she has focused her practice on helping new mothers and the needs of young families. In 2014, she opened the Center for Postpartum Family Health, using therapists training under her supervision, to provide services on a sliding scale to the community. The center is a counseling center specializing in perinatal mental health, addressing all mental, emotional and relational issues related to reproduction. Sherry's primary career focus is now clinical supervision and training new therapists in the specialty of perinatal mental health.
Sherry was a long-time Advisory Board member of The Yates Children Memorial Fund in Houston, and served as the board chair for four years. She was a Texas Co-Ordinator for Postpartum Support International, and was the Co-Chair of the PSI Conference in 2008. Sherry is a graduate of the University of Houston-Clear Lake Family Therapy, and is certified in the perinatal mental health specialty. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, returning to her hometown after 35 years in Texas.
Sherry was a long-time Advisory Board member of The Yates Children Memorial Fund in Houston, and served as the board chair for four years. She was a Texas Co-Ordinator for Postpartum Support International, and was the Co-Chair of the PSI Conference in 2008. Sherry is a graduate of the University of Houston-Clear Lake Family Therapy, and is certified in the perinatal mental health specialty. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, returning to her hometown after 35 years in Texas.
Eileen R. Caito PCD, CLC, PMH-C
Eileen is a Postpartum Doula, Lactation Counselor and perinatal mental health advocate. She and her husband have raised their two children here
and now are proud grandparents as well.
and now are proud grandparents as well.
Dr. Kristine T. Norris
Dr. Norris is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist and Tucson native. She is a proud Wildcat, having completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Arizona. Dr. Norris received her Medical Degree from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Missouri and was trained in Psychiatry at Wright State University in Ohio. Dr. Norris is trained extensively in multiple forms of psychotherapy in addition to medication management. She served as an Active Duty Psychiatrist in the United States Air Force from 2011 to 2019 working with Service Members and their dependents at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Dr. Norris’s goal is to provide holistic mental health care that relieves symptoms and address root causes.
Dr. Norris specializes in Perinatal Mental Health working with pregnant and post-partum mothers. She completed Perinatal Mental Health Certification in 2018. Dr. Norris has additional experience in treating disordered eating, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
Dr. Norris specializes in Perinatal Mental Health working with pregnant and post-partum mothers. She completed Perinatal Mental Health Certification in 2018. Dr. Norris has additional experience in treating disordered eating, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
Melanie Welch, MSN, RN
Melanie received her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Dakota and her master’s degree from Grand Canyon University. She worked in many areas of nursing including mom and baby. In 1992 she lived in Germany where she helped deliver a baby at the base clinic and gave birth to her first child. The experience at the hospital was not a good one as her son had to be transferred to another hospital and the providers were not very good at communicating what was going on. When arriving back to the U.S. she had two more children and became passionate about giving every mom and family the best experience in the hospital after childbirth. She began working at St. Joseph’s hospital on the mom/baby unit in 1997. She went on to become a childbirth educator and became involved with Carole Sheehan and St. Joe’s Postpartum Depression Outreach and TPDC. She currently teaches maternal/newborn to students at the University of Arizona and has remained involved with TPDC. She remains committed to making sure all women are screened for signs of depression during pregnancy and after delivery.
Aecha Guerrero, LMFT, PMH-C
Aecha Guerrero is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist dually licensed in both California and Arizona. As a mother herself, she is a fierce advocate of supporting parents and families. Ms. Guerrero specializes in Perinatal Mental Health working with pregnant and postpartum mothers. She completed her Perinatal Mental Health Certification in 2021.She also works with adolescents, teens, and adults experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression and major life transitions. This may also include working with couples and families. Her work with individuals and families integrates an approach that comes from a multicultural lens, is client-centered, strengths based, and focused on understanding the client and their relationships.
Stefanie Prince, LMSW
Stefanie Prince is a licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and is a full-time clinician at HeartShift Counseling in Tucson, Arizona. In practice she counsels kids, teens, young adults, couples, postpartum moms and some adults. Stefanie recently started facilitating the board's virtual peer support group. Stefanie's love for postpartum support started as a social worker at Northwest Women's Center (2018-2021), then as a HealthSteps Specialist at Callie Pediatrics (2021-2024) and continues in her clinical sessions. As a mom of two school aged children, Stefanie enjoys offering support and connection to parents who are navigating perinatal life and parenting successes and challenges. It is important that postpartum families feel seen and heard during a monumental time in their lives. As a native Tucsonan, she completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of Arizona with a degree in Sociology and received her master's in social work degree from Northern Arizona University. Stefanie feels honored to serve on the board alongside educators, doulas, nurses, clinicians and practitioners that share the same fervor for perinatal well-being.
Nikki Hampton CD-PIC, C-PFP
Nikki is a Certified Postpartum and Infant Care Doula. When she is serving clients or advocating for better perinatal care, she is in the kitchen with my kids, reading a good book, or exploring the beauty of the Sonoran Desert with our dogs.
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