Birth Workers & Doulas

Childbirth Educator Guide to Normalizing Mental Health Conversations

Childbirth educators reach families before the high-risk postpartum window. Practical guidance on integrating perinatal mental health content into classes, destigmatizing help-seeking, and creating referral pathways for participants who need support.

Birth Trauma: How to Support Clients Without Overstepping

Doulas and birth workers are frequently present for traumatic births and are often the first support person a client turns to afterward. A scope-of-practice guide to supporting clients through birth trauma while staying within appropriate professional boundaries.

Why Childbirth Educators Refer to Phoenix Health for Perinatal Mental Health

Childbirth educators encounter prenatal anxiety and birth fear in class. Phoenix Health offers PMH-C certified perinatal therapy via telehealth in all 50 states.

Perinatal Mental Health for Doulas and Birth Workers: A Complete Practice Guide

Postpartum Mental Health in Your Clients: What Doulas and Childbirth Educators Should Know

Doulas and childbirth educators encounter PMAD symptoms regularly. This guide covers prevalence, risk factors, and why birth workers are positioned to help.

Prenatal PMAD Risk Signs for Doulas and Childbirth Educators

The prenatal window is when PMAD risk accumulates. This guide covers prenatal risk factors doulas and childbirth educators can observe and when to refer.

Perinatal Mental Health: A Guide for Childbirth Educators

CBEs meet clients before the postpartum period. This guide covers what to add to curriculum, how to notice distress in class participants, and when to refer.

Why Birth Workers Miss Postpartum Mental Health Distress

Birth workers miss PMAD distress for four reasons: competence masking, normalization habit, scope conflict, and non-obvious presentations like PPA or OCD.

What to Look for in a Perinatal Mental Health Referral Partner: A Birth Worker's Guide

Birth workers transfer trust when they refer clients. This guide covers PMH-C, telehealth, insurance, and response time for evaluating referral practices.

Vicarious Trauma and Burnout in Birth Workers: Prevention and Support

Birth workers are regularly exposed to traumatic births, postpartum crises, and perinatal loss. A clinical overview of vicarious trauma, occupational burnout, and sustainable practice for doulas and childbirth educators.

Supporting Perinatal Mental Health as a Birth Worker

Birth workers are often the first professionals to recognize when a client is struggling. A complete guide to PMAD identification, scope-of-practice referral, client communication, and birth worker self-care for doulas, childbirth educators, and postpartum support providers.