📢 Please Note:
Sunday Series workshops are OPEN for anyone to attend. However, the recordings are only available to members of the Trauma-Informed Maternal Health Network + Directory.
⚠️ Content Note: This presentation includes discussion of trauma, perinatal mental health, breastfeeding challenges, attachment, and experiences that may be emotionally activating for some participants.
Breastfeeding & the Nervous System: Regulation for Mother and Baby
Breastfeeding & the Nervous System: Regulation for Mother and Baby is a professional workshop for maternal mental health providers that explores feeding through an attachment-based, nervous system–informed lens. Participants will learn how stress, sensory sensitivities, trauma history, and neurodivergent nervous systems can shape breastfeeding experiences for both mother and infant. This training offers practical co-regulation strategies and clinical language shifts to reduce shame and move away from performance-based feeding support. Clinicians will leave with compassionate, neurodivergent-affirming tools to support regulation, attachment, and maternal self-trust during feeding challenges.
🙋🏽♀️ Who is this workshop for?
Mental Health & Perinatal Professionals: Deepen your understanding of how neurodiversity, trauma, and the nervous system can influence breastfeeding and feeding experiences.
Birthworkers, Lactation & Healthcare Providers: Expand your clinical toolkit with strategies to support regulation and provide compassionate, trauma-informed care for feeding families.
Infant & Family Support Professionals: Learn approaches that promote connection, co-regulation, and a deeper understanding of the parent-infant feeding relationship.
💜 What is the workshop about?
Breastfeeding is more than a feeding method- it is a relationship shaped by the nervous systems of both mother and baby. This workshop explores breastfeeding through an attachment-based, nervous system-informed lens, examining how stress, trauma, sensory sensitivities, and neurodivergence can influence feeding experiences. Attendees will leave with practical, compassionate strategies to support regulation, strengthen attachment, and foster maternal self-trust while moving beyond performance-based approaches to feeding support.
This workshop will explore:
The nervous system and breastfeeding, including how stress, trauma history, sensory sensitivities, and neurodivergence can influence feeding experiences for both mother and infant.
Attachment and co-regulation, with practical strategies to support emotional regulation, strengthen the parent-infant relationship, and create a more connected feeding experience.
Trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming clinical approaches, including compassionate language shifts and practical tools that reduce shame and support families through breastfeeding challenges.
📅 Details
Date: Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026
Time: 9:30am PST/ 10:30am MST/ 11:30am CST/ 12:30pm EST
Length: 1 hour on zoom
🎫Participant: $15 Cost of a single ticket for parents, providers, and other supportive people.
🌳 Equity Access: Free This option ensures that finances are not a barrier to participation. We welcome people with limited resources who would otherwise be unable to join to choose this option.
Sunday Series workshops are FREE for paid members of the Trauma-Informed Maternal Health Network.
❓Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the format of the workshop?
This educational workshop includes a live presentation with practical, trauma-informed insights and opportunities for learning. Participants will gain actionable tools they can apply to support breastfeeding families through a nervous system-informed, attachment-based approach.
Q: What if I don’t want to be on camera or participate?
No problem. You can change your name on Zoom if you’d like, too.
Q: Will the workshop be recorded?
Yes, this workshop will be recorded.
Q: Does this count as therapy?
Even though this workshop will be led by a physician, it is educational in nature and is not intended to replace individualized medical care, therapy, or mental health treatment. Participating in this workshop does not establish a physician-patient relationship or any other provider-patient relationship.
Q: I’m a provider. Will I receive CEUs?
While this is a future goal, at this time we do not offer CEUs. Please email support@maternaltraumasupport.com if you need a certificate of attendance for your school or workplace.
Q: I have another question. How can I reach you?
If you have any additional questions, please email support@maternaltraumasupport.com.
Q: What is your refund policy? All sales are final. If you are unable to attend live, you will still receive the replay and materials.
✨ [ABOUT THE PRESENTER] ✨
Samantha Norris, MS, LCPC, PMH-C is a licensed therapist, Certified Perinatal Mental Health Specialist (PMH-C), and the Founder of Nurtured Pathways Counseling & Consultation Services. She specializes in maternal mental health, infant and child therapy, and neurodiversity-affirming care, with a passion for helping individuals and families build secure, connected relationships.
As a mother of four, Samantha brings both clinical expertise and lived experience to her work, offering a compassionate understanding of the complexities of parenthood, identity, and nervous system regulation. Drawing from her own experience as an Audhd’er, she is particularly passionate about supporting neurodivergent mothers with authenticity, empathy, and evidence-informed care.
Samantha is trained in Brainspotting (Phase 2), FirstPlay® Infant Play Therapy, and play therapy approaches, integrating attachment-based, trauma-informed, and developmentally responsive interventions into her clinical practice. Her work focuses on helping mothers heal from family-of-origin wounds, strengthen secure attachment with their children, cultivate self-trust, and foster greater regulation, resilience, and connection within themselves and their families.
Learn more about Samantha:
Website: http://www.nurturedpathwaysllc.com
✨ [TRAUMA-INFORMED MATERNAL HEALTH NETWORK] ✨
The Sunday Series is hosted by Olivia Verhulst and Liz Gray, co-founders of the Trauma-Informed Maternal Health Network.
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✨ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ✨
Sunday Series workshops are OPEN for anyone to attend, whether parents, patients, or providers. The recordings are only available to members of the Trauma-Informed Maternal Health Network.
Providers who join the workshop (live) will be entered into a raffle to win 1 free year in the Trauma-Informed Maternal Health Network!