Pregnancy Dialogues™ Facilitator Training


Pregnancy Dialogues is an impactful small-group program designed to promote prenatal attachment and support normal physiological birth. Facilitated by non-mental health professionals, this 8-hour training equips you with the tools to guide pregnant mothers and gestational parents in fostering a deep connection with their baby and enhancing maternal well-being.

Key Components


In this facilitator training, you’ll gain the skills to run a Pregnancy Dialogues™ circle of support for pregnant mothers and partners. The program is built on reflective discussions around family dynamics, partner relationships, and infant attachment, tailored to each stage of pregnancy.

  • Facilitating small group sessions with 4-6 pregnant mothers or gestational parents.
  • Breathing exercises and a special song to foster a connection with the baby.
  • Recognizing and responding to the baby’s movements and creating a dialogue with the baby.
  • Building self-connection as a mother and integrating new family dynamics.
  • Tools for supporting the mother-baby bond, both in-session and between sessions.



More about Pregnancy Dialogues™:


In the past 6 years, approximately 300 mothers and 5 fathers have successfully completed the Pregnancy Dialogues ™ program in Europe. A primary focus is to create a place of safety, trust and support within the group. Discussions explore family, partner, and infant attachment topics tailored to the individual stages of each mother’s pregnancy. The program introduces tools to support mothers in creating mother-baby connections during each session, and participants are given simple, but powerful, interactive activities to be performed by the mothers and their partners between sessions.

Informal follow-up data demonstrate:

  • Recovery from past trauma
  • Decreased pregnancy and birth-related anxiety
  • Reciprocal emotional connection with the unborn child
  • Low rates of premature births
  • Increased confidence in knowing their babies before and after birth
  • More optimum postpartum period
  • Strong mutually supportive relationships between the group participants


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About Raylene Phillips, MD, MA, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC

Raylene Phillips is a neonatologist with a passion for the wellbeing of babies. After raising three children as a stay-at-home mother, she received a master’s degree in Developmental Psychology, became NIDCAP certified as an Infant Developmental Specialist, and then attended medical school at University of California, Davis, graduating in 2004. Dr. Phillips completed her pediatric residency and neonatology fellowship at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital in Loma Linda, CA and is currently an attending neonatologist in the NICU at the same hospital as well as Medical Director of Newborn Nursery at Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta. Raylene is an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and is a Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. Her primary area of interest is supporting emotional connections between babies and their parents. Raylene Phillips lives in Redlands, CA.

About Henrik Norholt, PhD: 

Dr. Norholt’s primary research focus is on developing and implementing simple and workable interventions to support parents’ capacity to connect physically and emotionally with their infant. These activities are conducted through an international network of researchers and clinicians within psychology, pediatrics, orthopedics, breastfeeding medicine, home-health visiting and midwifery. Dr. Norholt’s research spans a wide range of scientific topics, including child and adult brain and hormonal adaptation, attachment theory, perinatal stress and resilience processes, and child socio-emotional regulation, and outcome measures focusing on attachment and long-term parental and child physiological and psychological health.