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PMAD Attitude Reassessment (PAR)
Presenters: Kristin Hodson, LCSW, CST | Monica Ashton, LCSW, CST, PMH-C
Date: 4/21/26 | 2:00 PM MST
Format: Live, interactive synchronous webinar | 1 hour
Content Level: Beginner
Target Audience: Mental Health Professionals — all backgrounds and professional levels welcome; specialists and non-specialists alike will benefit
CE Credits: 1 continuing education credit
Course Description
This one-hour live webinar invites mental health providers to examine the unconscious biases, judgments, and assumptions they may hold toward pregnant and postpartum parents and their mental health challenges. Modeled after the Sexuality Attitude Reassessment (SAR) — a well-established process used in sex therapy training — this first-of-its-kind PMAD Attitude Reassessment (PAR) applies that same framework to the perinatal mental health realm.
Through self-reflection and self-inquiry, didactic and Socratic teaching methods, and both small and large group discussion, participants will explore messages they have internalized from macro and mezzo communities about the mental health needs of perinatal people — and examine the meaning they have made of those messages. The training also addresses the specific challenges faced by the BIPOC community in perinatal mental health, grounding the content in a commitment to equity and culturally responsive care.
This training is rooted in the belief that working competently and in a client-centered way with perinatal clients is a social justice issue. Regardless of specialization, providers across all settings and communities benefit from developing greater openness, skill, and awareness when working with this population.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:
Analyze the impact of non-judgmental and respectful attitudes toward pregnant and postpartum parents.
Recognize the diverse needs and presentations of mental health challenges in perinatal clients, and identify their own attitudes, values, feelings, and beliefs around these challenges and behaviors.
Discuss strategies for increasing comfort and competency when working with perinatal clients.
Limitations, Risks, & Benefits
This training represents the first-ever PMAD Attitude Reassessment and draws on the established SAR framework, adapted for the perinatal mental health context. Given the one-hour format, time is a limiting factor and the content is not intended to be exhaustive. Participants may experience moments of discomfort as they engage in self-reflection and examine long-held assumptions or beliefs; however, no significant risks are anticipated. The primary benefit of participation is increased awareness of personal biases, judgments, and assumptions toward perinatal clients — supporting more conscious, competent, and compassionate clinical practice.
About the Presenters
Kristin Hodson, LCSW, CST, and Monica Ashton, LCSW, CST, PMH-C, are both certified sex therapists with a combined 30+ years of experience in perinatal mental health. Recognized as experts in their respective fields, both Kristin and Monica have completed a Sexuality Attitude Reassessment (SAR), the foundational model upon which this training is built. Their depth of experience across perinatal mental health and sex therapy uniquely positions them to facilitate this pioneering training with expertise, nuance, and care.
Course Details
Delivery method: Live interactive webinar via the Institute learning platform
Course interactivity: Interactive — participants will engage in self-reflection, small group discussion, large group discussion, and Q&A
Posttest/quiz: Because this is a live interactive course, a standard posttest is not required. Participation will be monitored throughout the session.
Certificate issuance: Certificates of credit will be issued immediately after course completion to participants who attend the full session and complete the course evaluation.
Contact for questions: institute@thehealinggroup.com
Accessibility accommodations: To request accessibility accommodations, please contact institute@thehealinggroup.com prior to the event. We are committed to making our trainings accessible to all participants.
ASWB ACE Statement:
The Healing Group Institute, provider number 2716, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 3/31/26 – 3/31/27. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.
AASECT CKA:
A. Ethics and ethical behavior.
O. Professional communication and personal reflection skills.
PMAD Attitude Reassessment (PAR)
Presenters: Kristin Hodson, LCSW, CST | Monica Ashton, LCSW, CST, PMH-C
Date: 4/21/26 | 2:00 PM MST
Format: Live, interactive synchronous webinar | 1 hour
Content Level: Beginner
Target Audience: Mental Health Professionals — all backgrounds and professional levels welcome; specialists and non-specialists alike will benefit
CE Credits: 1 continuing education credit
Course Description
This one-hour live webinar invites mental health providers to examine the unconscious biases, judgments, and assumptions they may hold toward pregnant and postpartum parents and their mental health challenges. Modeled after the Sexuality Attitude Reassessment (SAR) — a well-established process used in sex therapy training — this first-of-its-kind PMAD Attitude Reassessment (PAR) applies that same framework to the perinatal mental health realm.
Through self-reflection and self-inquiry, didactic and Socratic teaching methods, and both small and large group discussion, participants will explore messages they have internalized from macro and mezzo communities about the mental health needs of perinatal people — and examine the meaning they have made of those messages. The training also addresses the specific challenges faced by the BIPOC community in perinatal mental health, grounding the content in a commitment to equity and culturally responsive care.
This training is rooted in the belief that working competently and in a client-centered way with perinatal clients is a social justice issue. Regardless of specialization, providers across all settings and communities benefit from developing greater openness, skill, and awareness when working with this population.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:
Analyze the impact of non-judgmental and respectful attitudes toward pregnant and postpartum parents.
Recognize the diverse needs and presentations of mental health challenges in perinatal clients, and identify their own attitudes, values, feelings, and beliefs around these challenges and behaviors.
Discuss strategies for increasing comfort and competency when working with perinatal clients.
Limitations, Risks, & Benefits
This training represents the first-ever PMAD Attitude Reassessment and draws on the established SAR framework, adapted for the perinatal mental health context. Given the one-hour format, time is a limiting factor and the content is not intended to be exhaustive. Participants may experience moments of discomfort as they engage in self-reflection and examine long-held assumptions or beliefs; however, no significant risks are anticipated. The primary benefit of participation is increased awareness of personal biases, judgments, and assumptions toward perinatal clients — supporting more conscious, competent, and compassionate clinical practice.
About the Presenters
Kristin Hodson, LCSW, CST, and Monica Ashton, LCSW, CST, PMH-C, are both certified sex therapists with a combined 30+ years of experience in perinatal mental health. Recognized as experts in their respective fields, both Kristin and Monica have completed a Sexuality Attitude Reassessment (SAR), the foundational model upon which this training is built. Their depth of experience across perinatal mental health and sex therapy uniquely positions them to facilitate this pioneering training with expertise, nuance, and care.
Course Details
Delivery method: Live interactive webinar via the Institute learning platform
Course interactivity: Interactive — participants will engage in self-reflection, small group discussion, large group discussion, and Q&A
Posttest/quiz: Because this is a live interactive course, a standard posttest is not required. Participation will be monitored throughout the session.
Certificate issuance: Certificates of credit will be issued immediately after course completion to participants who attend the full session and complete the course evaluation.
Contact for questions: institute@thehealinggroup.com
Accessibility accommodations: To request accessibility accommodations, please contact institute@thehealinggroup.com prior to the event. We are committed to making our trainings accessible to all participants.
ASWB ACE Statement:
The Healing Group Institute, provider number 2716, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 3/31/26 – 3/31/27. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.
AASECT CKA:
A. Ethics and ethical behavior.
O. Professional communication and personal reflection skills.
