Professional Biography
Cynthia Good, MS Clinical Psychology, is a Certified Diversity Executive, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, author, and internationally recognized speaker. She is also Certified in Acute Traumatic Stress Management. She is the Executive Director of LifeCircle Consulting. As a speaker, she focuses on issues related to culture, cultural competence/humility, ethics, lactation, psychology, perinatal mental health, social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. She brings the evidence, insights, and tools of psychology and lactation consulting to her unique presentations, many of which present information and teach skills that are essential to understanding and effectively responding to the complex psychosocial realities of families living in diverse contexts. She is a member of the National Center for Crisis Management and the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. Cynthia formerly served as Education Manager at the International Lactation Consultant Association and as Research Associate in the Publications Department of La Leche League International, was a member of Mothering Magazine's Expert Panel, and was on the faculty of Parkland College where she taught both statistics and abnormal psychology. She has authored, contributed to, and provided editorial review of numerous publications. Her work has been translated from English into Spanish, German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Polish, Croatian, Hungarian, and Chinese.