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Perinatal Relational Health: Helping Couples in the Transition to Parenthood

$149.99

An Emotionally Focused Therapy-Informed Training for Therapists and Perinatal Professionals

Becoming parents is one of the most profound transitions a couple will ever experience. While it brings joy and meaning, it can also surface deep attachment needs, stress, and moments of disconnection - especially in the perinatal period.

This training is designed for therapists, birth professionals, and perinatal mental health providers who want to understand and support the couple bond as a foundation for family well-being. Drawing from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and attachment science, you’ll learn how a secure romantic connection between parents directly shapes a baby’s emotional development - and how to help couples find their way back to each other during this vulnerable time.

Through case examples, experiential learning, and clear, practical tools, you’ll gain confidence in helping new and expectant parents.

An Emotionally Focused Therapy-Informed Training for Therapists and Perinatal Professionals

Becoming parents is one of the most profound transitions a couple will ever experience. While it brings joy and meaning, it can also surface deep attachment needs, stress, and moments of disconnection - especially in the perinatal period.

This training is designed for therapists, birth professionals, and perinatal mental health providers who want to understand and support the couple bond as a foundation for family well-being. Drawing from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and attachment science, you’ll learn how a secure romantic connection between parents directly shapes a baby’s emotional development - and how to help couples find their way back to each other during this vulnerable time.

Through case examples, experiential learning, and clear, practical tools, you’ll gain confidence in helping new and expectant parents.

WHEN: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24
TIME: 10:00am - 1:15pm CST (with working lunch and break)
WHERE: Zoom
CEU: 3 hours available for purchase (additional $39.99)
COST: $149.99

OBJECTIVES:

  1. Participants will be able to define perinatal relational health - and the importance of it for maternal and infant mental health.

  2. Participants will be able to identify the components of secure attachment (Accessibility, Responsiveness and Engagement) as it relates to the perinatal stage.

  3. Participants will be able to distinguish between the need to educate vs intervene as it relates to a couple’s relational health in the perinatal stage.

  4. Participants will be able to recognize the importance of engaging the supporting partner in the transition to parenthood.

  5. Participants will learn the attachment significance of grieving together in regards to pregnancy related loss.

Whether you’re a therapist, doula, nurse, or other helping professional, this training will equip you to see the couple’s relationship as a core component of perinatal health - not just an optional extra.

ABOUT KELLY:

Kelly Bourque, LMFT, Certified EFT Supervisor and Founder of Red Therapy Group is known for her down-to-earth teaching style and deep commitment to attachment-based work. Kelly has spent her 20 year career helping couples repair disconnection and find safety in each other, both in traditional therapy and in EFT intensives.

Kelly is currently pursuing certification in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C), combining her expertise in Emotionally Focused Therapy with a growing passion for supporting parents in the transition to parenthood. She is also a key contributor and facilitator in the upcoming Hold Me Tight® for Expectant Couples and New Parents, where she authored the additional curriculum conversation “Grieving Together.”

Kelly believes that relational health is perinatal health and that when couples feel secure together, they create the emotional foundation their baby needs to thrive. Through her clinical work, supervision, and trainings, she helps therapists and perinatal professionals bring attachment science to life - with clarity, warmth, and real-world application.

FAQs:

Will the training be recorded? Yes, the training will be recorded, but only live participants will be able to view any sample case videos. Session videos will be edited out for the playback. The recording of the training will be available for 6 weeks after the training.

Are CEs offered? Yes, but only if you attend the training live. Attendees will have the option to receive 3 CEs for an additional $39.99 upon completion of the live online training.

CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY*

Less than 7 days notice - 50% refund

7+ days notice, full refund minus $25 administrative fee

*Registration refund amounts are based on our fixed costs and contractual obligations. When you enroll, it is with the understanding that you will attend. If an "Act of G-d" or nature requires Red Therapy Group to cancel or postpone this event, we will apply your fee to the make-up date. If we cannot secure a make-up date, you will receive a full refund. If you request a refund for any reason, it will be provided to you minus the administrative fee.

Any questions not answered on this page? Email Kelly’s assistant, Laura at info@redtherapygroup.com.

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