New parenthood can be a perfect storm.
Prepare expecting parents for a gentle landing.
Guide them on their way forward.
And discover what may be YOUR most meaningful, purposeful work ever.
Becoming Us is a relationship-developmental framework for the transitions of motherhood, fatherhood and parenthood and how these shape the journey for parents and partners. Becoming Us family-centred Perinatal Relationship, Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health (PRaM) courses equip care providers to prepare, guide and support parents and families for years to come.
Discover the benefits of family-centred care for you and for your clients.
Have frameworks for working with individuals, couples or groups.
Do meaningful, lasting work you’ll love.
“Becoming Us is a much needed, sensitive, positive and comprehensive approach to parenthood.”
“The world needs this.”
“This is the missing piece. Becoming Us is a change-maker for parents and professionals!”
Becoming Us on-demand training options include:
Becoming Us Seed Planting Workshop (2 CEU’s)
What does the 'transition’ into parenthood really mean? Are there quick-and-easy ways to prepare parents for this? And does this preparation make a difference in how parents adjust to their new life? YES! Essential knowledge for pre-conception, birth and prenatal professionals, learn how to plant powerful seeds that take only minutes for you but can change the landscape for parents in the weeks months - and even years - to come! Become a Professional Seed Planter. Sign up HERE.
Becoming Us Level I - The Perinatal Landscape (6 CEUs)
What do expecting parents envision life with their baby will look like? How does this picture compare with the reality? And what might this mean for them going forward? Becoming Us Level I includes the Seed Planting Workshop (above) and digs deeper to reveal the underlying factors that shape mothers, fathers and parents’ experiences of early parenthood. This is the groundwork to prepare and resource parents to cope, grow and thrive. Become a Professional Seed Grower. Sign up HERE.
Becoming Us Level II - A “map” for Matrescence, Patrescence and the Couple’s Journey through Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond (12 CEUs)
Discover a ground-breaking map and pathway to prepare expectant parents and support new ones as they travel through the landscape of early parenthood. Learn frameworks, approaches and skills to support the mental, emotional and relational wellbeing of mothers, fathers, parents and families and can be used with individuals, couples or groups. Support parents in each stage and equip them for what’s next. Become a Parenthood Guide. Level I training is a prerequisite for Level II.
Becoming Us Level III - Extra Support for the Extra Hard Stuff (6 CEUs)
Some parents have more challenges to cope with than others. And yet, there is hope and help for all. Struggling parents can also have the biggest breakthroughs. Level III dives into Perinatal Mental Health conditions, birth and perinatal trauma and grief and loss, all from father/partner inclusive, relationship-based perspectives. There’s also guidance for working with relationship distress, including intimate partner abuse, infidelity and addictions. Become a Village Elder. Level I and II are prerequisites for Level III.
Professor Bryanne Barnett A.M. Bryanne is former Conjoint Professor at the University of New South Wales, Foundation Chair of Perinatal and Infant Psychiatry at the South Western Sydney Clinical School and past President of the Australian Association for Infant Mental Health, the Australian Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and both the International and Australasian Marcé Societies. Bryanne was awarded Membership of the Order of Australia for services to the profession and to the community.
“When I first heard Elly present her “Becoming Us” approach to parenthood, I was impressed that she was looking beyond the traditional health and medical outcomes addressing the individual woman or the mother-baby dyad.
I have seen so many important ideas come and go over my 30 plus years in this field that I felt compelled to ask her how she intended to spread the word and make her work sustainable. My recommendation was for Elly to create a professional training program to share her experience, knowledge and wisdom.
We know from research and clinical experience that there is a reciprocal relationship between partner satisfaction and mental health, and yet this vital factor is rarely included in the education of perinatal health professionals or in the course of their work.
Receiving positive and appropriate social support from the partner is often cited as the most important variable in avoiding perinatal mental health difficulties, and we are well aware of the intergenerational transmission of trauma, but we rarely seem to set about addressing this appropriately over the course of pregnancy and the early postpartum years.
We are missing what could be our best opportunity for prevention and early intervention in mental health for the whole family.
I believe the Becoming Us relationship-based approach provides a vital missing piece of the perinatal wellbeing puzzle that is too often overlooked and goes unaddressed. I recommend this practical, insightful and transformative professional training to those who want to provide effective parenthood preparation and support.”
