From pre-conception to post-birth, disturbance within the parenting journey is far too common and can have devastating effect on the mother, infant, partner and entire family.
This training is relational in approach and offers a thorough grounding in perinatal mental illness: how to work with it; the most common presentations; some of the common ethical dilemmas; working with neurodivergence and complex presentations (TMFR, postpartum psychosis, late miscarriage, loss in infancy, birth trauma). We will explore a multitude of themes including parental bonding, attachment and affect regulation including how important these all are in perinatal work. We will also cover working with fathers / partners and couples (incl. heterosexual, single-sex and non-binary couples).
Fri 6th Sept 2024 (In-Room - Greater Manchester)
Module 1 - Perinatal Mental Illness - pathology, normality or systemic failure? The common presentations, confounders, and disturbance in the parenting journey. Complex presentations - IVF, ART, Donor, surrogacy, TFMR, psychosis.
Fri 20th Sept 2024 (Online)
Module 2 - Treatment Planning. Attachment, bonding and affect regulation. Working with the infant in the room. Couples Work
Fri 4th Oct 2024 (Online)
Module 3 - The importance of Black, Asian and Ethnic minority experiences of childbirth and parenting in the UK, Europe & Worldwide
Fri 18th Oct 2024 (Online)
Module 4 - Using creative methods to address silencing, shame and guilt
Fri 1st Nov 2024 (In-Room - Greater Manchester)
Module 5 - Ethical Dilemmas; Neurodivergence; Gender Identity and parenthood; working with disability and medical disorders (parent and/or infant); parents with high dependency infants or with terminal illness.
*All days will start at 10am and finish at 5pm
*The course cost in total is £625. You will pay a £150 deposit to secure your place then you will receive an invoice for the remaining £475 before the 14 day cancellation period in advance of course commencement.
Trainer: Dr Emma Haynes (TSTA) is a Researcher, Author and Psychotherapist specialising in Perinatal Mental Health. Her first book "Motherhood an Mental Illness" was published by Routledge in 2023 and her second book is due to launch on the final day of this training and is titled "A Transactional Analysis of Motherhood and Disturbances in the Maternal" also published by Routledge.
This workshop carries CPD credits (particularly for those in TA Training who must count hrs with a PTSTA or TSTA trainer).
To apply for our Advanced Clinical training (if you have not joined earlier years) we ask that you Contact Us with information of your training to date and then, if appropriate, we will schedule an interview to see if it's appropriate to offer you a place on our training programme.
