“WHEN BIRTH BECOMES A TRAUMA”

(Approved for CE towards maintaining PMH-C)

This on Demand Recording/ Recorded Asynchronous workshop was recorded on 01/25/2025

$195

Clock Hours:3

Target Audience: behavioral health and social workers who serve in the role of counseling/therapy. 

Content Description:

This Advanced Level program will teach participants how to identify when a client is experiencing trauma as a result of a traumatic birthing experience and respond with evidenced-based therapeutic techniques.

Presenter: Felicia Hurst M.S., LPC Supervisor, PMH-C

Learning Objectives - Participants will be able to:

1. Consider 2 behaviors that may identify a client is experiencing trauma related to their birthing experience.

2. Summarize 2 therapeutic techniques for working with trauma related to giving birth.

3. Develop 4 goals of treatment for trauma.

4. Explain 3 DSM-5 diagnosis related to a traumatic birthing experience.

5. Consider 6 risk factors that increase the odds of one experiencing trauma during the birthing experience.

Presenter/ Instructor: Felicia Hurst M.S., LPC-S, PMH-C

Founder & National Leader in Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Training

Felicia Hurst is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S) with advanced post-master’s certification in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) and a nationally recognized leader in maternal mental health education.

For over a decade, Felicia has devoted her clinical work and professional development to supporting families through the emotional and relational challenges that may accompany infertility, pregnancy loss, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, birth trauma, and the transition into parenthood. She also works with fathers and partners, recognizing that perinatal mental health is relational and systemic — not isolated to one individual.

Her clinical approach blends evidence-informed strategies with relational depth, addressing identity shifts, anxiety, grief, attachment challenges, communication breakdowns, and the invisible mental load that often emerges in early parenthood. Felicia is especially passionate about helping couples navigate this season with greater clarity, connection, and shared understanding.

In 2022, Felicia founded The Training Institute through Nurturing Mamas Network, now a leading provider of advanced-level continuing education in perinatal mental health. Through comprehensive curriculum development, clinician mentorship, and professional supervision, she has helped deepen the expertise of providers serving families across the United States. Her institute is known for offering advanced training that moves beyond foundational certification to equip clinicians with nuanced, relationally informed, and systems-aware clinical skills.

As Founder and Program Director, Felicia continues to personally lead many of the institute’s core advanced trainings, which consistently receive strong engagement and positive participant feedback. Her leadership ensures alignment in clinical depth, relational focus, and educational standards across all programming.

Despite her national leadership role in perinatal mental health education, Felicia remains deeply committed to clinical work. She intentionally maintains a small caseload in order to provide focused, high-quality care to women and couples navigating complex perinatal experiences. Clients often seek her out for her depth of specialization, steady presence, and ability to integrate relational, emotional, and practical support in meaningful ways.

In addition to her clinical work, Felicia mentors emerging perinatal specialists, provides professional supervision, and collaborates with doulas, medical providers, and mental health professionals to strengthen multidisciplinary care. Her work bridges research, real-world application, and systems-level advocacy to elevate the standard of maternal mental health support available to families.

Felicia is known for combining clinical depth with grounded, practical tools — ensuring that both professionals and parents receive care that is evidence-informed, relationally attuned, and deeply human.

In this recorded asynchronous distance course, attendees will watch a recorded video from a webinar held on 01/25/2025. Course completion requirements: behavioral health and social workers must attend the entire course and complete a course evaluation to be eligible for ce credit. Behavioral Health and social workers must pass the posttest with 80% in 3 attempts to be eligible for ce credit. Certificates of completion will be emailed within 2 business days of course completion. 

**Please Note: To meet continuing education requirements, full participation is required. the platform monitors viewing time, and skipping or fast-forwarding through content will be recorded as incomplete, which will restrict access to subsequent modules. Please view all sections in full before moving forward.**

Nurturing Mamas Network, provider #2686, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Workers Board (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 11/14/2025- 11/14/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits. 

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