Healing Home CounselingAshley Hanna-MorganLCSW, PMH-C

Speaking & Media

Talks, trainings, and media appearances

Ashley Hanna-MorganFounder, Healing Home Counseling

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Upcoming events

  • Point Loma MomCo

    Ashley’s talk on mom rage, as a feature of postpartum depression and anxiety and as its own experience.


    Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church, San Diego

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  • Canadian Perinatal Collective Conference

    Ashley presents “The Milk & Mood Connection,” for clinicians, researchers, authors and advocates in perinatal mental health.

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Speaking & training

Ashley’s recorded speaking and training history includes perinatal mental health, EMDR and reproductive trauma, maternal rage, and the writer’s path through postpartum recovery, across conferences, clinical trainings, podcasts, author events, and community audiences.

Ashley Hanna-Morgan, LCSW, PMH-C, at her desk explaining an idea with open hands to a group on a video call

Podcast appearances

Selected past appearances

These are past, dated records, kept as a picture of the work, not current or upcoming events.

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the country’s largest literary festival, on Sunday, April 19, 2026 from 9am-1:30pm with Acorn Publishing to share In Her Own Backyard

I am thrilled to announce I will be teaching a breakout session entitled “EMDR: Healing Sexual Trauma that Resurfaces in the Perinatal Period” at Maternal Mental Health Now’s next 2-day training on January 13 & 14, 2020 at The California Endowment in Los Angeles.

A fuller archive of past events, from podcasts and book festivals to trainings and workshops, is being prepared.

The pitch deck

Ashley’s pitch for In Her Own Backyard as an eight-episode limited series. Read the story behind the deck.

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  1. Title slide. In Her Own Backyard. An eight-episode limited series · Domestic thriller. Based on the novel by Ashley Hanna-Morgan. Behind the title, a snowy backyard at dusk with a fence, mountains and one lit window.
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Press & event kit

Everything event planners, bookstores and press need for In Her Own Backyard: the one-sheet, images sized for social media and event listings, a printable event flyer, photos of Ashley, and text to copy and paste.

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Book one-sheet

The synopsis, publication details, and Ashley’s bio on a single page.

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Meet the Author graphic

A portrait graphic introducing Ashley, for event listings and social posts.

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Press photos

Full-size photos of Ashley for articles, programs and event listings, large enough to print.

Text to copy and paste

For event listings, programs and reviews. The short bio suits programs and introductions, the medium bio event listings, and the full bio press.

Short bio (43 words)

Ashley Hanna-Morgan is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) certified in perinatal mental health (PMH-C). She writes about mental health to advocate for change and inspire hope. Ashley lives in San Diego with her family. In Her Own Backyard is her first novel.

Medium bio (95 words)

Ashley Hanna-Morgan is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) certified in perinatal mental health (PMH-C). In addition to her work as a therapist, she writes about mental health to advocate for change and inspire hope. She is the author of The Afterglow, a mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy curriculum for parents experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety, and I Gave Birth to My Heart, a collection of poems about reinventing oneself after postpartum depression. Ashley volunteers with Postpartum Support International and lives in San Diego with her family. In Her Own Backyard is her first novel.

Full bio

Ashley Hanna-Morgan is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW). Certified in perinatal mental health (PMH-C). In addition to her work as a therapist, she writes about mental health to advocate for change and inspire hope.

In 2016, she wrote The Afterglow, a mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy curriculum that supports parents experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety. In 2017, she published I Gave Birth to My Heart, a collection of poems about the secret anguishes and innumerable joys of reinventing oneself after postpartum depression. When she isn’t counseling clients or volunteering with Postpartum Support International, Ashley loves to experiment in the kitchen and spend as much time outdoors as possible in San Diego, where she lives with her family. In Her Own Backyard is her first novel.

About the book

In Her Own Backyard, a novel by Ashley Hanna-Morgan. Every street holds a secret.

New to the neighborhood and reeling from the traumatic birth of her second child, Marlowe Moore is barely holding it together. Battling postpartum depression and anxiety, she’s desperate for stability.

But when she learns that a woman who once lived in her family’s new home vanished without a trace, Marlowe becomes obsessed. As strange things happen and neighborly smiles feel like veiled threats, Marlowe can’t shake the feeling that someone is hiding something.

She spirals further into paranoia, fixated on the abandoned case and determined to seek justice. But how can a woman who feels lost find a missing person?

Juggling the demands of her beloved family and her harrowing mental illness, Marlowe doesn’t realize she is caught in a cat-and-mouse game that could cost her everything … including her life.

Book details and contact

Published: March 26, 2026
Publisher: Acorn Publishing
Format: Trade paperback, 440 pages
List price: $17.99
ISBN: 979-8-88528-150-8
Genre: Thriller
Audiobook: On Audible from October 31, 2026, narrated by Samantha Griffin Moon
Where to buy: https://ashleyhannamorgan.com/books/in-her-own-backyard/

Reviews, interviews, readings and press: hello@ashleyhannamorgan.com

Related

See Ashley’s books, In Her Own Backyard, and the Afterglow Support Group Curriculum she wrote for facilitators. Historical interviews and podcast appearances are kept among her articles on books, media, and events.

Book Ashley to speak

Contact Ashley Hanna-Morgan, LCSW through her website to book future speaking engagements