Birth Doula and Childbirth Education Professional Training & Continuing Education
| 01/2004 | Seattle Midwifery School Labor Support Course |
| 03/2004 | Seattle Midwifery School Childbirth Educator Training |
| 03/2006 | REACHE Conference: Real Life with Babies |
| 04/2006 | PALS Doulas Certification |
| 07/2006 | DONA International Birth Doula Certification |
| 09/2006 | DONA International Doula Trainer Training with Penny Simkin |
| 10/2006 | DONA International Approved Doula Trainer |
| 11/2006 | Gottman Institute Bringing Baby Home Instructor Certification |
| 03/2007 | REACHE Conference: Epidural Realities |
| 10/2007 | Passion for Birth Childbirth Educator Inservice: The Challenge of Being Interactive While Still Covering Everything |
| 01/2008 | When Survivors Give Birth: Counseling Skills and Strategies to Assist Pregnant Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Preparing for Birth Workshop with Penny Simkin |
| 01/2008 | More Than Coming Out of Birth Alive: Exploring the Psychosocial Impact of Early Life Experiences & Today’s Maternity Care Practices on Childbearing Women Workshop with Penny Simkin |
| 03/2008 | Advanced Doula Training: When A Baby Dies-What To Do? |
| 04/2008 | Second Swedish Medical Center Breastfeeding Conference: A Practical and Evidenced-Based Update |
| 04/2008 | REACHE Conference: Exploring the Forces Behind the Cesarean Epidemic |
| 06/2008 | Lamaze International Childbirth Educator Certification (LCCE) |
| 09/2008 | Advanced Doula Training: Rebozo Training for Doulas |
| 09/2008 | Lamaze International Webinar: Marketing Your Childbirth Education Classes |
| 06/2009 | Basics of Breastfeeding for Doulas |
| 04/2009 | REACHE Conference: Why Are We All So Afraid? How Fear and Risk Impact Birth |
| 06/2009 | Taught PALS Advanced Doula Training: Supporting the Journey and Avoiding the Obstacles: Helping Your VBAC Clients |
| 07/2009 | DONA International Birth Doula Recertification |
| 09/2009 | Advanced Doula Training:The OP Fetus-How Little We Know-with Penny Simkin |
| 09/2009 | Advanced Doula Training: TENS Use in Labor with Penny Simkin |
| 10/2009 | Speaker at Lamaze International Conference: Topic: Working Your Magic: The Educator’s Role in Reducing the Fear of Pain |
| 10/2009 | Lamaze International Conference, Orlando, FL |
| 11/2009 | Advanced Doula Training: Breastfeeding 201: What Every Doula Needs To Know |
| 11/2009 | Passion for Birth Lamaze CBE Trainer Training |
| 11/2009 | Placental Encapsulation Workshop |
| 01/2010 | TENS Trainer Training With Penny Simkin |
| 02/2010 | Advanced Doula Training: Hypnobirthing Support Techniques For Doulas |
| 05/2010 | Midwives of WA Spring Conference: Michael Klein, MD, Part 1: Midwives and Home Birth in British Columbia—History and Outcomes, Part 2: Confusion on the Maternity Floor: How Can We See Birth So Differently? |
| 05/2010 | Lamaze International Webinar: Birthing Ethics: What You Should Know About The Ethics of Childbirth |
| 05/2010 | Open Adoption Training for Doulas: Working with Birth Parents and Adoptive Families |
| 09/2010 | Advanced Doula Training: Politics, Boundaries and Change |
| 10/2010 | Speaker at Lamaze International/ICEA Mega Conference: Topic: Supporting the Journey, Avoiding the Obstacles: Teaching Dynamic VBAC Classes |
| 10/2010 | Lamaze International/ICEA Mega Conference, “Future of Birth” Milwaukee, WI |
| 10/2010 | A Day With the Experts of Mother Baby Care, Northwest Hospital Continuing Ed |
| 10/2010 | Marketing to a New Generation of Parents: Success as a Childbirth Business Owner, Coalition to Improve Maternity Services (CIMS) |
| 10/2010 | Cook Counter-pressure Techniques for Labor and Pushing |
| 11/2010 | The Business of Being A Doula- PALS Doulas Advanced Doula Training |
| 11/2010 | Becoming the Greatest Trainer: Seven Strategies for Adding Value and Making a Difference in Turbulent Times |
| 12/2010 | Lamaze International Webinar:Becoming Baby-Friendly: Strategies Creating a Culture that Promotes Successful Breastfeeding |
| 03/2011 | REACHE Conference: Teach Better Now: In the Classroom, Across the Kitchen Table & At the Bedside |
| 05/2011 | Midwives Association of WA Spring Conference with Ina May Gaskin, Penny Simkin and Karen Hays |
| 005/2011 | UWMC Grand Rounds with Ina May Gaskin; Midwifery Techniques That Facilitate Vaginal Birth |
| 05/2011 | Childbirth Education: Using Technology to Reach Today’s Parents Webinar |
| 06/2011 | Lamaze International Childbirth Educator Recertification (LCCE) |
| 07/2011 | Social Media Networking – Tools for Success Lamaze Webinar |
| 09/2011 | INJOY Innovative Teaching Techniques for Comfort Strategies Webinar |
| 09/2011 | Admitted as a Fellow in the American College of Childbirth Educators (FACCE) |
| 11/2011 | DONA International Webinar: A “How To” Tutorial on Third Party Reimbursement for Doula Services |
| 11/2011 | Midwives Association of Washington Fall Conference |
| 11/2011 | Supporting LGBTQ Families: Cultural Competency and Birth and Family Professionals. |
| 11/2011 | Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others with Laura van Dernoot Lipsky | 12/2011 | Birth Reports: Steering Your Classes in the Right Direction, Lamaze International Webinar | 02/2012 | Nutrition During Pregnancy Dr. Sears LEAN Webinar |
