Making Space for the Political in Perinatal Therapy
Individual Coaching & Mentorship
Personalized support for therapists ready to bring politics into the therapy room with greater confidence and clinical intention
Making Space for Politics in Perinatal Therapy is a seven-week, live virtual group coaching and clinical consultation experience designed to help you confidently navigate the intersection of politics, systemic realities, and perinatal mental health.
Through focused training, clinical discussion, consultation, coaching, practical tools, and community, you'll develop the skills to recognize political distress, bring it into the therapy room, and support clients in exploring how the world around them shapes their experiences of pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenthood.
This isn't about teaching you politics or convincing you to agree with my political beliefs. It's about helping you feel confident in talking with clients about their political concerns, even when those conversations feel complicated, emotionally charged, or unfamiliar.
Because motherhood is political. And therapy should be too.
This is the training you've been missing
Perinatal clients are no longer only coming to therapy for support with the transition to parenthood. They are also navigating what it means to bring kids into a world of school shootings, reproductive rights restrictions, climate change, genocides, and the lack of structural support for families. They're questioning what it means to bring children into this world. They're trying to care for themselves and their babies while carrying the emotional weight of everything happening around them.
For many clients, political realities aren't separate from their perinatal mental health, they're a significant part of it.
Do you feel equipped to help navigate this intersection?
You may have received training in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, birth trauma, reproductive challenges, and matrescence, but where do we learn to recognize political distress when it isn't explicitly named? How do we make room for a client's political concerns without imposing our own beliefs? What do we say when a client is grieving the world theyβve brought their child into? And how do we navigate these conversations ethically, confidently, and with clinical intention?
Making Space for the Political is opportunity to deepen your expertise as a perinatal therapist by taking the skills you already have and expanding them to account for the world your clients are living in.
Learn from someone whoβs already doing this work
Hi! Iβm Dr. Suzanne Mungalez, a clinical perinatal psychologist, birthworker, educator, and mother of two. The crux of my perinatal work has been supporting people who are pregnant, postpartum, and navigating early parenthood, while creating space for the politics that make parenting hard in the first place. Iβve been able to fill my one-on-one therapy caseload by meeting clients where theyβre at, both within their internal world and the larger external world.
In addition to 1:1 therapy and courses that meet parents at this intersection, Iβve been facilitating seasonal prenatal and postpartum support groups specifically focused on birthing and raising babies in uncertain political times. The fact that these groups continue to sell out during every launch is a testament to the true need for therapists and providers that are adept at navigating the overlap between the perinatal and the political.
If you are familiar with my work, you know that Iβve also built an Instagram community through @its.themamaspace around the belief that parenting is political. The mothers and parents who connect with my work are looking for supportive providers who understand that modern motherhood is shaped by more than individual choices or personal coping skills. They're navigating the emotional realities of parenthood while also thinking about reproductive autonomy, public policy, systemic inequities, the world their kids will grow up in, and what it means to raise a family in this particular moment.
Their experiences reinforce my belief that parents need perinatal providers who can make space for the world they're living in. I created this program because there is a clear gap between what perinatal therapists are trained to do and what many clients need us to be able to do.
I want to help close that gap.
Your $777 investment includesβ¦
7 live virtual modules across 7 weeks: A structured learning experience that builds from foundational concepts to clinical application.
6 group consultation sessions: Opportunities to bring questions, explore clinical dilemmas, and receive guidance as you work through the material.
Coaching and facilitated discussion: Support in connecting the concepts to your own clinical practice, values, and professional questions.
Practical clinical tools: Adaptable language, frameworks, and interventions to help you integrate the learning into your work.
A private Signal group chat: A space for connection, discussion, and peer support between sessions, so learning doesn't have to stop when we log off.
A community of clinicians: An opportunity to learn alongside other perinatal therapists who recognize this gap and want to approach this work with greater confidence and intention.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. This is a clinical training and group coaching experience focused on helping perinatal therapists navigate conversations about their clients' political concerns.
I'm not teaching political theory, trying to persuade you to adopt my beliefs, or asking you to convince your clients of yours. We're exploring how current events may affect clients' experiences of pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenthood, and how to work with those experiences thoughtfully in therapy.
The focus is clinical skill, not political persuasion.
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You don't need to be a political expert. You need a framework for recognizing when political and systemic realities may be relevant to a client's distress, exploring those concerns without assumptions, and responding in a way that supports the client's therapeutic goals.
This program is about developing those clinical skills. You don't need to have an opinion on every political issue or be able to explain every policy.
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This program isn't only for therapists who avoid these conversations.
Even if you're already making space for politics in your work, you may want to deepen your approach, examine ethical questions, become more intentional about self-disclosure, or explore situations in which you're unsure how to respond.
You can use this experience to refine the work you're already doing and think through clinical dilemmas with greater nuance.
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Therapists don't exist outside the world our clients are navigating. Our own experiences, fears, and values can influence how we hear and respond to clients.
We'll explore therapist self-awareness, self-disclosure, boundaries, and the importance of having appropriate spaces for our own reflection and consultation.
The aim isn't to pretend you have no personal responses. It's to help you understand them and make thoughtful decisions about how they intersect with your clinical work.
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Political differences can create complicated moments in therapy, particularly when the issues involved touch on identity, family, reproductive decisions, or deeply held values.
This program will help you think more intentionally about how to navigate those conversations without turning therapy into a debate or assuming that agreement is necessary for meaningful clinical work.
We'll consider how to remain curious about the client's experience, attend to the therapeutic relationship, and make decisions grounded in your clinical responsibilities and the client's needs.
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We'll explore practical language and clinical approaches you can adapt to your own therapeutic style.
But the goal goes beyond memorizing scripts. Real clinical conversations are unpredictable, and a phrase that works in one situation may not work in another.
You'll develop a stronger framework for understanding what's happening in the room, deciding what to explore, and responding in a way that fits the client and the clinical context.
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Resources can introduce concepts and offer useful language. But they can't provide the same opportunity to explore your questions, think through clinical dilemmas, or receive coaching around how the material applies to your practice.
This program combines seven live modules with group consultation in six sessions, coaching, practical tools, and a private Signal group for between-session connection.
You'll have space to work with the material rather than simply consume it.
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It's worth considering what you want to get out of professional development.
If you're looking for a quick collection of scripts, a free resource may be enough for now.
If you want to build a deeper understanding of political distress, strengthen your clinical approach, work through ethical questions, and develop skills you can apply across future client sessions, this program offers a more involved learning experience.
The $777 fee covers the seven-week group experience, including training, six group consultation sessions, coaching, practical tools, and the opportunity to learn in community.
The value you ultimately derive will depend on your engagement, your clinical context, and how you integrate the learning into your work.
I can't promise a particular financial return or a specific clinical outcome. What I can offer is a focused opportunity to develop a dimension of perinatal practice that you may not have received elsewhere in your training.
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The private Signal group is intended to help the cohort stay connected between sessions, continue discussions, share reflections, and support one another's learning throughout the seven weeks.
It isn't a substitute for therapy or individualized supervision, and it shouldn't be used to share identifiable client information. We'll establish expectations for professional boundaries, confidentiality, and communication within the group.
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No. This is a professional learning, coaching, and group consultation experience. It isn't a replacement for individualized clinical supervision, required supervision, or other professional support relevant to your role and jurisdiction.
We'll approach clinical questions thoughtfully, with attention to ethics, boundaries, and the limits of group-based learning.
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You don't need to arrive with polished questions or perfectly formed opinions.
The purpose is to create a thoughtful space for learning, reflection, and clinical discussion. We'll make room for uncertainty and complexity while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries and respect for client confidentiality.
Community isn't about knowing everything already. It's about learning together.
Community is how we survive unprecedented times.
It's how we find perspective when the world feels overwhelming. It's how we share resources, make meaning, process uncertainty, and remember that we aren't meant to navigate everything alone.
It's also what we encourage our perinatal clients to seek out.
We tell new parents that they need support. We encourage them to find their people, build their village, and surround themselves with others who understand what they're navigating. We know that isolation can make an already difficult transition feel even harder, and that connection can help people feel less alone in their experiences.
So why would we approach our own learning any differently?
The questions this work raises are complex. They touch on clinical judgment, professional ethics, personal values, political uncertainty, and the realities of supporting clients through some of the most vulnerable transitions of their lives.
These aren't always questions we can answer by reading another article or downloading another resource.
We need spaces where we can ask questions, think out loud, examine our assumptions, and learn from the experiences of other clinicians.
Looking for more individualized support?
If you're looking for a more personalized experience, with space to focus on your specific clinical questions, challenges, and goals, individual coaching may be a better fit.
I also offer individual coaching for perinatal therapists who want more focused, one-on-one support in navigating the intersection of politics and perinatal mental health.