Integrated Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics™ 
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​A practitioner training program to prevent and treat birth trauma that integrates somatic trauma resolution, midwifery model of care and the baby's experience.
Come. Study. Learn. Heal

Foundations in Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics™

Our Entry Level Course
​4 days

Integrated Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics™

Three Level, 10 module practitioner training program 

IPPD Retreats

In-person, 3 day practice and nourishing retreats the feature the 5 practitioner skills, mini birth process and the advanced bodywork sequence.

Full Training Dates and Locations still being established
New Dates and Locations for the Foundations in
Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics for 2026
October 15-18, 2026 in Chapel Hill, NC (in person)
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Meet Our Teaching Team

The training is co-taught by three instructors and supported by teams of teaching assistants

The Integrated Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics™ training is the fruit of the relationship between Kate White, MA, BCBMT, RCST©,SEP, CEIM, PPNE, PLC  and Lois Trezise, CNM over 20 years of collaboration. Kate brings a wealth of somatic trauma resolutions skills, the study of prenatal and perinatal somatic psychology, and working with families with babies. Lois brings 40 years of midwifery, childbirth education and her own experience of prenatal and perinatal psychology. They each bring their own years of spiritual and physical practices for nervous system regulation and connection. The training is taught in 4 day modules over 12-16 months. We provide additional opportunities for trainees to learn. All of our work is recorded. You will have lifelong access to the materials. We are still growing as a community and as a teaching team, so we expect our materials to grow and season. ​

​Instructors and Co-Creators

Co-Creators

​Kate White, MA, BCBMT, RCST®, CEIM, SEP, PPNE, PLC

Kate White is an advanced bodyworker and somatic trauma resolution therapist who has been involved with pre- and perinatal health for over 30 years, starting with maternal and child health, family planning, and health education as an international professional, to a practitioner of the healing arts as a bodyworker working with pregnant mothers, families and babies. Her qualifications include: BA and MA in communications Certifications in prenatal massage, infant massage, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner Training and over 20 years of study and training in Prenatal and Perinatal Somatic Psychology with many leading pioneering practitioners.  She is founder and former Director of Education for the Prenatal and Perinatal Educator Certificate course for the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, 2013-2019. Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Prenatal and Perinatal Programs, Co-Creator of Integrated Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics and Prenatal and Perinatal Healing Online, Creator of Baby Dynamics Clinical training, Leading Edge Somatic Skills Seminars, and the Whole Family Clinic You can see a complete list of her trainings and education here.

Lois Trezise, CNM

Lois Trezise is a nurse-midwife of 40 year’s experience with a Master’s Degree in Midwifery and certification in hypnosis from ASCH. She received her Certified Lactation Counseling from the Healthy Children Project in Boston.

Lois has attended births at home, out-of-hospital birth centers, and both large city and small community hospitals. Her experience has given her an in-depth overview of all the different ways in which labor can unfold and how to help prepare and support families. She developed her own childbirth course that integrates hypnoses into childbirth education, and a manual for parents to better understand the birth process.

She worked with Kate to co-teach Conscious Pregnancy courses that integrated childbirth education, prenatal and perinatal somatic psychology and the baby's experience. She currently lives in Brattleboro, VT, and presents several times a year at the Center.

Eileen Sendrey, CMT

Co-Creator Advanced Modules on Double Bind Practice and Application

Eileen is a Pre-and Peri-Natal Somatic Educator and Practitioner, Registered Craniosacral Therapist (RCST®), Certified Massage Therapist (CMT,) a Castellino School Approved Womb Surround Facilitator and Breema® Instructor and Practitioner. 

Eileen works with adults, individually and in groups and families with babies, children and teens to help understand how early traumatic events show up in the present; and how to transform those patterns toward integration and health. Her current work is a culmination of three decades of study and work as a bodyworker, yoga teacher, Breema® instructor and community organizer (with a particular emphasis of working with pregnant couples and babies) before studying and mentoring with Myrna Martin and Ray Castellino.

Eileen’s work is based in the understanding that each individual has an inner guidance system to their own optimal health. People don't need to be “fixed," just supported in connecting with their innate rhythms, impulses and intentions.

United States Teaching Team

Liz Fullerton
​Assistant

Marinah Farrell
Provider/Co-Teacher 
​Midwife Instructor

Lesha Nelson
Provider/Assistant
​Working with Babies course

Frank Carbone
Provider/Co-Teacher

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to take the Foundations in Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics?
Everyone has to take a Foundations course. We have two levels, one that is more basic, and one for people who are fluent in autonomic nervous system stress and trauma responses, and what to do about it.

Do you offer payment plans or scholarships?
We have scholarships for BIPOC persons. We also have payment plans available.

Can I learn to work with adults who have prenatal and perinatal trauma?

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​How does your training compare to the Castellino Training?

What do I receive when I graduate?
You receive a professional certificate. There is a professional pathway, but there is not a predetermined career outcome. Our responsibility is to provide excellent training, clear developmental pathways, ethical oversight, supervision, and opportunities to use the curriculum. We can help create fertile ground. Each graduate remains responsible for building their own professional life.

Graduates will also be qualified to enter our Early Family Somatics program, and help famillies preconception, during pregnancy, prebirth and afterbirth. We have crafted our modules materials into a family based holistic support program we call The Little House.

Are there any continuing education credits?