Expanding the Clinical Lens with Perinatal Loss Clients: Postpartum Care, Matrescence, and Moral Injury

Title of Event: Expanding the Clinical Lens with Perinatal Loss Clients: Postpartum Care, Matrescence, and Moral Injury

Description of Event:

Perinatal loss is frequently conceptualized through the lenses of grief and trauma. While these frameworks are foundational, they often do not fully encompass the clinical complexities clients experience following pregnancy or infant loss. This presentation expands clinicians’ conceptualization of perinatal loss by examining three often-overlooked considerations: postpartum care, matrescence, and moral injury. Participants will examine how these considerations can inform assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment planning. The primary goal of this training is for attendees to gain an expanded framework for providing comprehensive, evidence-informed care to clients experiencing perinatal loss.

Date of Event: 10/29/26

Time of Event: 7:00 PM MST

Location: Online Synchronous

Sex Therapy (ST) Training: 

ST5. Principles of consultation, collaboration and referral.
ST6. Ethical decision-making and best practice.

Presenter/Speaker: Ricci Howell, LCSW, PMH-C

Contact Name: The Healing Group

Contact Email: institute@thehealinggroup.com

Event Website: thehealinggroupinstitute.com

AASECT Approved CEs: 1