Presenter: Susan Lowe, LMFT, PMH-C
Course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Registrants must attend the full 2 hours to receive CEs..
Guests: $20
IECAMFT MEMBERS: Free
Descriptive Narrative:
The educational goals of of this presentation are to strengthen clinicians' clinical judgment, diagnostic precision, and ethical decision making when working with perinatal loss. The training is designed to improve clinicians' ability to accurately assess perinatal loss when it presents as depression, anxiety, trauma related symptoms, or relational distress, and to differentiate normative grief from mood and trauma related disorders. The presentation supports professional growth by enhancing ethical assessment practices, appropriate documentation, and treatment planning grounded in trauma informed and culturally responsive care, thereby reducing the risk of misdiagnosis, minimization, and unintended harm in clinical practice.
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Recognize at least four clinical presentations in which perinatal loss commonly manifests, including depressive symptoms, anxiety, trauma related responses, and relational distress.
2. Identify three assessment questions used to screen for perinatal loss, grief responses, and trauma related symptoms during intake or ongoing treatment.
3. Recall two key clinical principles used to differentiate nornmative perinatal grief from major depressive disorder and trauma related disorders.
4. Demonstrate three clinically appropriate responses to clients experiencing perinatal loss, including validating language, trauma informed pacing, and ethical intervention strategies with scope of practicde.
About The presenter
Susan Lowe, LMFT,PMH-C, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified perinatal mental health professional with extensive clinical and training experience in reproductive and perinatal mental health across the lifespan. Her clinical work focuses on perinatal loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, and traumatic birth experiences, as well as perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and infertility related distress.
Her clinical approach is trauma informed and culturally responsive, integrating evidence based modalities consistent with perinatal mental health best practices. She has extensive experience supporting individuals, couples, and families experiencing perinatal loss and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including assessment and treatment of grief reactions, trauma related symptoms, relational distress, and identity disruption following pregnancy loss and childbirth related trauma.
Susan's work emphasizes ethical assessment, diagnostic clarity, and treatment planning rounded in perinatal mental health standards. She brings a strong systems and relational lens to clinical care, with particular attention to risk assessment, documentation practices, and scope of practice considerations. She regularly provides continuing education and consultation to clinicians and interdisciplinary teams focused on perinatal mental health, reproductive grief, trauma informed care, and reducing harm through accurate assessment and responsive intervention.
Inland Empire Chapter of CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCS, AND/or LEPs. IE-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CE Provider # 62278
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