We consult to hospitals, health
care providers, organizations, media, and attorneys around the emotional
issues that parents face during and after crisis around pregnancy,
infancy, or early childhood. Our areas of specialty include
supporting parents through:
- pregnancy complication,
- miscarriage,
- pregnancy termination,
- selective reduction,
- stillbirth,
- premature birth and NICU,
- medical ethics,
- medical decision-making,
- diagnosis of chronic, terminal, or life-threatening condition,
- parenting stress and trauma,
- bereavement and grief,
- postpartum depression, and
- bonding and attachment issues.
We are available to do in-services, workshops, conferences,
on-site consulting, and consultations by phone and/or e-mail
with professionals who work with babies and parents in
a variety of practices and settings, including
- obstetrics,
- antepartum care,
- labor & delivery,
- postpartum,
- mother/baby, newborn follow-up,
- neonatal intensive care - NICU follow-up,
- pediatric intensive care,
- pediatric specialty clinics,
- general pediatrics, and
- legal proceedings
We emphasize the value of providing developmentally supportive
care to babies and parents, the importance of
collaborative relationships between parents and professionals, and
the need for developmentally supportive care for health care
providers who work with families in crisis.
We strongly believe that relationships are the cornerstone of quality
health-care.
We will craft a plan or a program that suits your setting. We can
offer as much or as little as you prefer. Our goal is to provide
substantive, developmentally targeted support to you in your work with
families and with one another.
