Perinatal Crisis and Beyond: A Trauma-Focused Comprehensive for EMDR Practitioners
January - November 2025 (monthly sessions) with Mara Tesler Stein, PsyD, PMH-C
This advanced practice 10-month long course will examine the wide range of disruptive events that can occur in the perinatal period, teach attendees to identify the qualities of those events that induce ruptures in the typical developmental path of family-building, and conceptualize the clinical dynamics of patients suffering in the aftermath of disruptive and traumatizing perinatal events.
Over the course of ten class sessions, we will establish a conceptual framework with which to understand and intervene to support families. We will take deep dives into the neurobiology and dynamics of grief and trauma, discuss specific trauma-focused interventions for a range of perinatal presentations, and discuss ethical considerations in perinatal decision-making.
This course is for those trained at least through Part 1 of an EMDR foundational/basic training.
If you are not EMDR trained, there is a cohort of this course for NON-EMDR trained clinicians here.
Registration Deadline: January 27, 2025
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We offer tiered pricing for all of our trainings in order to make our courses accessible to as many practitioners as possible. If you are unsure which tier of payment is right for your financial situation, please read through our FAQ section below or visit our website.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] if you are interested in a multi-month payment plan. We are always happy to create a custom payment plan to make it more feasible for everyone to participate in our courses.
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Timed Course Agenda (subject to change) and Meeting Dates
FREE PREVIEWLearning Objectives
FREE PREVIEWZoom Information
About Course Recordings
Anti-Oppression Statement from The Touchstone Institute
Developing a Philosophy of Care
Readings: Sociocultural Considerations
Readings: Self-as-Therapist
Readings: Three Core Tasks
Readings: Philosophies of Care
An Unexpected Journey - from Davis & Stein, "Intensive Parenting: Surviving Your Journey Through the NICU" (Fulcrum, 2013)
Story in Perinatal Trauma
BIPOC Considerations
Laying the Foundation: Learning Objectives
Trauma Focused Conceptualization & Treatment: Learning Objectives
Perinatal Trauma through the Integrated Lens: Learning Objectives
Readings: Grief
Readings: Couples and Family
Readings: The Next Chapter
Readings: Trauma
Grief and Trauma: Learning Objectives
Bonding and Attachment: Learning Objectives
Readings: Bonding
Readings: Child Impact
Readings: Sibling Impact
Readings: Family Impact
Readings: Pandemic Impact
Too Soon?
Parenting with medical fragility/disability
All times listed in EST
Each class session takes place from 11am - 2pm EST. There will be a five-minute break approximately halfway through the three-hour block.
The class will meet on the following Tuesdays in 2025:
See the learning objectives below for each class's topics.
Participation in all training sessions and submission of a course evaluation is required to receive a CE Certificate for this course. Course evaluations are made available after all live sessions have been completed within the course portal. After completing the evaluation, participants will be able to download their CE certificates. This training offers 30 CE credit hours.
It is your responsibility to verify CE coverage in your State or Provence.
The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training, Inc. has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7346. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training, Inc. is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training, [provider number:1876], is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Touchstone Institute for Perinatal Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: [1/19/2024-1/19/2025]. Social workers completing this course receive 30 continuing education credits.
This course is approved by the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA). The Touchstone Institute is an approved training provider with EMDRIA: approval #22021.
This course is approved by Postpartum Support International (PSI) for continuing education towards obtaining and maintaining the PMH-C
After completing this training/as a result of participating in this training, trainees will be able to:
Laying the Foundation (January)
Trauma Focused Conceptualization and Treatment (February)
Perinatal Trauma through the Integrated Lens (March)
Multi-modal approaches to perinatal trauma (April)
Grief and Trauma (May)
Bonding and Attachment (June)
The Family (July)
Medical Fragility and Disability (August)
Early trauma (September)
Ethics and Medical Decision-Making (November)
Select this tier if you: Own the home you live in (even with a mortgage); live in a two-income household; have investments, retirement accounts, or inherited money; travel recreationally; have access to family money and resources in times of need; work part-time by choice, etc.
Select this tier if you: Have income available for recreational activities (going out to dinner, movies, concerts etc.); have consistent work compensated at a median income rate based on your region; pay rent that is not more than 25% of your monthly household income; do not own your own home, etc.
Select this tier if you: Are a graduate student paying tuition; have major medical expenses not covered by insurance; have been denied work, or experience discrimination related to ableism, racism, sexism, gender discrimination or other forms of oppression; are eligible for public assistance; have immigration-related expenses; have ever been denied work due to incarceration history; are supporting adult children, extended family members in need or have other adult dependents; are an elder with limited financial support; are primarily working in a setting with under-resourced populations and your income reflects this work, etc.
Yes! We are happy to work with you to create a payment plan that fits your needs. Please reach out to us over email with a brief description of the length of the plan that you are interested in using to pay for this course: [email protected].
Please visit our website for more information on our approach to pricing our trainings: www.touchstoneinstitute.org/pricing.
We require 14-days notice for cancellations to receive a refund, minus a 7% administrative fee. If you cancel within 14 days you will be able to apply your full tuition to any other trainings we offer.
$600.00
$475.00
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