Pregnancy Loss Education for Perinatal Professionals
Pregnancy Loss Education Training is Evelyn James & Company’s foundational program for perinatal professionals who want to confidently and compassionately support families after miscarriage, stillbirth, TFMR, neonatal loss, and infant loss. Designed for doulas, nurses, therapists, postpartum professionals, and other care providers, this training bridges the gap between medical care and the ongoing, human experience of grief.
Rooted in lived experience, professional practice, and trauma-aware, evidence-informed support, this training prepares professionals to care for families with greater presence, confidence, and integrity. You will learn how to support families emotionally, practically, and ethically, while strengthening your grief literacy, communication skills, boundaries, and understanding of continuity of care after discharge.
This training may be taken as a stand-alone program with a certificate of completion, or as the first step in our Bereavement Doula Certification pathway for those who want to deepen their work and become certified through Evelyn James & Company.
What Is Pregnancy Loss Education Training?
Pregnancy Loss Education Training prepares perinatal professionals to support bereaved families with greater confidence, compassion, and skill after miscarriage, stillbirth, TFMR, neonatal loss, and infant loss. This specialized training goes beyond standard doula and postpartum education by focusing on grief-informed care, trauma awareness, communication, memory-making, ethical support, and long-term care for families navigating the death of a baby.
Who This Training Is For
This training is designed for professionals who support families during pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and beyond, including:
Doulas (birth, postpartum, bereavement)
Birth workers and labor support professionals
Nannies and Newborn Care Specialists
Postpartum professionals and newborn care specialists
Nurses and healthcare professionals
Therapists, counselors, and mental health providers working in the perinatal space
No matter your role, if families look to you for guidance, support, or presence after pregnancy loss, this training was created for you.
It’s training that transforms you.
This training changes the way you support people, not just in your work, but in life.
Yes, you’ll leave with tools, language, and a deeper understanding of pregnancy and infant loss. But more than that, you’ll start to understand grief differently. You’ll understand people differently. You’ll become more thoughtful, more steady, more aware of what support actually looks like when someone’s world has fallen apart.
This isn’t just about learning how to support bereaved families after baby loss, though that is absolutely at the heart of it. It’s also about learning skills that carry across the lifespan. Grief touches everything. Death, diagnosis, trauma, identity shifts, divorce, dreams falling apart, major life changes, people are carrying grief everywhere. This training helps you become someone who can meet that pain with more compassion, confidence, and care.
It changes how you listen.
How you respond.
How you hold space.
How you show up when there is nothing to fix.
That kind of learning doesn’t stay in a workbook or inside a training container. It becomes part of who you are. It shapes the way you care for clients, families, friends, strangers, and even yourself.
That’s why this training matters so much.
Because this is bigger than one role or one certification. It is a skillset, a perspective, and a way of being that will impact every person you support for the rest of your life.
Inside our Pregnancy Loss Education Training, you will learn how to:
Compassionately support families after miscarriage, stillbirth, TFMR, neonatal loss, and infant loss
Use trauma-aware, grief-informed language that helps families feel seen, safe, and supported
Understand common grief responses, trauma reactions, and nervous system dysregulation after loss
Provide practical and emotional support in medical, birth, postpartum, and home settings
Care for the full family system, including partners, dads, siblings, and extended family members
Practice within your scope while maintaining strong boundaries and ethical support
Extend care beyond the moment of loss through thoughtful follow-up and continuity of support
Identify when a family needs additional clinical, medical, or mental health support and refer with care
Our Pregnancy Loss Education Programs
Our Signature Pregnancy Loss Education Training
Our Signature Pregnancy Loss Education Training is Evelyn James & Company’s foundational program for perinatal professionals who want to support bereaved families with greater confidence, compassion, and skill. Designed for doulas, nurses, therapists, postpartum professionals, and other care providers, this training offers practical, trauma-aware education that can be applied immediately in real-world care settings.
Inside the program, you will learn the realities of miscarriage, stillbirth, TFMR, neonatal loss, and infant loss across gestational ages, along with how these experiences affect families emotionally, physically, and relationally. You will also learn how to provide ethical, grief-informed support that helps families feel seen, respected, and cared for without adding harm.
This training is for professionals who want more than surface-level education. It is for those who want clear guidance, deeper understanding, and a strong foundation in pregnancy and infant loss support that they can carry into every family they serve.
This is the foundation of pregnancy and infant loss care.
COMING SPRING 2027
12-Week Advanced Practitioner Program
Our 12-Week Advanced Practitioner Program is designed for experienced professionals who are ready to deepen their work in pregnancy and infant loss, postpartum support, grief, trauma, and maternal mental health. Created for those who want more than foundational knowledge, this program helps practitioners build greater depth, discernment, and confidence in the care they provide to bereaved families over time.
Inside the program, we explore the layered realities of grief after baby loss, including trauma responses, complex family systems, identity shifts, postpartum healing, and the ongoing support needs that can continue well beyond hospital discharge. This is advanced, integrative training for professionals who want to provide more nuanced, relational, and continuity-based care.
This program is ideal for doulas, nurses, therapists, social workers, and seasoned perinatal professionals who want to expand their practice and offer more comprehensive support to families navigating loss and life after loss.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to be a doula to take this training?
We encourage you to be a doula for all our training programs, or another type of professional.
Is this training appropriate if I already work in healthcare or mental health?
Yes. Many professionals take this training to strengthen their pregnancy loss-specific knowledge and improve interdisciplinary support.
Does this training cover different types of pregnancy loss?
Yes. We address miscarriage, stillbirth, TFMR, neonatal loss, infant loss and more.
Is this training trauma-informed?
Yes. Trauma awareness, nervous system regulation, and ethical care are foundational components of every program.
Will this training tell me exactly what to say?
You will learn supportive language, but more importantly, you will learn how to listen, respond, and hold space without causing harm.
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