This is the AUDIO version of Two Under Two and Feeling Blue: Helping Perinatal Clients Cope With Close Age Gaps.

This course is for you if:

• You’ve supported parents with back-to-back babies and sensed there’s so much more under the surface: burnout, guilt, trauma.

• You’re a therapist who wants to move beyond clichés like “double the love, double the chaos” and into a more nuanced, trauma-responsive understanding of what these families are actually carrying.

• You value inclusive, affirming care and want to better support clients who became parents through foster care, adoption, surrogacy, or after loss because “close age gaps” don’t always come from planned pregnancies.

• You geek out on the intersection of neuroscience, identity, and systems—and love when clinical learning includes a blend of heart, theory, and practicality.

• You’re looking for real tools (not just checklists or hashtags) to help you hold space for the sleep-deprived, identity-shifting, quietly unraveling parents trying to show up for all their babies as well as themselves.

Course Description:

Parenting kids who are this close in age—whether through birth, adoption, or foster care—isn’t just about double diaper duty or managing nap schedules. It’s a deeply layered experience that often collides with trauma histories, shifting identities, systemic stressors, and attachment dynamics. For many parents, it’s a season marked by physical depletion, emotional overload, and the aching question: “Am I enough for all of them?”

This course dives into the rich and complex terrain of parenting closely spaced children through a perinatal mental health lens. We’ll explore the emotional, psychological, cultural, and physiological realities that shape the parenting experience in these high-intensity seasons. From the neuroscience of sleep deprivation to the societal pressures that quietly shape family life, we’ll connect the dots between what’s happening in the home and what shows up in the therapy room.

Rooted in systemic theory and packed with practical, trauma-responsive tools, this course is designed to deepen your clinical curiosity and expand your therapeutic approach. You’ll leave feeling more equipped to support the parents who are doing the hardest work in the quietest hours.

Learning Objectives:

• Define and analyze the psychological, neurological, and systemic impacts of parenting closely spaced children.

• Evaluate personal countertransference, systemic influences, and client narratives to enhance clinical insight and foster a more attuned therapeutic presence.

• Apply trauma-responsive and socioculturally-attuned therapeutic interventions to support clients navigating the emotional, logistical, and relational challenges of parenting children in close succession.