April Third Thursday Webinar
Beyond Disparities:
Black Maternal and Infant Mental Health Through a Relational & Systems-Informed Lens
Thursday, April 16th at 12pm
April 11-17 is Black Maternal Health Week 2026
Come celebrate Black Maternal Health Week during Third Thursday. We will be hearing from Amaris Gibson about the hard reality of maternal care in South Carolina.
This conversation will offer an in-depth exploration of Black maternal and infant mental health through a culturally responsive, relational, and systems-informed lens. We will examine the lived experiences of Black mothers, infants, and families across the perinatal period, with particular attention to the historical and contemporary forces that shape care, outcomes, and trust.
Participants will explore how these factors intersect with social determinants of health, provider bias, and structural inequities to influence maternal stress, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and early relational health between caregivers and infants.
Grounded in the realities of South Carolina, this discussion will explicitly address maternal mortality disparities and examine how preventable gaps in care, communication, and support impact both maternal well-being and infant mental health.
Meet our presenter
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Amaris M. Gibson
LPC, PMH-C, IMH-E® Infant Family Health Specialist & Reflective Supervisor Â
 Amaris Gibson is a licensed professional counselor and advocate in the field of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health and Perinatal/Maternal Mental Health. She has over a decade of experience serving young children and families in different capacities throughout the state of South Carolina.
She is the founder of Queendom Come Coaching, where she provides relationship-focused individual, couples and family therapy. Amaris is trained in multiple evidenced-based interventions to support parent-child relationships and disrupt intergenerational trauma.
Amaris earned her PMH-C from the Postpartum Support International and a 2025-2026 Alliance for People of Color Fellow. She is endorsed by the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health as an Infant Family Specialist and Reflective Supervisor. She loves teaching and promoting culturally sensitive, relationship-based, and trauma-informed systems of care, supporting those who work directly with children and families through professional development and psychoeducation. Amaris is a Certified Educator of Infant Massage (CEIM), educating parents on the benefits of touch in bonding with their baby.
As a therapist, trainer and story-teller, Amaris creates engaging therapeutic learning environments to explore family dynamics and foster relational healing. Her passion for familial and community health drives her to share her belief that relationships can be healing.Â
