Perinatal Support Washington

Desi Chaat: A support group for South-Asian moms
2021-10-04 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | 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
2021-10-04 18:30 - 20:00, 2021-10-11 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)
2021-10-05 11:00, 2021-10-12 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!

West Seattle - Early Days Support Groups
2021-10-05 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.

Melanin & Milk
2021-10-05 13:00 - 14:30, 2021-10-12 13:00 - 14:30 | Fern Lactation, 4141 6th Ave Suite C, Tacoma, 98406
A GROUP FOR BIPOC MAMAS
Lactation Support Group with Whitney Scott, IBCLC
A safe and supportive space to get all your feels out about your baby feeding journey. Come talk or just listen. Sometimes it is just nice to know you’re not alone. Babies welcomed.
Tuesdays:
1:00-2:00pm Peer Support
2:00-2:30pm Lactation Q&A

Location:
Fern Lactation
4141 6th Ave Suite C,
Tacoma, WA 98406
Text melanin to: 1-253-448-3635 for further details.

Spokane MISS Chapter
2021-10-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Spokane MISS Chapter, 4209 E. Pacific Ave, Spokane, WA, 99202, United States
While not currently meeting in person due to social distancing requirements, information about online support can be found here.
We exist to support parents through the loss of a child at any age. We are peer to peer support.

Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Group- Renton
2021-10-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Valley Medical Center, 4033 Talbot Rd S. the Union Square plaza), Renton, WA, 98055, United States
Meeting virtually! To join a virtual group, fill out the form found here.
You are invited to attend the perinatal loss support group at Valley Medical Center. Our goal is to provide a supportive environment that will give you comfort and hope for the future. This parent group is member-led by those who have traveled a similar journey who may offer insight into what you are experiencing. While peer support does not replace professional counseling services offered by trained professionals, this group is free of charge and open to any parents in the community who need a safe place to share their stories.

Lakewood - Walk With Me Support Circle for Moms
2021-10-05 22:00 - 23:30, 2021-10-12 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

Perinatal Mental Health 10 Week Training Series
2021-10-06 09:00 - 10:30 | Online
This 10 week series offers a forum to learn from an experienced perinatal mental health specialist, delving into weekly topic areas through training and case study discussions.
This training is suitable for all mental health practitioners. The training groups require a 10 week long commitment. Each session will be 1.5 hours long and will consist of training on a specific PMAD topic. There will be a focus on a case study related to the week’s topic in order to highlight and incorporate the knowledge and skills learned through the reading and the training. This training is provided by specialists in the field:
Mia Edidin, LICSW
Meyleen Velasquez, LICSW
Kristine Lynam, LICSW
Michelle Anderson, LMHC

Dates and times: 9:00 – 10:30am, Wednesdays:
October 6, 13, 20, 27
November 3, 10, 17, 24
December 1, 8, 2021
Location: Zoom
Trainers: Mia Edidin, LICSW and Meyleen Velasquez, LICSW

Number of CEU’s:

15 CEU’s approved for LICSWs, LMHCs, and LMFTs
15 Contact hours available for RNs. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17084 for 15 contact hours
This Program has been approved for 15 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists by the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work.
This training is approved as an advanced course for the Postpartum Support International Certification in Perinatal Mental Health.
Continuing Education is provided by Perinatal Support of Washington at the completion of the program. CEUs are based on attendance (1.5 CEUs per meeting).
For missed sessions, a comprehension test of 80% correct answers is required. Recordings will be available.

Course Outline:
Week 1 – Adjustment issues, maternal shoulds and shame issues in American society
Week 2 – Perinatal Depression
Week 3 – Anxiety – Intrusive and scary thoughts, OCD, OCD and scary thoughts
Week 4 – Perinatal management of bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis
Week 5 – Birth trauma
Week 6 – Breastfeeding
Week 7 – Perinatal loss: miscarriage, stillbirth, preparing for pregnancy after loss and risk for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Week 8 – Medications during pregnancy and lactation
Week 9 – Supporting parents during and after the NICU
Week 10 – Special considerations for sexual abuse survivors and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, birth issues and parenting issues.

Learning Objectives:

Understand how to accurately identify, assess and treat perinatal depression.
Understand how to accurately identify, assess and treat perinatal anxiety.
Understand how to accurately identify, assess and treat adjustment issues.
Understand how to accurately identify, assess and treat perinatal bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis.
Understand how to accurately identify, assess and treat birth trauma.
Understand when breastfeeding is protective and when it is a risk factor for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Understand how perinatal loss impacts the risk for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Understand the special considerations for perinatal medication management.
Understand how to accurately identify, assess and treat sexual abuse survivors for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.

Cost:
$412 General Registration
$335 PS-WA Member
$206 Current PS-WA Volunteer
Scholarship information:
Limited Scholarships available for Washington state providers who meet the following requirements:
1. Take 1 or more Medicaid (Apple Health) plans and
2. Agree to continue to take new clients with Apple Health plans for a year.
3. Work within communities who have historically been underserved and have the necessary connection to serve families in those communities.
Full and partial scholarships are available. To apply please follow this link to the application.
Deadline to apply: September 22, 2021
In the application you will be asked to write a brief statement about how this training will be used in your practice, how you plan to provide services to underserved communities, and how you hope this training will impact your community or community you serve. Please be sure to include details about how you meet the 3 criteria listed in the application.
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Queer Parents Support Group
2021-10-06 11:30, 2021-10-13 11:30 | 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
2021-10-06 11:30 - 12:30, 2021-10-07 11:30 - 12:30, 2021-10-13 11:30 - 12:30, 2021-10-14 11:30 - 12:30 | WA
Llame al (844) 875-7777 (línea gratuita)
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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
2021-10-06 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
2021-10-06 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
2021-10-07 15:30 - 17:00, 2021-10-14 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.

Seattle - Adjusting to Parenthood
2021-10-08 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
2021-10-10 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.

Pregnancy and Infant Loss
2021-10-11 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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Mamás Unidas
2021-10-11 15:30 - 16:30 | Online
Un Grupo Virtual Comunitario
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¡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

Bellevue Parenting after Loss Support Group (PPL)
2021-10-13 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
2021-10-14 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.

10 Month Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Training and Case Consultation
2021-10-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
This 10 month series offers a forum to learn from experienced perinatal mental health specialists, delving into PMH topic areas through both didactic training and case study discussions. If you have attended our 2 day Best Practices in Prevention, Identification, and Treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Training, this 10 month training is a great next step in continuing to learn about perinatal mental health issues.
This training is suitable for all mental health practitioners and requires a 10 month commitment. Each session will be 2 hours long and will consist of: 1 hour training on a specific PMAD topic and 1 hour of case consultation. Case consultation will help clinicians implement and incorporate the knowledge and skills learned through the reading and the training.
Trainer: Heidi Koss, LMHC
Dates and times: Consultation meetings start on Friday, October 15th and continue on the 3rd Friday of each month, 10am-12pm PST. Participants agree to financially commit to the program.
Dates: Oct 15th, Nov 19th, Dec 17th, Jan 21st, Feb 18th, March 18th, April 15th, May 20th, June 17th, July 15th
Location: Zoom
Continuing Education

20 CEUs approved for LICSWs, LMHCs, and LMFTs.
This Program has been approved for 20 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists by the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work.
20 contact hours approved for RNs: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17084 for 20 contact hours. CEUs are based on attendance (2 CEUs per 2 hour meeting)
This training is approved as an advanced course for the Postpartum Support International Certification in Perinatal Mental Health.
Continuing Education is provided by Perinatal Support of Washington at the completion of the program. CEUs are based on attendance (2 CEUs per 2 hour meeting).

Cost: $75/consult session

To reserve your spot please pay $150 and make monthly payments, or pay in full ($750)
If you choose to make monthly payments you will be required to set up an auto payment via credit card. You will receive an invoice on December 1st. Please set up the automatic credit card payment when you receive that invoice and your credit card will be automatically charged on the first of every month starting in December and ending in July.
The consult groups require a commitment of all 10 monthly consultation meetings.

Scholarship information:
Limited Scholarships available for providers in Washington state who meet the following requirements:
1. Take 1 or more Medicaid (Apple Health) plans and
2. Agree to continue to take new clients with Apple Health plans for a year.
3. Work within communities who have historically been underserved and have the necessary connection to serve families in those communities.
Full and partial scholarships are available. To apply please follow this link to the application.
Deadline to apply: October 1, 2021
In the application you will be asked to write a brief statement about how this training will be used in your practice, how you plan to provide services to underserved communities, and how you hope this training will impact your community or community you serve. Please be sure to include details about how you meet the 3 criteria listed in the application.
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Course Outline: (please note all topics will be covered but might move around)
Month 1 – Adjustment issues, maternal shoulds and shame issues in American society
Month 2 – Perinatal Depression
Month 3 – Anxiety – Intrusive and scary thoughts, OCD, OCD and scary thoughts
Month 4 – Perinatal management of bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis.
Month 5 – Birth trauma
Month 6 – Breastfeeding
Month 7 – Perinatal loss: miscarriage, stillbirth, preparing for pregnancy after loss and risk for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Month 8 – Medications during pregnancy and lactation.
Month 9 – Supporting parents during and after the NICU
Month 10 – Special considerations for sexual abuse survivors and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, birth issues and parenting issues.

Learning Objectives:

Understand how to accurately identify, assess and treat perinatal depression, perinatal anxiety, adjustment issues, perinatal bipolar disorder, postpartum psychosis and birth trauma.
Understand when breastfeeding is protective and when it is a risk factor for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Understand how perinatal loss impacts the risk for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Understand the special considerations for perinatal medication management.
Understand how to accurately identify, assess and treat sexual abuse survivors for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.

Questions regarding the training, please email: training@perinatalsupport.org
About the trainer:
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 You’re 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.
