Provider Trainings and Events hosted by Perinatal Support Washington are featured below:
Our most common trainings include our Best Practices in Prevention, Identification and Treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (1 Day Foundation Training or 2 Day Comprehensive Training Options), Birth Trauma For Therapists and Allied Birth Professionals, Group Peer Support Facilitator Training. Want to bring a Perinatal Support Washington training to your organization? Learn more about our training and explore how we can collaborate.
* Looking for a custom training for your staff? Get in touch with us! We offer a ride range of trainings with CEUs.
Clinical Consultation: for Latinx/Spanish-Speaking Mental Health Providers
Open to providers in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties. The second Tuesday of the month 3:00-4:30pm starting Tuesday, June 8th 3:00-4:30pm. (6/8, 7/13, 8/10, 9/14, 10/12, 11/9, 12/14) This group welcomes clinicians who speak Spanish, are Latinx or are a part of the Latinx community/serving Latinx/Spanish-speaking clients who are interested in serving childbearing families in…
Clinical Consultation: for Mental Health Clinicians
Open to providers in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties. The 4th Wednesday of the month from 9:00-10:00am; starting June 23rd at 9:00am (6/23, 7/28, 8/25, 9/22, 10/27, 12/1*) * means 1st Wednesday because of holiday. This group welcomes clinicians from multiple identities who are interested in serving childbearing families in a culturally-relevant way. We will…
Clinical Consultation: for Mental Health Clinicians
Open to providers in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties. The second Wednesday of the month June- December at 6pm starting July 14th at 6:00pm-7:00pm. (7/14, 8/11, 9/8, 10/13, 11/10, 12/8) This group welcomes clinicians from multiple identities who are interested in serving childbearing families in a culturally-relevant way. We will provide support to approach perinatal…
Promoting Parental Resilience (Mental Health Providers in King Co Only)
The Parent Education & Resilience Collaborative (PERC) Presents: Promoting Parental Resilience through the Childbearing Period; Supporting Parents with Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders A New Training Program for Mental Health Providers funded by Best Starts for Kids to provide workforce development to providers in King County. July 22nd 9:00am – 5:00pm July 23rd 9:00am…
Clinical Consultation: for Black Mental Health Clinicians
Open to providers in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties. The fourth Thursday of the month June-December from 5:00pm-6:00pm starting July 22nd at 5:00pm-6:00pm. (7/22, 8/26, 9/23, 10/28, 11/18*, 12/16*) * means 3rd Thursday because of holiday. This group welcomes Black clinicians who are interested in serving childbearing families in a culturally-relevant way. We will provide…
PS-WA/PSI State Chapter Advisory Committee Meeting
Join perinatal mental health providers and advocates from across the state every other month for a meeting to learn about the work being done in communities in the perinatal mental health field. Come with questions, share resources, help build resources in your community, or learn about how you can get involved. The objective of the…
Upcoming Community Trainings & Events:
Free Racialized Trauma Course
Host: Cultural Somatics Training & Institute
Location: Online
We can't help ourselves even begin to heal radicalized trauma if we don't acknowledge that it even exists. 5 session ecourse.
Advancing Racial Equity in Maternal Mental Health Policy
Host: Shiva Sethi
Location: Online
Dates: Ongoing/ On Demand
During this webinar Shiva Sethi will provide an overview of and answer questions about his report, Advancing Racial Equity in Maternal Mental Health Policy. The report discusses racial inequities in maternal mental health, factors that have lead to those inequities, and key strategies that policymakers can use to fight those inequities based on successes across the country.
The National Zero Suicide Initiative: Levers for Maternal Mental Health
Host: 2020 Mom and Zero Suicide Institute
Location: Online
Thu, Nov 12, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST
Join 2020 Mom and our partner Zero Suicide Institute to learn and discuss the national Zero Suicide framework. The Zero Suicide framework is a system-wide, organizational commitment to safer suicide care in health and behavioral health care systems.
Multicultural Maternal Mental Health Conference
Host: Shades of You, Shades of Me
Location: Hybrid
October 6 - 8, 2021
Shades of You, Shades of Me, is a Maternal Mental Health awareness campaign that seeks to build a community of support for women of diverse cultural backgrounds. It is our honor to host the 2021 Multicultural Maternal Mental Health Conference in recognition of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.
Our goal is to provide a central place for trainings related to perinatal mental health and well-being. Please feel free to send us your training or forward trainings in your communities. Please email us today.
Additional Trainings & Resources:
Discover local perinatal mental health resources and referrals with our county & family resource pages. Download your free copies here:
In addition to the trainings above, continuing education courses on mood and anxiety disorders are available from the following organizations:
- Maternal Mental Health Now: Annual 2 day Conference in LA ( webcast options) and online training courses.
- Postpartum Stress Center: 15 continuing education (CE) credits can be obtained by reading two of Karen Kleiman’s books. Karen also has in person trainings several times per year.
- CE4less.com: 7 credits for Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts and 8 credits for Tokens of Affection: Reclaiming Your Marriage After Postpartum Depression.
- Postpartum Support International (PSI): PSI offers a 2 day course at various locations throughout the country and a 7 session online course with featuring nationwide experts. They also host an annual conference on perinatal mental health that brings together over 500 perinatal professionals. Professional membership program includes perintal mental health consultation and access to reproductive psychiatry listerve.
- 2020 Mom: Offers a 8 week online training program with Postpartum Support International. Multiple start dates throughout the year. Other training opporuntiies as well inluding complementary Perinatal Mental Health Intro and webinars.
*Perinatal Support Washington is not responsible for the contents of any the websites and inclusion in this list does not indicate that Perinatal Support Washington is endorsing the policies, procedures, or views contained therein.