Intimacy with Grief & Shame: The Inescapable Vulnerabilities of Motherhood

This self-paced online course is designed for practitioners ready to revolutionize their approach to maternal mental wellness. This course requires a basic understanding of IFS concepts and terminology (no formal IFS training required) as well as an understanding and respect for matrescence as a developmental phase. This is part of the advanced training required for Mothercentered certification. We as practitioners are very often participants in our culture's allergic reaction to shame and grief. We seldom receive the support we need to expand and cultivate space in our hearts for holding these, the most profound wounds. It may be cliche to say “we need to feel to heal,” but we can only take our clients as far as we ourselves have ventured. This workshop is designed to help participants access courage and confidence to explore their own relationship with grief and shame. Using an IFS framework, you will discover new ways of understanding and being with maternal grief and shame so that you can bring fresh courage, curiosity and compassion to the mothers you are supporting.