Clients face a terrible emptiness of lost hope and shattered dreams, with far-reaching ramifications on their sense of self, their bodies, their relationships, and more.
Without training in treating this distinct form of reproductive trauma, therapists can inadvertently echo the pervasive minimization and avoidance faced by their clients with pregnancy loss.
You need a map to navigate this complicated territory.
Join Sunita Osborn, PsyD, PMH-C, perinatal mental health specialist, for a comprehensive workshop packed with practical, attachment-focused strategies that will help you know just what to do to support clients in the context of their unique reproductive stories and cultural backgrounds. You’ll learn:
Techniques to help with overwhelming emotions, body shame, grief, couples issues, and more
Practices to foster self-compassion and build resilience in the face of self-blame
Strategies to understand clients’ cultural identities in relation to pregnancy loss
Tools to ensure your practice follows ethical and legal guidelines regarding pregnancy loss
REGISTER TODAY to get the tools you need to create a healing environment for grieving parents.
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All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.
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Sunita Osborn, PsyD, PMH-C is an expert in the treatment of pregnancy loss who helps individuals and couples in all phases of their reproductive journey. Dr. Osborn is the author of The Miscarriage Map: What to Expect When You are No Longer Expecting and the companion workbook, The Miscarriage Map: An Honest Guide to Navigating Pregnancy Loss, Working Through the Pain, and Moving Forward. Her work has been featured extensively in the media, including on NRP, With Whit, Psychology Today, and several miscarriage-focused platforms such as The Life After Miscarriage podcast and the Managing Miscarriage podcast. Committed to helping clients cope with the pain of loss, to training clinicians, and to promoting open dialogue on the realities of the prevalent and devastating concern, Dr. Osborn practices in Houston.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Sunita Osborn has employment relationships with Modern Therapy and Bodily. She receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Osborn receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Dr. Sunita Osborn is a member of the American Psychological Association.
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Access Period for Live Webcast
For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review.
Webcast Schedule
Please note: There will be a 70-minute lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.
Identify the importance of understanding clients’ cultural assumptions, beliefs, and practices regarding pregnancy and pregnancy loss.
Determine common mental health disorders that may be present after pregnancy loss.
Utilize attachment-informed interventions to assist clients who have experienced pregnancy loss.
Choose cognitive interventions to manage self-blame related to pregnancy loss.
Analyze ethical and legal obligations of the therapist working with clients who have experienced pregnancy loss.
Evaluate and manage clinician bias when working with clients who have experienced pregnancy loss.
Outline
Pregnancy Loss: What You Need to Know
Common pregnancy loss myths and how to counter them
Negative outcomes of no treatment
Cultural assumptions regarding pregnancy and parental identity
Importance of trauma- and culturally-informed language
Cultural assumptions, traditions, and rituals around grief
The current maternal health crisis
Top strategies to center your practice in cultural humility
Case studies
Assessment Strategies & Setting the Stage for Therapy
Identify and explore clients’ reproductive story and loss history
How to listen for red flags to target in therapy
Diagnostic considerations: common mental health concerns after loss
Understand clients’ cultural identities
How to provide a therapeutic container
When and how to involve partners and family members
Case studies
Attachment-, Trauma- , and Culturally-Informed Interventions
Top strategies to validate client’s loss
Proactive coping strategies: self-reflection, supportive others, and more
Grounding and distress tolerance skills for emotion regulation
Shift unhelpful beliefs about safety, trust, power, esteem, and intimacy
Tools for cognitive distortions around self-blame and shame
Support grieving clients in navigating loss and restoration
Attachment-informed interventions to integrate loss
Build resilience with narrative exercises
Values exercises to support client decision-making
Strategies to increase self-compassion and reduce shame
Tools to repair the relationship with the body after loss
When your client is partnered: couples dynamics and interventions
Case studies
Ethical and Legal Issues in Reproductive Psychology
Therapist role in supporting clients in decision-making
Maintain respect for autonomy
Beneficence and non-maleficence
Duty to report issues
Importance of awareness of legal issues in reproductive health
Assessing competence and obtaining additional support
Make the most out of consultation
Documentation do’s and don’ts
Ethical management of countertransference
Ethical concerns when working with couples and groups
Case studies
Additional Clinical Considerations
Impact of client perceptions of the therapists’ reproductive story
How to support clients in subsequent pregnancies, losses, and infertility
Tools to evaluate clinician bias
Management of therapist reactions to reproductive concerns
Avoid the “suffering hierarchy” – adaptations for groups
Limitations of the research and potential risks
Target Audience
Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Case Managers
Psychiatrists
Psychiatric Nurses
Physicians
Nurses
Other Mental Health Professionals
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