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SUMMARY:Free Perinatal Mental Health Certification
DESCRIPTION:We’re recruiting 30 mental health providers to earn their PMH-C and begin seeing Medicaid patients. \nWe’re seeking licensed mental health providers in WA State who want to specialize in perinatal care and expand access for Medicaid patients. Once PMH-C certified\, the cohort will possess the skills needed to help families experiencing mental health conditions in the perinatal period. We especially encourage applications from providers of color and those working with underserved or hard- to-reach communities.  \nWHAT’S INCLUDED:  \n20 hours of paid training  \n\nRequired coursework for the PMH-C application\, provided by Perinatal Support WA (PS-WA) through Postpartum Support International (PSI) \n\nApplication support  \n\nGuidance through the PMH-C application process (offered through Postpartum Support International) \n\nExam costs covered  \n\nTest fees and necessary travel to the testing site are paid \n\nMedicaid paneling support  \n\nHelp navigating the Medicaid enrollment process once you’re certified \n\nCompletion bonus  \n\nFinancial incentive for completing certification and Medicaid paneling \n\nKEY DEADLINES:  \nApplications due by May 15th  \nParticipants are expected to pass the PMH-C exam and begin the Medicaid enrollment process by September 29th\, 2026. \nIf you are interested\, please complete the APPLICATION FORM.
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/free-pmh-c-2026/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
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SUMMARY:Creating a Nest of Care Cohort: Monthly Consults on Perinatal Loss for Birthworkers
DESCRIPTION:This training centers\, and is free for\, BIPOC birth workers in King County\, WA.  \nThe Creating a Nest of Care: Perinatal Loss for Birthworkers Monthly Consults (NOC) follows and accompanies the 3-Day Foundational training on Perinatal and Infant Loss. \nThis series encapsulates what happens when loss of life is intertwined with the womb and birthing.  Join 30 local birth workers in a nine-month commitment to growing the web of care necessary to support someone through this loss.  Each month\, we will delve deeper into specific topics around supporting families through perinatal loss and bereavement- from disposition choices\, to shrouding\, to donor milk options and more.    \nCreating a Nest Cohort is a 9-month project provided for free in partnership with Imani’s Light and Perinatal Support WA for BIPOC birthworkers serving families in King County. Please note this training is free for BIPOC King County birth workers.  \n“Birthworkers” are defined as those who are helpers/providers/carers working with people during the childbearing period. They include\, but not limited to: doulas\, peers\, WIC counselors\, case managers\, nurses\, home visitors\, perinatal mental health providers\, etc \nDates and times: \nWeekly on the Third Wednesday of the month from May to December. \nDoors open at 10:00am with brunch provided. Content will begin promptly at 10:30am \nFoundational training: April 22-24th. \nDates and times: \nWednesday\, 5/20; 10-1:30pm  \nWednesday\, 6/17; 10-1:30pm \nWednesday\, 7/15; 10-1:30pm \nWednesday\, 8/19; 10-1:30pm \nWednesday\, 9/16; 10-1:30pm \nWednesday\, 10/21; 10-1:30pm \nWednesday\, 11/18; 10-1:30pm  \nWednesday\, 12/16; 10-1:30pm \nLocation: In-Person; due to the nature of the content and curriculum\, the sessions necessitate in-person attendance. The experiential learning and community building fostered in this space are not replicable in a virtual format (for months 1\, 6\, and 7 hybrid options will be a permissible accommodation for health reasons only\, not convenience)  \nCasey Family Programs 1123 23rd Avenue Seattle\, WA 98122 \nPlease see the list below and register for as many sessions as you will attend. Space is limited and meals will be provided\, so please register accurately for your availability. \nConsultation Group structure: \nMonth 1: 5/20 Getting the News\, PMADs\, and Medical Advocacy*  \n\nHow to deliver and receive life-changing news with sensitivity and support.  \nEmpowering families to understand and navigate medical information and decisions early in diagnosis or complications.\n\nContinuing support and advocacy for families post-loss\, including follow-up care and memorial planning\nGrief Therapy options\n\n\n\nMonth 2: 6/17 Ambiguous/Disenfranchised Grief Support*\n*hybrid accommodation available \n\nStrategies for supporting families through the intersections of ambiguous/disenfranchised grief support (families with experience with incarceration/ICE\, child removal\, loss due to overdose\, unhoused)  Hybrid accommodation available.\n\nMonth 3: 7/15 Perinatal and Infant Disposition Choices /Shrouding and Care After Death* Empowering families to honor their children with a disposition choice that honors a family’s beliefs/wishes. \n\nTechniques for shrouding and caring for the deceased with dignity\, including cultural practices and hands-on training.\n\nMonth 4: 8/19 Community Wellness \n\nArt and community building \n\nMonth 5: 9/16 Bereavement Photography*  \n– Bonus Session: Field Trip to Return Home Funeral Home (Date TBD) \n\nBest practices for bereavement photography\, training on creating meaningful memories through photographs\, handprints\, locks of hair\, and other keepsakes.\nPrivate tour for our cohort of the Return Home Funeral Home about green disposition options\, address & details in email to participants\n\nMonth 6: 10/21 Pregnancy after Loss & Stories of Loss: Cultural Care Practices*\n*Hybrid accommodation available\n– Bonus Session: Infant & Perinatal Loss Awareness Walk (Date TBD) \n\nParents Panel\nVolunteer opportunity at the Infant & Perinatal Loss Awareness Walk\n\nMonth 7: 11/18 Breast/Chest Feeding After Loss*\n*Hybrid accommodation available \n\nGuidance on navigating the physical and emotional aspects of working with lactation after perinatal loss \n\nMonth 8: 12/16 Building a Community Network & Graduation \n\nClosing of the series with reflection and pulling together strategies for building and sustaining a supportive network for ongoing community and professional support.\n\nPlease note this training is free for BIPOC King County birth workers.  \nIf you are BIPOC/In King County please REGISTER HERE! \nFacilitators:  \nWe will be joined by various community members and guest presenters during the 9-month sessions\, but all training will be guided by our main facilitators. \n*Continuing Education Units:\n \n\n18 CEUs approved for LICSW\, LMHC\, LMFT for sessions denoted with an asterisk (*)\nThis Program has been approved for 18 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers\, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists by the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work.\n18 Contact Hours approved for RNs: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing\, Provider Number 17084 for 18 contact hours for sessions denoted with an asterisk (*)\n\nAbout the Facilitators:  \nMarquita Straus\, MSW\, LICSW is a Perinatal Grief & Trauma Therapist\, Death Doula\, and founder of Imani’s Light Grief & Wellness Center. Marquita has over 15 years of serving BIPOC families. She has served as a full spectrum doula (birth\, postpartum\, and bereavement)\, breastfeeding peer counselor\, childbirth educator\, perinatal bereavement group facilitator\, and is a trained midwife. She aims to inspire and empower people to show up authentically\, while fiercely advocating for those navigating spaces that are not traditionally occupied by people of color. \n  \n  \nLa Tonia Bussell-Packard (they/she)\, Parent Resilience Specialist\, Traditional Midwife is a queer Black femme who supports pregnant and parenting families as a Parent Resilience Specialist in King County. They serve as an encouraging resource and witness for parents navigating the perinatal mental health landscape by using their firsthand experience as a parent who has lived with anxiety and depression. La Tonia knows firsthand the barriers that exist for Black and queer folx seeking support for their mental health. La Tonia has experienced personal and professional loss\, which allows them to offer supportive tools and skills that are based on lived experience and shared community ways of ‘knowing’ and processing grief and loss.  \nLa Tonia has spent the last 7+ years advocating for families\, attending births\, and providing compassionate care as a birth doula and student midwife. They graduated from midwifery school in June 2021 and now practice and attend births as a traditional midwife. In all their work\, La Tonia centers Black\, Indigenous\, and QTPOC families in their role as a midwife\, doula\, and peer. They use the framework and lens of reproductive justice\, the intersections of race\, class\, gender/sexuality\, and ability\, and radical rest politics when supporting families in their community. \n  \n \n 
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/noc-2026-monthly-loss-consult/
LOCATION:Burien Community Center\, 14700 6th Ave SW\, Burien\, WA\, 98166\, United States
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Perinatal Support Washington":MAILTO:training@perinatalsupport.org
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SUMMARY:Thriving Together Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Thriving Together meets on Tuesdays at Hearth Natural Medicine from 9:30-11AM. All pregnant people and postpartum with babies in arms up to 1 year are welcome. For questions or to get added to our email list: ThrivingTogetherPT@gmail.com\n \nDrop in style and free\n \nThis is shared by Dr. Rebecca Sornson\n\nHearth Natural Medicine\n112 Kala Square Pl Suite 2\nPort Townsend\, WA 98368
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/thriving-together-support-group/2026-06-16/
LOCATION:Hearth Natural Medicine\, Kala Square Place 112\, Port Townsend\, WA\, 98368\, United States
CATEGORIES:Support Group
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SUMMARY:Mom and Baby Support Group
DESCRIPTION:Mom and Baby Support Group at Good Samaritan Hospital \nTuesdays • 10:00-11:30 \nJoin us to connect with other new moms! \nOur goal is to provide encouragement and support in your early months of mothering. We offer baby weight checks\, discussions about feeding\, sleep and adjustment issues\, informative speakers\, and the opportunity\nto meet other moms. No need to sign up ahead of time\, just attend when you can.Group meets in the Family Birth Center Classroom\, 1st floor\, near the Family Birth Center lobby. Enter through the main entrance on 15th Ave SE main entrance \nDue to classroom limitations this group only allows little ones who are non-mobile (pre-crawling).\nBring a baby blanket for baby if you would like to sit on the floor.\nThere is no charge to attend the group but donations are accepted. \nContact: Janet Dill 253 403-7586 \nJoin us on Facebook!\nfacebook.com/MomandBaby
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/mom-and-baby-support-group/2026-06-16/
LOCATION:Good Samaritan Hospital\, 407 14th Avenue SE Family Birth Center\, Puyallup\, WA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pierce,Support Group
GEO:47.1788395;-122.289631
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SUMMARY:Mothering Together - Clallam County
DESCRIPTION:A peer support group for mom’s walking through the joys and challenges that can come during pregnancy and/or the first years of their child’s life.\n\n\n\nThis is a place to be heard\, reassured\, and to find valuable resources within the community. It is an advice and judgement free zone where you are welcome to come as you are and share as much or as little as you choose.\n\n\n\nTuesdays 11am – 12pm\n\nWe will be in person the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month at the resource center\, located at First Step Family Support Center\n\n323 E 6th Street \nPort Angeles WA \nThe 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month will be on zoom. If there is a 5th Tuesday in the month it will also be on zoom. \n\n\nJoin us at the link below!\n\n\nhttps://zoom.us/j/95385504801?pwd=V0M0OWE3b24weE1sUjlhSzdxSGlWZz09\n\n\nContact info: Jeanene Heagy 360-809-4106 or Jeanene.heagy@Firststepfamilysupport.org
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/mothering-together-clallam-county-2/2026-06-16/
LOCATION:First Step Family Support Center\, 323 E 6th Street\, Port Angeles\, WA\, 98362\, United States
CATEGORIES:Clallam,Support Group
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SUMMARY:Moms in Community
DESCRIPTION:Moms in Community (English group) \nThe focus is on learning mental health tools\, building connections\, and sharing experiences so parents feel supported and less alone. Parents who are pregnant\, adjusting to life with a new baby\, or navigating early parenthood. This is a peer support group\, not therapy\, though it can certainly be therapeutic. \nWho: Parents (moms & dads in Benton and Franklin Counties) \nWhen: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month\, starting February 17\, 2025 \nTime: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \nMeeting Link \nMeeting ID: 229 472 004 043 20\nPasscode: ng3as3zw
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/parenting-postpartum-support-group-2-2/2026-06-16/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Support Group
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CREATED:20241022T220909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T153103Z
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SUMMARY:Whatcom Thriving Fathers
DESCRIPTION:“Grill & Chill” meetings during the fall and winter months are held Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 pm weekly at the Whatcom Family Village: 1501 Fraser St M-104\, Bellingham\, WA 98229. \nBabes in arms and very young children are always welcome at the weekly groups! This time is set aside to be a safe space for Dads to share freely so that makes it tricky to include older children; however\, seasonal family events are currently being planned! \nWeekly meetings include a BBQ meal and a space to share the joys and challenges of raising small humans! (The meal is FREE\, but optional donations to cover costs are welcome.) \nAbout us:\nWhatcom Thriving Fathers is dedicated to fostering a supportive community for fathers in Whatcom County. We understand that fatherhood can come with its unique challenges\, and we believe that by coming together\, we can create an environment where fathers feel strengthened and connected. Our mission is to provide peer support\, educational resources\, and engaging family activities that encourage personal growth and strengthen family bonds. With a commitment to inclusivity and understanding\, we invite fathers from all backgrounds to join us on this journey of thriving together. \nEmail whatcomthrivingfathers@gmail.com
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/whatcom-thriving-fathers/2026-06-16/
LOCATION:The Whatcom Family Village\, Fraser Street\, Bellingham\, WA\, 98229\, United States
CATEGORIES:Support Group
GEO:48.7521764;-122.4549035
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SUMMARY:This Is Not What I Expected
DESCRIPTION:This is Not What I Expected\nCHILDBIRTH & EARLY PARENTING EDUCATION \nPostpartum Adjustment Support Group \nDrop-in group meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month 7 – 9 pm\nFree to all families in the community. Babies welcome!\nLocation: Held virtually on Microsoft Teams\nRegistration is not required. For the Teams access code\, or other questions\, please email parentbaby@evergreenhealth.com or call 425-544-0050 Mon-Fri 8:30 am – 5 pm. \nYou’ve recently given birth to a beautiful baby. Your family and friends are overjoyed. It should be the happiest time of your life …but what if it isn’t? \nWhat if\, instead you feel: \n\nAnxious\nOverwhelmed\nLonely\nIsolated\nSad\nNot connected to your baby\nNot like yourself\n\nYou Are Not Alone. Talking About it Helps!\nThese can be common signs of a postpartum mood disorder that sometimes can be experienced by either new parent. At EvergreenHealth\, we offer a virtual support group where you\ncan get together with other families and talk about how you are adjusting with a new baby. Led by a trained parenting educator\, the group meetings are relaxed\, comforting\,\nhopeful and informational. You’ll learn ways to cope and get the help you need. Families who attend the group often share that it brings them a great sense of relief to connect with other parents who are experiencing similar feelings. \nWho Attends the Group?\nParents can attend alone\, with their babies\, partners or other supportive friends or family members. Those who are currently pregnant and have experienced anxiety or depression currently or in the past\, are also encouraged and welcome to attend. \nFlyer & Registration Code
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/this-is-not-what-i-expected-2/2026-06-16/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Support Group
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SUMMARY:PS-WA Support Group for Dads
DESCRIPTION:Register here: https://bit.ly/pswadadsgroup \nEvery Tuesday 8:00-9:30 pm. Virtual \nJoin other self-identifying Dads and Fathers-to-be in this online support group\, hosted by a fellow Dad of three young kids. Wherever you are in the parenting journey\, from trying to get pregnant\, to caring for a newborn\, up through parenting a 2-year-old\, this group is for you. Share what’s challenging and find community and support from other guys who get it. This group is for you if you identify as a Dad and: \n\nThe transition to parenthood has been different or more difficult than you expected\nYou feel angry\, sad\, confused\, trapped or wish you could do more or make things better for your family\nYou are struggling in your relationship with your spouse or partner\nYou are concerned about your or your spouse/partner’s mental or physical health\nYour partner is unexpectedly pregnant or you are struggling to get pregnant\nYou had a traumatic birth\, have a baby in the NICU or your child or partner has other medical complications\nYou have lost a child before or after birth\n\nYou can expect a compassionate group of dads\, with lots of opportunities to listen and talk in a confidential and understanding space. \n 
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/ps-wa-support-group-for-dads-2/2026-06-16/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Support Group
GEO:47.7510741;-120.7401385
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