Trauma-Informed Mental Healthcare for the Perinatal Population

In this course, perinatal mental health specialist Nicole McNelis, NCC, LPC, PMHC, introduces a trauma-informed framework for working with the perinatal population across pregnancy and the first year postpartum. The training explores essential terminology, common perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, key trauma risk factors, and the six principles of trauma-informed care, before translating these into practical treatment considerations and case-based clinical decision-making. Clinicians will gain a clearer understanding of how trauma may present, intensify, or be reactivated in the perinatal period, and how thoughtful, validating, culturally responsive care can improve safety, engagement, and outcomes for parents and families.