Professional Training

2001    Seattle Midwifery School Labor Support Course
2002    CEAS (Childbirth Education Association of Seattle) Basic Teacher Education Workshop for Childbirth Educators
2002    Evergreen Hospital Basic Course for Lactation Specialists
2002    CAPPA Annual Conference
2003    DONA Birth Doula Certification
2003    Advanced Doula Training: The Rebozo Way/Spinning Babies
2004    DONA International Annual Conference
2004    PALS Birth Doula Certification
2004    CAPPA Annual Conference
2004    REACHE Annual Conference: The Illusion of Choice in Childbirth
2005    The Happiest Baby on the Block Instructor Certification
2005    Advanced Doula Training: The Use of TENS During Labor
2005    Advanced Doula Training: Massage Techniques as a Comfort Measure and Body Mechanics for the Doula
2006    DONA International Annual Conference
2006    DONA Postpartum Doula Training
2006    Skagit Valley Hospital - "Breastfeeding Under the Rainbow"
2006    Advanced Doula Training: Encouraging Gentle Birth
2007    REACHE Annual Conference: Epidural Realities
2007    Postpartum Support International Conference
2008    Advanced Doula Training: When Survivors Give Birth
2008    Advanced Doula Training: Birth and Postpartum Issues
2008    REACHE Annual Conference: Exploring the Forces Behind the Cesarean Epidemic
2008    Karen Strange Lecture: A Parenting Lecture Acknowledging and Embracing Your Child's Unique Beginnings
2008    Gottman Institute Bringing Baby Home Instructor Certification
2009    REACHE Annual Conference: Why Are We So Afraid? Perspectives On How Fear and Risk Impact Birth
2009    PALS Doulas Advanced Doula Training: What Every Doula Needs to know About Breastfeeding
2009    PALS Doulas Advanced Doula Training: WORKING WITH VBAC CLIENTS
2009    "Perinatal Neuroscience, Skin-to-Skin & Breastfeeding"
2010    REACHE Annual Conference: Changing Birth from the Outside In and the Inside Out
2010    Open Adoption training for Doulas
2010    Northwest Doula Conference
2010    PALS Doulas Advanced Doula Training: POLITICS, BOUNDARIES AND CHANGE
2010    First Seattle Introductory Workshop in PRENATAL BONDING
2011    When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women
2011    REACHE Annual Conference: Teach Better Now In the Classroom, Across the Kitchen Table, At the Bedside
2011 Annual Northwest Doula Conference