Kate Kripke, LCSW, PMH-C · Maternal Mental Health & Parenting Coach
Kate Kripke brings 20+ years of clinical expertise to the intersection of career ambition, maternal mental health, and workforce retention — helping organizations support high-achieving women through the transition that changes everything.
Inquire About Booking"This isn't a parenting talk. It's a retention, leadership, and workforce-development talk — grounded in the science of what actually happens to high-achieving women when they become mothers."Kate Kripke, LCSW, PMH-C · Maternal Mental Health & Parenting Coach
Expertise
Kate Kripke, LCSW, PMH-C is a maternal mental health specialist with 20+ years of clinical experience. She works at the intersection of ambition and early parenthood — helping high-achieving women navigate the identity shifts, nervous system dysregulation, and anxiety that come with becoming a mother, without losing themselves or their careers in the process.
Her talks help organizations understand what their highest-performing women are experiencing — and what it takes to keep them thriving, leading, and advancing.
Speaking Topics
Who Kate Speaks To
Women physicians, lawyers, and business owners whose careers already sit at the intersection of high performance, caregiving, and identity. These audiences are tailor-made for this message.
HR audiences aren't just interested in mothers — they're responsible for retention, burnout, leadership development, and women's advancement. This talk solves a business problem they already own.
Women in their 30s and early 40s in high-growth industries — exactly the demographic navigating ambitious careers alongside early parenthood. Universities and leadership summits also fit here.
Speaking Formats
Speaking Fees — Per Engagement
Keynote or featured talk. In-person or virtual at adjusted rates. Fully customized to your audience, industry, and programming goals.
Workshops, trainings, panels, and shorter format talks. Tailored for clinicians, professionals, parents, leaders, or mixed audiences.
Fees are quoted as gross and reflect preparation, expertise, and delivery. Additional sessions or full-day engagements available upon request. Sliding scale considered for mission-aligned organizations with limited budgets.
Travel & Expenses
Virtual engagements available at adjusted rates.
Additional Notes
VirtualVirtual engagements available at adjusted rates.
Sliding ScaleSliding scale considered for mission-aligned organizations with limited budgets.
Audience FlexibilityContent can be tailored for clinicians, HR leaders, women's organizations, ERGs, or mixed professional audiences.
Reach out to start the conversation about dates, format, and fit.