Professional Training
MotherWoman provides high quality professional trainings on Supporting Families During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: Postpartum Depression and Beyond
Our trainings are designed for a wide range of medical and social service providers, including physicians, nurses, midwives, social service employees, mental health providers, and all others working with women and families in the perinatal period. We offer regional trainings, as well as private trainings to meet the needs of individual offices, hospitals, agencies and staff.
Training participants will:
- Gain a comprehensive perspective on postpartum emotional experiences, such as postpartum depression, anxiety and stress, including assessment, spectrum, and treatment
- Understand the risk factors associated with postpartum emotional difficulty
- Understand the spectrum of emotional reactions (symptoms) in the postpartum period from normal adjustment to psychosis.
- Understand the social and cultural factors involved in the adjustment to parenthood.
- Learn strategies and get resources for helping mothers, fathers and kinship caregivers during the postpartum period
Contact Program Director Annette Cycon, or check our calendar, for information on upcoming regional trainings and private trainings.
This is an approved training of the Pregnancy & Postpartum Support Coalition of Western MA.