Bringing Baby Home is a workshop developed through research by John Gottman, which focuses on teaching parents to strengthen their relationship and foster baby’s development and attachment with each parent during the challenging transition to parenthood. Workshops are led by trained educators who present in-depth material on what we know about how to build a lasting, healthy relationship and maintain those skills after becoming parents. During the workshop, you can expect to participate in interactive exercises with your partner to build your communication and conflict resolution skills.
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I work with couples in all stages of life, with a specialization in helping couples transition to parenthood, including infertility, adoption, and pregnancy / postpartum / attachment and bonding issues. To that end, I am a certified Gottman educator and am trained in emotion focused therapy for couples.
I also offer Bringing Baby Home workshops.
Lesli Desai is a Clinical Social Worker providing individual, couples, and family therapy. By encouraging curiosity and self-compassion, she works to empower clients – reaching out for help is a sign courage, not weakness. Courage can be defined as “the willingness to show up and risk being seen, without knowing what will happen” (Brene Brown). With courage, comes strength, hope, and authenticity--ultimately a life you can be proud to live.
Insurance taken: Premera and First Choice
Workshops for love, marriage, and the baby carriage.
Classes and retreats that are mindfully aware that your transition is unique. Our workshops will address the practical, but also the emotional and relational factors involved in birth and early parenting. For couples who want to ground their relationship as well as to learn how to work together more harmoniously, toward a loving family.
Insurance taken: Microsoft EAP
Empowered Pregnancy is a group of Certified Nurse Midwives and Professional Doulas working to improve the healthcare and birth experiences of women in the greater Seattle area. We are excited to bring our practice to a new birth and wellness center opening in Kirkland later this year.
We are proud to be the only certified nurse-midwifery owned and run birth center in the State of Washington. Being a certified nurse midwife, as well as a nurse practitioner, allows us to prescribe a wide range of medication that our patients might need, offer nitrous oxide and narcotics during childbirth and provide gynecological care and primary care to nonpregnant women. This enables us to care for women throughout their lifespan.
Our practice offers a wide range of services. We have a full-service doula program, offer a wide range of educational classes, a nutritionist on staff, and a complementary therapy room where our clients can receive massages, acupuncture, and other complementary health services.
Our midwives have over 20 years of experience and have caught well over a thousand babies. Our midwives believe in family-centered care and that the client should be an equal partner in her health care decisions. We have a highly trained and supportive staff so our families can feel safe while having the birth experience of their choice. In the rare instance that there would be a complication, our midwives are experienced in handling all OB emergencies and Evergreen hospital is just across the road from the birth center.
Four locations throughout the Puget Sound area with myriad offerings including birth centers, care givers, classes, a retail space and more.
Knowledgable, compassionate care. Office (Ravenna) or home visits. Reasonable rates, sliding scale.
Child and family therapist specializing in parenting, couples, and young children (0-7yo).
Infant development instructor. Developmental milestones. Hands-on, Holistic & Innovative. Lots of experience!