Becoming Us is a new approach to parenthood.

For mamas. For papas. For parents. For their babies and whole families.

For professionals who want to be the change that parents need.

Becoming parents is a time of joy, love and wonder. And also - let’s face it - new stresses, strains and growing pains for parents. There are normal and common life changes, new relationship challenges and ‘unexpected unknowns’ of new parenthood that parents and partners need to know how to manage - especially in our world today.

Becoming Us is here to prepare, guide and support parents with a structure, pathway and steps to navigate the complexities of early parenthood, while at the same time nurturing the relationship they have with themselves, their partner and baby, their parents, friends, wider family and community.

Each stage in the Becoming Us framework supports the mental, emotional and relationship wellbeing of the whole family. Parents can know how to cope, grow and thrive, even during difficult times.

 
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We have a guidebook for expecting, new (and not-so-new) parents

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online parenthood preparation and relationship training for professionals who work with expecting, new (and not so new) parents.

 

Through the Becoming Us family-centred approach mothers, fathers, parents and partners can:

  • be prepared for the most common life and relationship challenges in the pregnancy and early parenthood journey,

  • know what they need, what their partner needs and how to support each other along the way,

  • have knowledge, skills and steps to build a solid family foundation and give their new baby the best possible beginning.

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Becoming Us™ is based on over 20 years of relationship counselling, independent research, training, restless nights and personal journeying. Meet our Founder, Elly Taylor, the heart, mind and human behind the Becoming Us™ vision and mission.

If you’re a professional, you might like to know what’s under the hood. Becoming Us™ is grounded in adult attachment theory, developmental psychology and Emotionally Focused Therapy to create a world-first relationship-developmental approach to pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. The eight stages in the theoretical and clinical Becoming Us™ model are evidence-based and also backed by research.

We’ve taken decades of studies, the wisdom of our elders and the experiences of parents worldwide and distilled this vital information to make it accessible, easy (and enjoyable!) for perinatal professionals to deliver to parents. Read how the training came about here.

“Becoming Us is a vital missing piece of the perinatal wellbeing puzzle. Pracitical, insightful and transformative.”
— Conjoint Professor Bryanne Barnett AM, Faculty of Medicine, School of Psychiatry, University of NSW
“The world NEEDS this.”
— Kent Hoffman, Founder, Circle of Security, Chicago
“After my first classes I could see and feel the difference between being an educator and being a facilitator. And I LOVE it!”
— Barb Buckner Suarez, Becoming Us Facilitator and Mentor, Portland, Oregon

The Becoming Us courses for parents (Becoming Us Nest Building Sessions, Before Baby Course for expecting couples and After Baby Course for new parents) are unique. heart-based and highly experiential. The process we guide our couples through is more important than the content we give them (although that’s awesome too!). New parenthood is gritty and we don’t shy away from the challenges. In fact, we embrace them. And we equip parents with the confidence to do the same. Relationship building is also a vital part of what we do. Parents are able to go away with ready made personal, professional and community supports, so they can live what they’ve learned.

 
 

Becoming Us is grateful for our friends and supporters:

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