Training

Welcome to the Perinatal Training Centre.

This is the professional arm of the Centre for Perinatal Psychology.

Perinatal Training Centre provides:

  • training

  • conferences

  • supervision

  • consultation

  • mentorship

We are dedicated to supporting perinatal and infant mental health (PIMH) workers through professional development.

Our Mission is to provide quality, accessible education and training in PIMH with a focus on developing strong therapeutic skills.

Below, is an overview of our training and professional development opportunities:

 

May 2020 – Melbourne
July-Oct 2020 – live online over 12-weeks

Our signature workshop, running since 2012, is designed for health professionals either currently working with, or who have a desire to work with, families during the perinatal period. Read more here…

 

Perinatal loss is a broad term for many types of loss associated with reproduction.  Perinatal loss is prevalent and for many, an intensely emotional experience.  Our training program explores ways of understanding perinatal loss presentations, as well as providing effective therapeutic intervention.  Read more here…

 

Online Workshops

Perinatal Training Centre 2-hr Online Workshops allow health professionals to join together across the miles to explore important aspects of Perinatal and Infant Mental Health practice.

Our Workshops are live and interactive. Registration for some are open now.

Read more here… 

Reflective Supervision & Reflective Practice Groups

Reflective Supervision Groups and Reflective Practice Groups provide a small group experience for those who have completed training with us and wish to continue their exploration of PIMH ideas.  Holding the developmental and relational frames of PIMH to support our thinking, clinical issues and cases are discussed.  These groups allow a reflective space to richly formulate and deepen your therapeutic work with parents and infants.

These groups complement our trainings and are the perfect continuation of small group learning, combining theoretical rigour, rich formulation skills and practical ports of entry to therapeutic practice.

REGISTRATIONS FOR SOME OF OUR 2020 GROUPS ARE NOW OPEN

Reflective Supervision Groups: Read more here…

Reflective Practice Groups: Read more here… 

 

Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN)

Outer Eastern Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Network
Location: Ringwood, VIC
Coordinator: Dr Bronwyn Leigh

Quarterly low-cost presentations and discussions from those working in the field.  Open to all health professionals with an interest in perinatal and infant mental health.  Meetings are a 2-hr duration and the 1-hr presentations occur within that time, followed by further discussion and networking. Read more here…

The following is a sample of past seminars and presentations provided by Dr Bronwyn Leigh.

WORKSHOP & SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

2012-ongoing    Centre for Perinatal Psychology, national training, various locations

Perinatal and Infant Mental Health: Using a Relationship-Based Approach to Perinatal Mood Disturbance. 3-day workshop to mental health professionals.  This workshop, in various forms, has been facilitated in Melbourne, Sydney, Launceston, Hobart, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin and Alice Springs.

2017    PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia), Melbourne

Anxiety – How it impacts on expecting and new parents and how you can help make a difference. Contributed to a 1-day workshop to mental health professionals.

 2016    Anxiety Practitioner’s Network, Sydney

Perinatal Anxiety: Holding the Infant in Mind when Mum is Anxious. 1-day workshop to mental health professionals.

 2015     PDP Seminars, Melbourne

Mentalization, Affect Regulation and Attachment: An Introduction. 1-day workshop to mental health professionals.

2014     Mercy Health O’Connell Family Centre, Melbourne

Attachment in Practice. Half-day workshop to staff (in-house training), which included maternal child health nurses, mothercraft nurses, managers, a psychologist, a psychiatrist.  O’Connell is one of three public Early Parenting Centres in Victoria.

2013     Mental Health Professionals Network, Ulverstone Tasmania

Mentalization, Affect Regulation and Attachment: An Introduction. 1-day workshop to mental health professionals.

2013     Parent-Infant Research Institute, Melbourne

Mentalization and Parental Reflective Function: An Introduction. 1-day workshop to mental health professionals.

2011     APS Perinatal and Infant Psychology Interest Group, Melbourne

Mentalization, Affect Regulation and Attachment. 2-hour presentation to psychologists.

2010     Keene Insight, Child and Adolescent Private Practice, Melbourne

Attachment during the Perinatal Period and Beyond. 2-hour presentation to psychologists and allied health professionals.

2011     Paediatrician Group, Melbourne

Mindful Parenting. 1-hour presentation to paediatricians, obstetricians and GPs.

2009     College of Lactation Consultants, Melbourne

Mindful Parenting applied to Breastfeeding. 1-hour presentation to lactation consultants.

2010     APS College of Health Psychologists, Melbourne

Perinatal Mood Disturbance. 2-hour presentation to psychologists.

2005      Northern Division of General Practitioners, Melbourne

Postnatal Depression: Detection, Formulation and Management. 2-hour presentation to general practitioners, co-facilitated with perinatal psychiatrist Dr Adaobi Udechuku.

 

CONFERENCE AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Leigh, B. (2014).  ‘Mindfully Parenting Your Baby’ group program: Incorporating mindfulness, mentalization and attachment principles.  Australian Psychological Society Conference, Hobart, Australia.

Leigh, B. (2014).  Parent-Infant Attachment: How Mindfulness and Reflective Function Can Help.  Ausmed Infant Mental Health Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Leigh, B. (2013).  Mindfulness, Mentalization and Attachment: ‘Mindfully Parenting Your Baby’ Group Program.  The Australasian Marcé Society 2013 Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Leigh, B., Loughlin, E., Milgrom, J., Ericksen, J. & Andrew, M. (2007).  Connecting Mums and Babies: HUGS and Dance Therapy Groups.  Postnatal Depression: Recovery Through Connections Conference, PANDA (Post and Antenatal Depression Association, Inc), Melbourne, Australia.

Leigh, B. & Milgrom, J. (2007).  BabyHUGS: A Specialised Mother-Infant Program Following Postnatal Depression.  Australian Association for Infant Mental Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perinatal Mental Health Joint National Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Leigh, B., Newnham, C., Milgrom, J. & Brown, N. (2007).  PremieHUGS: A Specialised Mother-Infant Program Following Premature Birth. Australian Association for Infant Mental Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perinatal Mental Health Joint National Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Leigh, B., Newnham, C., Milgrom, J. & Brown, N. (2007).  PremieHUGS: A Specialised Mother-Infant Program Following Premature Birth.  Social Adversity and Resilience for Mothers and Infants in the Perinatal Period, The Australasian Marcé Society, Surfer’s Paradise, Australia.

Leigh, B. (2006).  Specialised Parent-Infant Programs following Postnatal Depression or Premature Birth.   Early Childhood: Evidence into Practice, QEC (Queen Elizabeth Centre), Melbourne, Australia.

Leigh, B. (2005).  Self-directed Minimal Intervention Antenatally to Prevent Parenting-Infant Difficulties. Australasian Marcé Society, 2005 Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

 

Please call 1300 852 660 or contact us to enquire about upcoming training events or register your interest in organising a training event.

 

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