Advanced Frontline Provider Perinatal Mental Health Training
This training is open to WA state professionals who serve perinatal families in WA state.
Perinatal mental health is a critical component of maternal and infant well-being, and non clinical providers often serve as the first point of contact for individuals experiencing emotional distress during pregnancy and the postpartum period. This advanced training equips participants with foundational knowledge and practical skills to recognize and respond to perinatal mental health concerns within their professional role. Meant to build upon the foundation of the 2-Day Components of Care Training, participants explore the impact of implicit bias, social determinants of health, and social justice on the experiences and outcomes of perinatal individuals. The training provides an overview of common perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), including risk factors, warning signs, and strategies for recognizing and responding to perinatal mental health crises. Attendees will learn evidence-informed screening best practices, effective non-clinical interventions, appropriate referral pathways, and communication strategies that promote compassionate, person-centered care. The training concludes with a discussion of self-care practices designed to reduce compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout among professionals working with individuals and families during the perinatal period.
Designed for non-clinical providers, this interactive training emphasizes practical application, cultural humility, trauma-informed care, and interdisciplinary collaboration to improve support for perinatal individuals and their families.
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Time: 8am-3:00pm PDT
Location: Zoom
Cost: FREE
Trainer: Taylor Ulrey, MS, LMFT, LCMFT, S-LMFT, LCMFT-S, MHP, PMH-C
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the impact of implicit bias and social determinants of health on perinatal individuals and describe strategies for providing equitable, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive support.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of common perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), distinguish them from expected perinatal adjustment, and identify indicators of a perinatal mental health crisis requiring immediate intervention.
- Demonstrate best practices for screening, responding to screening results, and implementing appropriate non-clinical interventions, including referral pathways and supportive communication strategies.
- Apply practical self-care and resilience strategies to reduce the impact of secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, and burnout while working with perinatal individuals and families.
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Continuing Education Units:
- 5.5 Contact Hours approved for RNs: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17084 for 5.5 contact hours.
This free training is offered by Perinatal Support WA through a grant from the Department of Health.
This is a live training and will not be recorded. Questions regarding the training, please email: training@perinatalsupport.org
About the Trainer:
Adjunct Professor Taylor Ulrey, MS, LMFT, LCMFT, S-LMFT, LCMFT-S, MHP, PMH-C, specializes in the treatment of those in the transition to parenthood, as well as the treatment of trauma. She has worked in all settings, from outpatient to inpatient, with all ages from 0 to end of life, and works with individuals/couples/and families. She views all relationships through the lens of attachment, and this can be seen in her teaching style as well.