Workshop Objectives: At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: • Understand what to expect during the transition to parenthood • Describe child development in the first year • Create strategies to co-parent with your partner • Learn ways to improve communication • Demonstrate how to strengthen friendship, intimacy and conflict regulation skills • Recognize the signs of postpartum mood, anxiety, and adjustment disorders and be aware of support or treatment options
Workshop Goals:
Learn how to maintain relationship satisfaction after having a baby
Reduce relationship hostility and increase affection
Promote positive parent-baby interactions
Promote quality involvement for both parents
Reduce the incidence or severity of postpartum mood disorders
Class outline:
Moving through time together: the transition to parenthood
Building love maps: knowing each other
Share fondness and admiration
Turn towards: build an emotional bank account
Maintain the positive perspective
Ritualize the daily stress reducing conversation
Flooding, self-soothing and taking breaks
Recognize the four warning signs of relationship meltdown
Practice the four steps of constructive problem solving
Honor mothers and fathers
Recognize the importance of fathers
Understand the baby blues, postpartum mood disorders, and other mental health issues