Writers

Aurélie Athan

Aurélie Athan, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and faculty member at Teachers College, Columbia University where she revives the term matrescence through teaching and writing. Her graduate-level courses and certificate program in reproductive psychology are the first of their kind. She studies mothers’ development holistically, both their thriving and distress, and offers an empowering, strengths-based approach to normalize the transition to motherhood. She is in private practice and consults with women of all ages as well as professionals working to improve the wellbeing of mothers.