Queer Parents Support Group
2021-06-02 11:30, 2021-06-09 11:30 (America/Vancouver) | Online
Online Support Group though PSI Queer Parents is FREE and open to all members of the queer community who are expecting, adopting, and/or parenting babies up to 2 years. This group is intended for gestational, non-gestational and adoptive parents. Meets every Wednesday at 11:30pm PST/ 2:30am EST. For more information about this group and to register please visit the website below.
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Grupo de apoyo social en línea
2021-06-02 11:30 - 12:30, 2021-06-03 11:30 - 12:30, 2021-06-09 11:30 - 12:30, 2021-06-10 11:30 - 12:30 | WA
Llame al (844) 875-7777 (línea gratuita)
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Cada miércoles
11:30am
Nuestros grupos de apoyo social en linea o por teléfono están aquí para ayudarle a conectar con otros padres, hablar sobre sus experiencias, y para aprender acerca de herramientas y recursos útiles. Ya sea que esté pasando por estrés, ajustándose a la crianza de sus hijos, depresión o ansiedad durante el embarazo o posparto, nuestros grupos están aquí para ayudarle.
Los grupos son dirigidos por líderes de grupo con experiencia y que entienden las dificultades emocionales de nuevos padres. Por favor avísenos si tiene alguna pregunta y acompáñenos esta semana para un grupo informativo y de apoyo.

Mothering Together Support Group
2021-06-02 13:00 - 14:00, 2021-06-09 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Meeting Virtually! Questions or to register/join: call or text Elisia: (360) 477-8540
Join at any time, groups are open and free – come as you are! Online video chat format, children welcome to “attend” with you.
Are you a new mom? Wondering if it is supposed to be this hard? Looking for a community of other moms who get it?
Those first weeks and months are so hard…

Sleep deprivation
Feeling overwhelmed
Feeling more emotional
Having so much self doubt
Feeling worried
Anxiety, depression, birth trauma make it even harder.

Come to our new moms group! We get it and we will offer hope that it will get easier. We are a group of moms who support each other.

VIRTUAL Pregnancy After Loss Support Group
2021-06-02 19:30 - 20:30 | Virtual
Meeting Virtually! Please follow this link for information on joining a virtual group.
Monthly support group for parents who are considering or experiencing a pregnancy after their loss. Meetings are led by a parent facilitator.

NICU Parents
2021-06-03 15:30 - 17:00, 2021-06-10 15:30 - 17:00 | Online
Every Thursday 6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT
Led by trained PSI facilitators, our online NICU group is intended for parents of babies who are currently or formerly in the NICU. Connecting with others who have experienced the uniquely stressful environment of a NICU will provide parents with understanding, as well as helpful tools and resources. Whether your baby is currently in the NICU or you have finally returned home, our NICU parents support group is here for you.

Monthly Dad Support Group
2021-06-04 07:00 - 08:30 | Online
Free online space for dads to connect with other dads and gain practical tips from managing stress, adjusting to parenting, Daddy Blues, or trying to figure out how best to support your partner.
First Friday of Every Month at 7am PST/10am EST.

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Seattle - Adjusting to Parenthood
2021-06-04 11:30 - 13:00, 2021-06-11 11:30 - 13:00 | Sri Janani Yoga, 7700 Aurora N, Greenlake, WA, 98103, United States
Adjusting to Parenthood is meeting virtually! Join us. No registration required – simply follow this link on Fridays at 11:30: https://zoom.us/j/92374601864
This is a new mom support group, offering additional support for the emotional changes and challenges of adapting to parenthood. Becoming a new parent can be overwhelming, and it often takes time to adjust to changing roles and unfamiliar experiences. Good support can help ease the transition, especially if it provides a place for new mothers to come together and express the reality of how hard parenthood can be. Adjusting to Parenthood is a place for women to feel heard and to be honest about the highs and lows of motherhood. It offers a supportive environment in which the full range of postpartum experiences is welcomed, and the everyday realities of being a new mom are understood.
At the end of each group, we offer a 15-minute question and answer on infant feeding, infant development, and infant and adult mental health. Come and get your questions answered! The group is appropriate for any mother who needs support to vent, to process, to hear other women’s stories, and to learn that she is not alone. Expectant moms and moms with babies in arms are welcome. We have toys and space for crawlers and walkers and we welcome moms of older kiddos (up to 2 years) but we do not have separate childcare.
No Fee while we are meeting virutally

Orcas Island - Perinatal Peer Support Group
2021-06-06 13:00 - 15:00 | The Funhouse Commons, 30 Pea Patch Lane, East Sound, WA, 98245, United States
While this group is not currently meeting to do social distancing requirements, phone and email support is available! Email lilyostle@gmail.com or call (425) 765 3816.
We are a non-judgmental community from pregnancy through the first year of parenthood. Our goal is to create a safe space for sharing struggles and triumphs during the transition to parenthood. All babies and children are welcome, as well as all parents/guardians. Groups are facilitated by former birth and postpartum doula Lily Ostle, who has ten years of experience helping families. Topics include, but are not limited to: baby feeding, family sleep, co-parenting and single parenting dynamics, nutrition, pregnancy trimesters, birth stories, and developmental milestones. Donations are welcome, but not required. For more information please contact Lily at lilyostle@gmail.com. Every other Sunday beginning Feb 2nd.
FREE or by donation.

Best Practices in Prevention, Identification and Treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders - 2 day Training
2021-06-07 09:00 - 2021-06-14 17:00 | Online
This training is for Washington State providers.
Learn how to effectively identify and screen parents experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. This two-day training is appropriate for a range of providers, including OBs, pediatricians, midwives, RNs, social workers, mental health therapists, doulas, public health employees, home visitors, IBCLCs, and more.
Location: Zoom
Trainers: Heidi Koss, LMHC and Leslie Butterfield, PhD
Dates:
Monday, June 7th – 9am-5pm PST
Monday, June 14th – 9am-5pm PST
Please Note:

This training is similar to our Perinatal Mental Health for Home Visitors Training and our Promoting Parental Resilience Training. If you have attended either of these, please don’t register for this training as they cover similar content.
To participate in this training you must attend live, the training will not be recorded.

This free training is offered by Perinatal Support WA through a grant from Strengthening Families Washington at the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF).

Objectives of this training:
Day 1: Basic Topics

Understand the “real” transition to parenthood.
Know the spectrum of perinatal mental health disorders.
Know the risk factors for PMADs.
Know key prevention strategies.
Understand high risk populations and health disparities.
Become knowledgeable about the impacts of perinatal mental health on families and communities.
Know the components of a treatment plan.
Be able to effectively talk about, and screen new/expectant parents for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.

Day 2: Advanced Topics

Understand the impact of birth experiences on postpartum emotional health.
Become knowledgeable about risk and symptoms for partners and fathers.
Become knowledgeable about psychiatric medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Become knowledgeable about supporting families in the NICU
Become knowledgeable about feeding issues and perinatal mental health.
Understand the impact on infant and children.
Understand impacts on partners and relationships.

Continuing Education Credit:

12.5 CEUs approved for MSWs, MAs, MFTs
12.5 Contact hours approved for RNs: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17084 for 12 contact hours.
This training also meets the training requirements for the national Perinatal Mental Health Certification through Postpartum Support International.

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Questions regarding the training, please email: training@perinatalsupport.org
This is a live virtual training and a recording will not be sent out after the training, please only register if you are able to attend the training in its entirety.

About the Speakers:
Heidi Koss, LMHC is a psychotherapist in private practice, serving individuals, couples and families, with an emphasis on pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders, birth trauma, as well as treating other related birth issues.
Heidi has contributed to the field of perinatal mental health in many ways over her career. She is the Co-Founder of the Northwest Association for Postpartum Support (NAPS). She served on the WA state leadership advisory committee for the Speak Up When Youre Down Postpartum Depression Awareness Campaign and has been an instructor at the Seattle Midwifery School for their PPMD course. She has collaborated on a PPMD training curriculum with the University of WA School of Nursing Infant Mental Health and Development Program and the Washington State Department of Health First Steps Division. She has been a Certified Postpartum Doula and Certified Lactation Educator for over twelve years, and the recipient of the prestigious DONA International Penny Simkin Award in 2006. Heidi is also the proud mother of 2 beautiful daughters.
Leslie Butterfield, PhD is a clinical psychologist who specializes in pregnancy and postpartum issues. At her Seattle, WA private practice she works with moms and couples struggling with pregnancy and neonatal loss, the transition to parenthood, pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders, and birth related trauma. Additionally, she has designed and taught the counseling skills curriculum for Seattle Midwifery School and Bastyr Naturopathic Universitys Department of Midwifery for the past 15 years.
In her capacity as an educator, Leslie has provided trainings and consultations to: University of Washington; Singapore KKH Hospital for Women; AWHONN(Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses); Marce Society; PALS (Pacific Association of Labor Support); API (Attachment Parenting International), NAPS (Northwest Association for Postpartum Support), Catholic Charities, Planned Parenthood, and others. Recently she has served on the board of PATTCh (Prevention and Treatment of Traumatic Childbirth) as Vice President, and Perinatal Support Washington as the former chair and current board member.

Birth Mom Support Group
2021-06-07 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
PSI’s online Birth Mom Support Group provides a connection for birth moms/first moms who place a baby for adoption.
This group meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 10am PST/1pm EST. Our next meeting is on October 5th!
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Pregnancy and Infant Loss
2021-06-07 10:00 - 11:30, 2021-06-14 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
PSI’s online Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support group provides a connection for mothers grieving the loss of their baby.
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Desi Chaat: A support group for South-Asian moms
2021-06-07 13:00 | Online
Culturally sensitive and safe space for South Asian mamas. Connect with other mamas, find support, and helpful recourses.
Online meetings first Monday of the Month at 4 EST/1 PST.
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Longview - Mothering Together
2021-06-07 18:30 - 20:00, 2021-06-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Youth And Family Link, 907 Douglas St, Longview, WA, 98632, United States
Meeting virtually on Monday evenings from 6:30pm through 8:00pm! Contact Rachelle by texting 360-751-5772 to request the invite link.
Talk with other mothers who have been there. Get support and connection.

Apoyo Perinatal (Spanish-language)
2021-06-08 11:00, 2021-06-15 11:00 | Online
Nuestros grupos en el internet están aquí para ayudarle a conectar con otros padres, hablar sobre sus experiencias, y para aprender acerca de herramientas y recursos útiles.
Para mayor información sobre la inscripción- ¡pulse aquí!

Lakewood - Walk With Me Support Circle for Moms
2021-06-08 22:00 - 23:30, 2021-06-15 22:00 - 23:30 | Franciscan Lakewood WIC, 11300 Bridgeport Way SW Suite A/B Conference Room, Lakewood, WA, 98499, United States
Meeting virtually! Please contact Christine McClendon (619)988-1131 to find out about joining a virtual support group.
Pregnant? Parenting? Seeking Connection? Share the joys, challenges, and struggles that come with being a mom. No judgement, no advice, just a chance to listen and be listened to, in a safe environment. Questions? Text us at: Christine 619.988.1131 Sponsored by Step by Step

Bellevue Parenting after Loss Support Group (PPL)
2021-06-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Overlake Hospital, 1035 116th Ave NE (PACCAR Education Center, please look for room designation signs), Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
Now meeting virtually! Please follow this link for information on how to join a group.
Monthly support group for parents who have lost a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or infant loss, and are parenting a living child, “rainbow” baby or both. Meetings are led by a parent facilitator.

The Compassionate Friends Eastside Chapter Meeting
2021-06-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 10021 NE 124th St, Kirkland, WA, 98034, United States
Currently meeting virtually! For information on how to join a group, please follow this link.
If you are a member (or a friend) of a family that has suffered the death of a child, The Compassionate Friends is here to help you and provide support for the family.

Mamás Unidas
2021-06-14 15:30 - 16:30 | Online
Un Grupo Virtual Comunitario
COMPARTIENDO
COMPRENDIENDO
OFRECIERENDO APOYO
Y ANIMANDO
APRENDERIENDO
REFLEXIONANDO
¿Estas Sufriendo? ¿Estas Estresada? ¡Estamos aquí para ayudarte! LIBRE DE ASESORAMIENTO Y OPINIONES.
Mamás Solteras ~ Mamás con Experiencia ~ Mamás sin Experiencia
¡Chongos, Pijamas y Niños Bienvenidos! Como sea que te identifiques: mamá Latina, Hispana, o Latinx mom. Sesiones de 10 semanas.
Premios y certificados se entregarán al final de las 10 sesiones.
Segundo y cuarto lunes de 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Llama para registrarte a: Youth and Family Link
Para Español (360) 751-4320

West Seattle - Early Days Support Groups
2021-06-15 13:00 - 14:30 | Online
Currently meeting virtually the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month from 1:00-2:30! Please contact dbloom@thrivecounselingfederalway.com for the meeting access link.
Parents of Infants 0-12 Months (No toddlers please). Early Days uses the GPS format to facilitate an honest discussion of the realities of parenting. Trained facilitators work to create a comfortable environment for folks to share whatever is going on for them, free of judgement or advice. You are not alone! All moms (birth, adoptive, foster) who experience emotional challenges are welcome. Come join a circle of parents that are having similar feelings and challenges! Support people and partners welcome!
$15 drop-in or $80 for 8-time punch card. No one turned away.
