10:00-11:00am From Womb to Tomb: Perinatal Mental Health and the Increased Risks for the BIPOC Community

Greg is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Director, community mental health advocate, and Mental Wellness Alliance Community Partnership Lead with Black Physicians of Utah. His clinical and community work centers on culturally responsive mental health care, trauma-informed practice, family systems, relational wellness, and health equity for Black, Indigenous, People of Color, LGBTQ+, low-income, and other historically underserved communities. Greg has provided individual, couple, and family therapy across university counseling centers, community-based mental health settings, youth-serving organizations, and private clinical environments. His therapeutic approach integrates Emotionally Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and trauma-focused care, including Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD. He has also facilitated culturally informed healing spaces that address racial trauma, stigma, identity, belonging, masculinity, relationships, and community wellness.

Through his work with Black Physicians of Utah, Project Success Coalition, Youth Impact, and Doing The Work Consulting, Greg develops mental health resources, outreach initiatives, and community partnerships that elevate access, cultural responsiveness, and equity in care. His expertise is especially relevant to perinatal mental health because he brings a family-centered, systems-oriented, and culturally grounded lens to understanding how mental health, identity, historical stressors, systemic inequities, and community support shape the well-being of BIPOC birthing people, fathers, partners, children, and families across the lifespan.