Kathy Parkes, BSPsy, RN, IBCLC, RLC, FILCA

Expertise

  • Breastfeeding Classes
  • Psychology of Breastfeeding
  • Communication Skills for Breastfeeding Specialists
  • Counseling Methods for Breastfeeding Specialists
  • Hospital Practice/Policy and Breastfeeding
  • Humor and Breastfeeding
  • In-Patient Lactation Management
  • WIC Counseling Methods
  • Working and Breastfeeding

Upcoming Conferences

Previous Conferences

Official Bio for Brochure

Kathy Parkes is a registered nurse, an international board certified lactation consultant, a Fellow of the International Lactation Consultant Association, and has a BS in psychology.  She has been board certified since 1992, and has worked with mothers and babies in a wide variety of breastfeeding situations in both hospital and private practice settings.  Certified by the Texas WIC Department, Kathy is a Peer Counselor trainer.  Kathy provides lactation inservices, breastfeeding presentations, Peer Counselor trainings, and business lactation consultations through Breastfeeding Perspectives, her private practice.

Presentations

This speaker is pleased to provide presentations on the following topics to professional and parenting conferences. Presentations on other topics may be available upon request and subject to sufficient development lead-time. (For CERP topics, required paperwork will be provided promptly to meet CERP deadlines.)

How a Baby Learns to Love

60 - 75 minutes

A look at the physical, emotional, and hormonal interactions that combine to promote attachment in the first days after birth.

Contact Info

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+1 (210) 834 5399

Speaking Services

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Willing To Travel To: 
Northeast - US
Mid-Atlantic - US
Southeast - US
Northern Mid-West - US
Central Mid-West - US
Southern Mid-West - US
Northwest - US
Mid-Pacific - US
Southwest - US
East Canada
Central Canada
West Canada
West Europe
East Europe
United Kingdom
Languages: 
English

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