Extraordinary Education for Doulas, Childbirth & Lactation Educators and other Maternity Care Providers on campus in Seattle area, WA
If you dream of serving women and families, Simkin Center delivers knowledge, tools and skills to be used immediately in your community.
A department of Bastyr's School of Natural Health Arts and Sciences, the Simkin Center also sponsors workshops that focus on essential maternity care issues, as well as pregnancy and infant massage educator certification courses. Check for upcoming workshops and courses.
Simkin Center has educated, prepared and inspired more than 5,700 birth and postpartum doulas, childbirth educators, and lactation educators since its inception. It can be argued that no other organization has educated more doulas, or advanced the concept and the doula profession more successfully, than the Simkin Center.
Educating and Inspiring Leaders in the Childbirth Professions since 1988
Birth Doula Skills Workshop
Postpartum Doula Skills Workshop
Childbirth Educator Training
Lactation Educator Workshop
Breastfeeding for Doulas - Online
When Survivors Give Birth workshop
Infant Massage Educator Training
Perinatal Massage Training
Perinatal Support Facilitator Training
When Survivors Give Birth
Pediatric Fascial Massage for Newborns