Thank you for your interest in joining this upcoming edition of The Portal, a 28-week Compassionate Inquiry-based training focused on conception, pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period.

This application will take approximately 15–20 minutes to complete.
You’ll need to upload a resume or CV and answer a few reflective questions about your background and interest in the program.

Course Dates & Group Options

This cohort offers two group options. You will be asked to select the group that best suits your availability as part of this application.

All times are in Eastern Time (ET – Toronto).
If you live in a different time zone, we recommend checking your local time using https://savvytime.com/converter to ensure you can attend the sessions.
 

Group with Laura

•  Starts: Tuesday, September 30th, 2025 at 3:00 AM ET
•  Weeks 1–4: Weekly calls on Tuesdays at 3:00 AM ET (Sept 30, Oct 7, 14, 21)
•  Weeks 5–28: Biweekly calls on Tuesdays at 3:00 AM ET (Nov 4, 18; Dec 2, 16; Jan 6, 20; Feb 3, 17; Mar 3, 17, 31; Apr 14)
   

Group with Hannah

•  Starts: Wednesday, October 1st, 2025 at 1:00 PM ET
•  Weeks 1–4: Weekly calls on Wednesdays at 1:00 PM ET (Oct 1, 8, 15, 22)
•  Weeks 5–28: Biweekly calls on Wednesdays at 1:00 PM ET (Nov 5, 19; Dec 3, 17; Jan 7, 21; Feb 4, 18; Mar 4, 18; Apr 1, 15)
   

THE PORTAL: Conception, Pregnancy, Birth, and the Postpartum Period - Compassionate Inquiry Training

The Portal is a Compassionate Inquiry based, comprehensive and experiential 28-week trauma-informed professional training for health professionals (midwives, doctors, nurses), doulas, lactation consultants, therapists, coaches, bodyworkers, educators, and other professionals who serve as providers of support for pregnant and birthing people, and their partners.

• Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to safely support parents-to-be in having the most empowering and trauma free conception, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and early parenting experience possible,
• Recognize when your client is accessing early trauma, and gain the skills to support them in moving through and integrating these implicit traumas,
• Find out how your own unconscious implicit prenatal, birth and early childhood experiences has impacted and continues to influence your inner experience, relationships, parenting, and other areas of your life,
• Integrate your early trauma so you can be more present and prevent passing it on to your clients, your children, and others.

You can find more detailed information about the course on our website.