​This Course is for MFTs, LCSWs and Associates. It teaches a highly successful model for resolving and addressing perinatal trauma events and triggers within a Live Online series of Nine 1.5 hour sessions.

I developed this model over many years of practice.  It is based on EMDR trauma treatment, perinatal psychology, cross cultural healing practices and birth anatomy and physiology theory and practice. 

Significant Features of this Model:

  • Generally this Model takes 3 Client sessions for client to not feel symptoms when a trauma memory is triggered. They can remember what happened with a feeling of calm and self esteem.
  • It Is highly effective in preventing repeat birth trauma for second time pregnant moms or multips.
  • It combines bilateral stimulation, resourcing and reconnecting practices with honoring and witnessing the birthing person’s strengths and challenges encountered in their rite of passage.  
  • ​Additional client sessions  maybe needed if another trauma is connected with client's birth experience besides the birth trauma itself..
  • Camft Approved CEs for MFTs and LCSWs
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Who: Employee groups, individuals or people who want to organize a group course.
Contact [email protected] or sign up for a Complimentary Info Session here.


Testimonials:

" This course presents a wonderful strength based model to address birth trauma in an accessible way for perinatal clients. Gena offers her incredible knowledge and wisdom using this model to support caregivers and she brings this work alive with her unique authenticity and relational orientation. I came into this course with a lot of training and experience myself and I have learnt a great deal during the course of the training."
Livia Ondi, LMFT


" Gena’s model is so thoughtful, practical, and adaptable. It is rooted in a heart-centered and gently experiential approach to working with those who have experienced birth trauma, but can be extrapolated out to many different clinical situations. I’m so grateful for the chance to work with Gena, and with everyone else who was in my cohort. "
Meredith Isaksen AMFT

" This course made me feel prepared to be able to assist clients in healing from birth trauma, whether it be giving birth or the trauma of their own birth. Gena does a wonderful job at describing the techniques, demonstrating how they work, and answering questions that arise. She also teaches participants how to let their intuition guide them in a way that feels tangible and applicable to the practice of psychotherapy. I would highly recommend the course. "
Jeff Gianelli, LMFT

CAMFT Approved CEUs:

This Course meets the qualifications for 9 hours of continuing
education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by
the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Gena McCarthy MFT #32708 is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family
Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LEP and
LPCCs. Gena McCarthy maintains responsibility for this
program/course and its content.
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CAMFT approved 1 CE for each hour of live online sessions with
evaluations. Thus this course will offer for those who attend each
session and hand in evaluations 9 CAMFT approved CEUs.

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