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.
Group Peer Support (GPS) Consultation Groups FREE – WEDNESDAYS
Every third Wednesday (11am-12:30pm PST) FREE monthly consultation groups for those who have attended a Group Peer Support training through Perinatal Support Washington.
Group Peer Support (GPS) Consultation Groups FREE – TUESDAYS
Every fourth Tuesday (10:30am-12pm PST) FREE monthly consultation groups for those who have attended a Group Peer Support training through Perinatal Support Washington.
Perinatal Mental Health Best Practices (Whatcom County)
Open to WA State Providers who practice in Whatcom County. This 2 track training will provide the opportunity for clinical and non-clinical professionals to gain confidence in screening, referrals, and…
Best Practices in Prevention, Identification & Treatment of Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders
This training is open to Washington state providers. A limited number of spots available for King County providers. Learn how to effectively identify and screen parents experiencing perinatal mood and…
Best Practices in Prevention, Identification & Treatment of Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders for East African Parents
For WA state providers who serve East African families. This training will provide an overview of the spectrum of perinatal mental health through a cultural lense & how the pandemic…
Perinatal Mental Health Support, Engagement, Screening & Referrals (Okanogan County)
For WA state providers who practice in Okanogan County. This training will provide an overview of the spectrum of perinatal mental health and how the pandemic has impacted families and…
Upcoming Community Trainings & Events:
Moms’ Access Project ECHO: CME Series
UW’s Perinatal Substance Use & Mental Health Case Conference Series
Host: The University of Washington School of
Medicine
Location: Online
Dates: 1st Wednesday of the month. October 2021 through July 2022 from 12:00-1:00pm PST
The program aims to increase frontline provider capacity to address common mental disorders in pregnancy and postpartum. Program format is brief didactic followed by in depth case presentation and discussion.
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.
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.