Webinars

Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate among all mental health complications. Like conditions in the perinatal period, eating disorders are often not screened, properly diagnosed, or treated. The messages dominant culture gives us about what people are supposed to look like during pregnancy and postpartum reinforce an ideal based on the oppression and the reality of growing and…

Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Time: 10am-11:30am PST Cost: FREE Location: Zoom Presenter: Jane Kosloff, LICSW, PMH-C With the increasing knowledge available around the range of autistic experiences, more adults have been learning that they are autistic in recent years. Most support strategies for people in pregnancy and early parenthood have been designed with neurotypical…

With an understanding that birth is a moment and postpartum is forever, Whole Body Pregnancy owner and founder, Erika Davis, will lead a discussion on the importance of extended postpartum care for birthing people. If you are part of the village supporting people in their reproductive journey, join Erika for the free webinar, Beyond the 4th Trimester on…

          Now more than ever, LGBTQIA+ families are holding the stressors of the political climate along with the joys and fears of parenting. In this webinar, we will learn together about the experiences of LGBTQIA+ families in the perinatal period and how perinatal professionals can provide more inclusive care. There will…

So often, the stories of those who experience perinatal loss (including fertility losses, miscarriage, abortion, TFMR, stillbirth, and infant loss) don't get told. There might not be a provider, a friend, or a family member who knows how to sit with the person who experienced the loss and to listen. To simply let the story…

This 90-minute session offers a practical, justice-oriented, and culturally responsive approach to perinatal mental health care. We will explore how PMAD symptoms often present differently in BIPOC birthing people and why standard screening tools may miss or mislabel psychological distress. Participants will examine common diagnostic blind spots, unpack race-related stressors, and gain strategies for responding…

FREE webinar series open to all professionals in Washington State Parents who do not carry and birth their children often experience forms of othering in perinatal and parenting spaces. This training will center experiences from a diversity of voices, including dads, queer non-birthing parents, and kinship/adoptive/foster parents. Dates & Time: All sessions take place 10am-12pm…

FREE webinar series open to all professionals in Washington State. Perinatal Support Washington is offering a winter series of the key Perinatal Mental Health considerations for perinatal providers (doulas, case managers, home visitors, peer providers and more). Topics will include common challenges birthworkers may encounter. Dates & Time: All sessions take place 10am-12pm PT January…

          The baby is new. The family system is not. Having a baby is a fundamental systemic change that impacts the entire support system. Yet, most standard approaches to perinatal mental health isolate the birthing parent. Inadvertently, our current healthcare models place the burden of "getting better" on the person in…

Open to WA state professionals who work with perinatal families in WA state. Research, data, and storytelling from around the world tells us that connecting to the body and connecting to nature can bring healing opportunities across cultures. Addressing perinatal mental health with these approaches opens up opportunities to connect with wellbeing in a way…