EVDOXIA (EVIE) MPRAS, MS, LMFT

Dynamic Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with extensive experience as a lecturer and writer, specializing in maternal mental health, couple dynamics postpartum and a family systems approach to perinatal health. Expertise in psychodynamic, emotion-focused, and systemic therapy techniques facilitates comprehensive support for individuals and couples navigating postpartum challenges. Innovative course developer for postpartum couples, committed to fostering resilience and emotional well-being within families in the transition to parenthood. Podcast Host providing psychoeducation to couples in postpartum stage. Passionate about supporting couple dynamics in pregnancy and postpartum to bring relief and promote lasting healthy family dynamics during and beyond the postpartum stage.

• Publication in National Council for Family Relations Magazine: Marginalized Families in the Postpartum Stage (2023)
• National Council for Family Relations (NCFR) Graduate Honors, May 2022
• AAMFT Leadership Training & Certification (scholarship recipient) 2021-2022
• Publication in AAMFT Magazine Jan/Feb 2021 issue

Published Article on Postpartum Anxiety for the National Family Therapy Magazine

• Research Assistant for Dr. Ashley Landers 2020

I can still hear my baby crying: The ambiguous loss of American Indian/Alaska Native birthmothers. Fam Process 2023

• DC Postpartum Support International Board Member 2023-Current

Advocacy Leader, involved in political advocacy initiatives for Maternal Mental Health

• Leader: International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association (IEDTA) Diversity Committee 2021-2023

Led efforts to increase diversity within EDT field;

Worked as group leader to generate ideas and organize initiatives

Collaborated with IEDTA Board

• IEDTA Community Committee 2023-2025

Collabrative work to identify needs of IEDTA community; Implementation of community-based intiatives

• International Family Therapy Conference (IFTA), March 2026: Thriving Together: Healing Postpartum Distress as a Couple
• National Conference for Family Relations (NCFR), 2023:“Postpartum Pain as Public Health Crisis: Closing Gaps in Care for Postpartum Families Impacted by the Syntemic”
• Washington D.C. Maternal & Infant Health Summit, 2021:“Families Thrive Together”
• Groves Conference on Marriage and Family, 2021:“Championing Maternal Mental Health with a Systemic Lens”
• AAMFT Representative at American Association of Marriage & Family Therapists: Maternal Mental Health Conference, 2021
• Psychodynamic Overview & Treatment Planning
  Guest Lecture at University of Maryland MFT Program, 2022

Postpartum Support Virginia 2018-2021

• Social support training
• Leading support groups
• Providing social support and psychoeducation through email & telephone

Amurtel Greece, NGO Athens, Greece 2015-2017

• Providing perinatal care and emotional support for refugee mothers
• Facilitating artistic activities for refugee children