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SUMMARY:6 Month Perinatal Mental Health Consultation Group
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nOpen to mental health therapists in Washington state. You’re still able to register for months April-August even though the group has already started. \nJoin this engaging 6-month professional consultation group dedicated to deepening your understanding and expertise in perinatal mental health. This closed group is designed for mental health professionals seeking to enhance their clinical skills and create a supportive\, collaborative learning environment. Open to licensed mental health counselors\, therapists specializing in perinatal care\, and clinical professionals working with new and expecting parents. \nTrainer:  Michelle Anderson\, LMHC\, PMH-C \nDates and times:  2nd Tuesday of the month beginning March 11th @9am-10am PST\nMarch 11th\, April 8th\, May 13th\, June 10th\, July 8th\, August 12th\, 2025 \nLocation: Zoom \nCost: $375 (Cost for attending April-August) \nTopics Include: \n\nAdjustment to Parenthood\nPerinatal Depression & Anxiety\nObsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)\nBipolar & Perinatal Psychosis\nPregnancy and Perinatal Loss\nTraumatic Birth Experiences and NICU stay\nImpacts of Sexual Abuse in the Perinatal Period\nFertility Journey Challenges  – Perinatal Impacts\nMobile Mama Strategies for the Perinatal Period\n\nConsultation Group structure will include:\n\n\nOne hour per month for 6 months\nFirst ten minutes of each group focused on PMH topic overview\nFifty minutes for perinatal case consultations\nOpportunity for supportive reflection and learning\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\nProvide a safe\, confidential space for professional consultation\nFoster collaborative learning and peer support\nDevelop advanced clinical skills in perinatal mental health\nExplore complex clinical scenarios and interventions\nCreate a supportive network of specialized providers\n\nRegister HERE \nThis training does not provide Continuing Education Units (CEUs). This is a live training and a recording will not be sent out.  \nQuestions regarding the training\, please email: training@perinatalsupport.org \nAbout the trainer: \nMichelle Anderson: Michelle Anderson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and is Perinatal Mental Health Certified. She is the owner of Mobile Mama Therapy\, Whatcom County’s Perinatal Mental Health Specialists\, located in Bellingham\, WA. Michelle provides counseling to women through their winding journey of motherhood as well as supervision\, consultation and training related to perinatal mental health throughout the Pacific Northwest.
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/6-month-consult-jan2025/
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SUMMARY:Group Peer Support (GPS) Facilitator Training
DESCRIPTION:**REGISTRATION CLOSED** \nPerinatal Support Washington is partnering with Group Peer Support to offer a Group Peer Support Facilitator Training.  This is a specialized training program aimed at empowering individuals to lead perinatal peer support groups. \nOur training will equip facilitators to create confidential\, secure\, respectful\, and inclusive spaces where parents can genuinely and empathetically connect.  In GPS groups\, parents receive the essential support they need to thrive during the early months of parenting\, and facilitators gain the confidence to provide them with a much-needed support group experience. \nThis program focuses on creating inclusive and supportive environments for parents\, with an emphasis on evidence-based methods and culturally responsive support. \nGPS FACILITATOR TRAINING SPRING 2025  \nApril 1 – April 17\, 2025 \nTraining Objectives: \n\nA trauma-informed\, culturally responsive support group model that is easy to learn and implement in diverse settings\, with diverse populations\, and in multiple languages.\nHow to address the intersection of trauma\, racism\, poverty\, disparities\, cultural and gender identity\, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic\, with compassion\, transparency\, and skill.\nUnique trauma-informed skills to create environments of mutual respect\, non-judgement\, compassion\, and safety.\nHow to incorporate evidence-based approaches of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy\, Motivational Interviewing\, and Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction in groups.\nA strengths-based group approach that ensures an accessible\, welcoming\, and transformational group experience for all.\nHow to run groups that support\, empower and benefit not only the individuals and communities being served\, but the group facilitators as well.\n\nCost: A limited number of spots are available for WA state residents for a fee of $250. \nTRAINING SCHEDULE: \n\n\nLIVE attendance to 1 opening practicum is REQUIRED.\nOPENING PRACTICUM OPTIONS: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm PST \n\n04/01 Opening Practicum\n04/02 Opening Practicum\n04/03 Opening Practicum\n\nTRAINING MODULES: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm PST Attending training modules LIVE when possible is recommended. Recordings of all modules will be available to registered participants – viewing recorded modules should be completed before the end of the training. \n\n04/08 Module 1: Introduction to GPS and Power of Groups\n04/09 Module 2: Mindfulness Rest Stop\n04/10 Module 3: Guidelines\n04/15 Module 4: Realities & Principles\n04/16 Module 5: GPS Check-In\n04/17 Module 6: Reflective Listening\, Weaving\, Grounding & Closing\n\n\n\nWhat You’ll Gain from the Facilitator Training: \nInclusion of Diversity: Learn how to support parents from diverse perspectives and backgrounds and perspectives\, including at-risk populations in the perinatal period and BIPOC parents to create environments of mutual respect\, non-judgment\, compassion\, and safety. The GPS model has been successfully utilized and adapted to serve a diverse range of populations. \nEvidence-Based Approaches: Acquire skills to effectively use evidence-based methods in peer-led group settings for the perinatal community. \nCulturally Responsive Support: Discover a trauma-informed\, culturally responsive support group model that is easy to learn and implement in diverse settings. This model provides consistency\, structure\, and sequence that both facilitators and group members can rely on for safety and comfort. \nEmpowering Facilitation: Learn how to run groups that support\, empower\, and benefit parents\, both as individuals and communities being served\, as well as the group facilitators themselves. This training provides a step-by-step process to create courageous spaces where people can openly share struggles\, confusion\, fear\, trauma\, and concerns. \nStrengths-Based Approach: Adopt a strengths-based group approach that ensures an accessible\, welcoming\, and transformational group experience for all. This offers a safe space for perinatal parents to share topics that are often shrouded in stigma and shame\, such as feelings of depression\, anxiety\, OCD\, barriers against seeking mental health support\, non-bonding with the baby\, traumatic birth\, and intrusive thoughts. \nREGISTER NOW\n* Social Work CEUs are available. Inquire about other continuing educational credits at info@grouppeersupport.org. \n \n 
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/gps-april2025/
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SUMMARY:Fundamentos De La Salud Mental Perinatal
DESCRIPTION:**Inscripción Cerrada** \nRegistro prioritario para proveedores del estado de WA que atienden a familias en el condado de San Juan o aquellos que forman parte de la comunidad CHWCMR. \nEsta capacitación cubre conceptos y prácticas clave en la prevención\, identificación y tratamiento de los trastornos del estado de ánimo y la ansiedad perinatales (PMAD\, por sus siglas en inglés)\, así como también cómo vincular a los padres con el apoyo y el tratamiento. En esta capacitación\, analizaremos los factores de riesgo\, la etiología y la sintomatología de los PMAD\, las poblaciones de alto riesgo para sufrir PMAD\, la medicación en el período perinatal\, las herramientas de detección\, la derivación eficaz y los recursos y derivaciones. \nFecha: Miércoles 2 de Abril\, 2025 \nTiempo: 9am-5pm PST \nUbicación: Zoom \nCosto: $0 \nEntrenadora: Dr. Loidaly Rosario-Singer\, LCMHCA\, NCC \nObjetivos de Aprendizaje:\nAl finalizar esta capacitación\, los participantes podrán: \n\n\nConocer el espectro de la salud mental perinatal \n\n\nIdentificar al menos cuatro factores de riesgo que pueded conducir a los PMADs \n\n\nConocer los recursos locales y remotes de apoyo para nuevos padres. \n\n\nSaber como evaluar a los padres para detectar PMADs identificando al menos tres síntomas. \n\n\nDescribir tres medicamentos utilizados durante el embarazo y la lactancia para tartar los PMADs \n\n\nRegístrate Ahora\nContinuing Education: \n\n6.5 CEUs pendiente para LICSW\, LMHC\, LMFT\n6.5 horas de contacto aprobada para RNs.\n6.5 horas de contacto aprobadas para enfermeras registradas: Proveedor aprobado por la Junta de Enfermería Registrada de California\, Número de proveedor 17084 para 6\,5 ​​horas de contacto.\n\nPreguntas: training@perinatalsupport.org \nLoidaly Rosario-Singer es profesora asistente del Programa de Consejería de Western Carolina University. Ella es originaria de Puerto Rico\, se crió en Miami\, FL\, donde obtuvo su licenciatura en Educación Primaria y una Maestría en Consejería Profesional de la Universidad Internacional de Florida. Su trabajo se centra en la defensa de la justicia social\, la acción comunitaria y el apoyo a niños y familias cultural y lingüísticamente diversos a lo largo de toda su vida. Actualmente trabaja en espacios de Equidad de Nacimiento como doula y terapeuta de salud mental perinatal. Utiliza las Competencias de Consejería de Justicia Social y Multicultural para fundamentar su trabajo. Loidaly se esfuerza por elevar las voces de los jóvenes y las familias en la investigación y aboga por las familias en todos los sistemas. \nLoidaly (Loy-duh-lee; she/ella) fell in love with birthing support during her first pregnancy journey. She believes labor is a time to tap into personal\, collective\, and ancestral power. She loves being able to hold space and find ways to elevate families internal support systems during a season of blooming. Bearing witness to the birth and rebirth of families in such a liminal time brightens her heart and sparks her passions. She has a PhD in Counselor Education and has been holding space for empathy in complexity for over 10 years. She is originally from Puerto Rico and is bilingual (Spanish-English). Loidaly believes that chosen families\, whatever they may look like\, should be the primary supports during the birthing process and focuses her doula work on empowering the collective unit. Outside of birthing\, Loidaly tends to the cycle of life through gardening\, floral arranging\, and being an active social justice activist in personal and professional spaces. \nLoidaly (Loy-duh-lee; ella/ella) se enamoró del apoyo perinatal durante su primer embarazo. Cree que el trabajo de parto es un momento para aprovechar el poder personal\, colectivo y ancestral. Le encanta encontrar formas de elevar los sistemas de apoyo internos de las familias durante una temporada de florecimiento. Ser testigo del nacimiento y renacimiento de las familias en un momento tan liminal ilumina su corazón y enciende sus pasiones. Tiene un doctorado en Educación de Consejeros y ha estado apoyando familias por mas de 10 años. Es originaria de Puerto Rico y es bilingüe (español-inglés). Loidaly cree que las familias elegidas\, sean cuales sean\, deben ser los principales apoyos durante el proceso de parto y centra su trabajo de doula en empoderar a la unidad colectiva. Fuera del parto\, Loidaly se ocupa del ciclo de la vida a través de la jardinería\, los arreglos florales y siendo una activista de la justicia social en espacios personales y profesionales. \nPerinatal Support Washington (PS-WA) es una organización estatal sin fines de lucro comprometida a arrojar luz sobre la\nsalud mental perinatal para apoyar a todas las familias y comunidades. Creemos que todos los padres deben recibir\natención adecuada\, oportuna y culturalmente relevante desde la concepción hasta el primer cumpleaños del bebé.
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SUMMARY:Creating a Nest of Care: Perinatal Loss Training for Birthworkers - Monthly Loss Consult
DESCRIPTION:This training is open to birth workers in King County\, WA. \nThis birth worker training centers on the loss of life when intertwined with the womb and birthing.  Join 40 local birth workers in a year-long commitment to growing the web of care necessary to support someone through this loss.  \nCreating a Nest Cohort is a 9-month project provided for free in partnership with Sacred Passing\, Imani’s Light\, and Perinatal Support WA for birthworkers serving families in King County. \nMonthly ongoing learning session on the third Wednesday of the month from 10:00am -1:30 pm. Doors open at 10:00am with brunch provided. Content will begin promptly at 10:30am. \nDates and times: \nWednesday\, 4/16; 10-1:30pm  \nWednesday\, 5/21; 10-1:30pm \nWednesday\, 6/18; 10-1:30pm \nWednesday\, 7/16; 10-1:30pm \nWednesday\, 8/20; 10-1:30pm \nWednesday\, 9/17; 10-1:30pm \nWednesday\, 10/15; 10-1:30pm  \nWednesday\, 11/19; 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)  \nBurien Community Center\n14700 6th Ave SW\, Burien\, WA 98166 \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: 4/16 Ambiguous/Disenfranchised Grief Support: \n\n Strategies 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 2: 5/21 Getting the News 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 3: 6/18 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: 7/16 Self Care \n\nArt and community building at Asphodel House\n\nMonth 5: 8/13 Field Trip to Return Home Funeral Home: Bonus Session \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: 9/17 Legal and Ethical Considerations in Perinatal Loss – First Legal Clinic  \n\nGuidance on navigating the legal and ethical aspects of working with perinatal loss\, including patient rights\, confidentiality\, and advocacy.  Hybrid accommodation available\n\nMonth 7: 10/15 Birth after Loss & Stories of Loss: Cultural Care Practices Hybrid accommodation available \n\nParents panel \n\nMonth 8: 11/19 Building a Community Network & Shifting Perinatal Deathcare  \n\nClosing of the series with reflection and pulling together strategies for building and sustaining a supportive network for ongoing community and professional support.\nWill take place at Asphodel House\, address will be in an email to participants\n\nPlease note this training is restricted to birth workers serving families in King County. \nPlease note this training is restricted to King County birth workers. \nIf you registered for the initial 3 day training\, ‘Creating a Nest” please REGISTER HERE. \nIf you did not attend the initial 3 day training\, “Creating a Nest” please REGISTER HERE. \nFacilitators:  \nLashanna is an intentional tender and has been such for going on just over 30 years.  A tender of people and spaces\, a recovering corporate employee\, and an avid learner.  A mistake maker\, community lover\, consensual hugger\, garden witch\, and mother; a midwest grown\, University of Michigan graduate\, artist\, facilitator\, and holder of heavy things. Creating space for belonging is at the core of their work\, from teaching medical professionals to working with youth and play\, from shrouding a community member to hand-grinding herbs for tea. Lashanna regularly lives and works in the intersections of death\, art\, education and love. Her end-of-life work is rooted in a community deathcare model.  Lashanna holds a solid\, grounded space for her clients\, regularly bringing great comfort to a time that can feel out of control.  Her knowledge\, skill\, and experience allow her to assist people and their families in their time of death.  Lashanna not only works with people imminently facing death or who have been given a terminal diagnosis; she also works with those living their life fully and wants a doula relationship in place for when death does come closer or an accident occurs. As the Executive Director of A Sacred Passing\, Lashanna joins in community collaboration\, creating engaging and productive death-and-dying educational materials and opportunities for the community and professionals to learn.  While instructing massage students or doulas\, she works to impress the importance of keeping one’s agenda and judgment out of the process while centering on listening\, trust\, and autonomy. “If energy is neither created or destroyed\, I am quite sure we’ve met sometime before” – thegoodwitchofcascadia \nMarquita 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 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. She has also served registered and non-registered families through the different stages of the Organ Donation process.  In her spare time\, Marquita is also a digital storyteller\, birth & documentary photographer\, and content creator. Learn more at ImanisLightWellness.org or by following her on social media @ImanisLight.
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