
Jen Perfetti is a part of the executive leadership of the UW Center for Innovations in Parent-Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health and core faculty with the Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health Capstone Certificate Program. Jen completed her clinical training in Counseling Psychology at Northwestern University and is a Licensed Counselor and an Endorsed Infant Mental Health Clinical Mentor. She founded Luna Perinatal Counseling in 2005, a psychotherapy practice focused on serving individuals and couples during the pregnancy, postpartum and early parenting periods. Jen has also worked with Public Health Madison and Dane County for over a decade, providing Reflective Mental Health Consultation throughout the organization. Jen offers professional development to clinicians, home visitors and other early intervention providers in efforts to increase supports focused on maternal mental health and parent-child relationships in underserved communities across the state. She lives in Madison and has two young-adult children who continue to guide her in her work every day.