Dr. Alpern's webinars always contain clear and practical information and strategies. I always leave feeling equipped to tackle challenges I previously felt stuck with. This particular training has been incredibly helpful. I highly recommend it!
Dr. Alpern's webinars always contain clear and practical information and strategies. I always leave feeling equipped to tackle challenges I previously felt stuck with. This particular training has been incredibly helpful. I highly recommend it!
Read LessI learned a significant amount in taking this course. I learned how to better serve my clients and support them on their journey. Thank you!
I learned a significant amount in taking this course. I learned how to better serve my clients and support them on their journey. Thank you!
Read LessFound this training very informative and looking forward to more training building on this.
Found this training very informative and looking forward to more training building on this.
Read LessAssessment & History Taking
Stabilization & Nervous System Regulation
Assessment & History Taking PPT
Stabilization & Nervous System Regulation PPT
EPDS
PHQ-9
PCL5
DES
City Birth Trauma Questionnaire
Window of Tolerance Visual
Legacy of Trauma Handout
4 Elements Script
Didactic Handout
RDI Protocol
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Due to Childbirth (Beck, 2004)
Onset Timing, Thoughts of Self-harm, and Diagnoses in Postpartum Women With Screen-Positive Depression Findings (Wisner et al., 2013)
Middle Range Theory of Traumatic Childbirth: The Ever-Widening Ripple Effect (Beck, 2015)
Traumatic Childbirth and Its Aftermath: Is There Anything Positive? (Beck, Watson, & Gable, 2018)
COVID-19 is associated with traumatic childbirth and subsequent mother-infant bonding problems (Mayopoulos et al., 2021)
Pregnancy, Birthing, and Postpartum Experiences During COVID-19 in the United States (DeYoung & Mangum, 2021)
The re-enactment of childhood sexual abuse in maternity care: a qualitative study (Montgomery, Pope, & Rogers, 2015)
Trauma-informed perinatal healthcare for survivors of sexual violence (Ward, 2020)
Post Test: Birth Trauma Recovery: Clinical Tools for Assessment and Stabilization (On-Demand Training)
Birth trauma is an experience that often goes unrecognized in traditional mental health care. This on-demand training offers perinatal mental health clinicians a clear, research-informed framework for assessing and supporting birth trauma survivors in early stages of recovery. Designed to deepen your clinical insight and expand your therapeutic toolkit, this training integrates trauma theory with practical, adaptable strategies. The first half of the training focuses on assessment and history taking—highlighting experiential themes of birth trauma, identifying risk factors, and exploring the short- and long-term sequelae. Emphasis is placed on understanding the unique experiences of marginalized birthing people, including BIPOC and transgender individuals, and how to approach assessment with cultural humility. The second half introduces stabilization tools to support nervous system regulation and lay the groundwork for future trauma processing. Participants will learn how to integrate psychoeducation about the Window of Tolerance, enhance emotional and somatic literacy, introduce somatic and relational resources, and support dual awareness using accessible, client-centered language. The training also introduces the Postpartum Wellness Model and explores its five core factors that support early postpartum mental health. Whether you work with parents in the immediate postpartum period or years after a traumatic birth, this training will equip you with foundational clinical tools for attuned, effective care.
Understand experiential themes of birth trauma
Identify risk factors, immediate, and long term sequelae of birth trauma
Learn about experiences of birth trauma in historically marginalized groups (e.g., members of BIPOC and transgender-identifying groups)
Identify history taking recommendations for birth trauma survivors presenting for psychotherapy or counseling
Learn assessment tools that can be administered during the initial phases of psychotherapy with birth trauma survivors (including the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, PTSD Checklist for DSM-5, Dissociative Experiences Scale)
Understand the Window of Tolerance, including how to teach this concept to clients and incorporate psychoeducation about the neurobiology of trauma into the clinical dialogue.
Understand the conceptual importance of emotional/somatic literacy, and how to help clients enhance this skill.
Learn how to help clients identify somatic and relational resources (relational resources may include the baby, partner, doula, or other caregivers/providers).
Demonstrate understanding of interventions that help clients practice and enhance capacity for dual awareness (Flashback Halting Protocol, CIPOS).
Understand five factors of the Postpartum Wellness Model.
This training provides 4 clinical continuing education credits / 4 contact hours. To receive a certificate of completion and CE credit, participants must complete all course modules, pass the post-test with a score of 75% or higher (participants may retake the post-test as needed to achieve a passing score), and complete the course evaluation.
Format: Recorded, self-paced on-demand training (noninteractive distance learning), hosted on the Thinkific platform.
Access period: Course content and materials are available to registered participants for 90 days from the date of registration. All course requirements must be completed within this access period to receive CE credit.
Certificate delivery: Upon completion of all requirements, your certificate of completion is generated automatically and is immediately available to download through the Thinkific platform.
System requirements: Access requires a computer, tablet, or smartphone with a current web browser, a reliable internet connection, and audio capability (speakers or headphones).
Date recorded: [insert recording date]
This intermediate-level training is designed for licensed and pre-licensed mental health professionals — including social workers, psychologists, and mental health counselors — who work with perinatal and postpartum clients. No prior EMDR training is required.
Manhattan Center for Trauma Studies, ACE Provider #2256, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 7/9/2026–7/9/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 4 clinical continuing education credits.
ASWB ACE approval is accepted by most, but not all, jurisdictions. Social workers are responsible for confirming that their regulatory board accepts ACE-approved continuing education. ACE approval is not accepted in New York or New Jersey; New York social workers are covered under the New York State approval below.
Manhattan Center for Trauma Studies is recognized by the New York State Education Department as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0282), licensed social workers (#SW-0832), and licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0349). This training provides 4 contact hours to licensed social workers, mental health counselors, and psychologists.
This training is approved by Postpartum Support International for 4 contact hours. A certificate is included in the price of the training.
ADA Assistance: Workshops provided by the Manhattan Center for Trauma Studies are ADA compliant. If you are in need of assistance, please contact us at [email protected].
Audio/Video Disclosure: This program is audio and video recorded.
Grievance Policy: We strive to create a training experience that enhances the clinical skills of participants while maintaining the highest degree of integrity and respecting the diversity of all. If you are dissatisfied with your experience, please contact us in writing at [email protected]. You will receive a reply within 5–10 business days.
Cancellation & Refunds: This is an on-demand training. Refunds will not be provided after registration.