Breastfeeding: Lactation Masterclass ONLINE

Bridget Ingle is a Lactation Consultant of 23 years working in private practice in Brisbane. She has a background in paediatric nursing, midwifery and as a volunteer breastfeeding counsellor with ABA before her certification as an IBCLC in 1992. Bridget has worked continually in the field of breastfeeding, lactation support and education since then and has completed orofacial myology study. Bridget has considerable experience and special interest in all causes of suck anomalies, at-breast feeding line use, and cleft lip/palate. Bridget is co-founder of ASTLiT. 

Diana West has been an IBCLC in New Jersey (US) for over 20 years and is a retired La Leche League Leader. She has published many books, including Making More Milk, Sweet Sleep, the 8th edition of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding after Breast and Nipple Procedures, Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding after Breast Reduction Surgery, and ILCA’s popular Clinician’s Breastfeeding Triage Tool. Diana has also co-authored a research article with a team led by Trevor MacDonald and the late Joy Noel-Weiss about trans men’s experiences with lactation and gender identity.

Dr Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist and International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, and the director of Praeclarus Press, a small press specializing in women's health. For the past 10 years, Dr Kendall-Tackett has been editor-in-chief of Psychological Trauma. She is fellow of the American Psychological Association in Health and Trauma Psychology and past president of the APA Division of Trauma Psychology. Dr Kendall-Tackett specializes in women's-health research including breastfeeding, depression, trauma, and health psychology, and has won many awards for her work including the 2019 President’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Trauma Psychology from the American Psychological Association, and is a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society.
Dr. Kendall-Tackett has authored more than 500 articles or chapters and is author or editor of 42 books. Her most recent books include Breastfeeding Doesn’t Need to Suck (2022), Women’s Mental Health Across the Lifespan (2017), and most recently, Depression in New Mothers, 4th Ed - Vols I & II (2023, 2024).