FOR PROFESSIONALS
Trauma-Informed, Climate-Aware, and Ecologically Rooted Training
Training and mentorship for those supporting mothers in a changing world
Whether you’re a therapist, coach, doula, educator, or creative, maternal ecopsychology offers a powerful framework for understanding how systemic oppression, ecological distress, and coercive control shape the lived experiences of mothers. This work invites you to reimagine care through an ecological, trauma-informed, and socially engaged lens.
Whether you’re looking to expand your clinical framework, develop a new offering, or root your work in a deeper understanding of maternal ecologies, these trainings are designed to meet you where you are—and help you grow.
CURRENT OFFERINGS
CLIMATE-AWARE MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTHCARE COURSE
A six-module online course designed to deepen your understanding of the emotional, ecological, and systemic forces shaping maternal mental health in a climate-changed world.
Earn CEUs (pending NBCC evaluation) and explore frameworks you won’t find in traditional training programs.
MATERNAL ECOPSYCHOLOGY CERTIFICATION® COURSE
A rigorous, interdisciplinary certification for professionals who want to reimagine maternal care through an ecological, trauma-informed, and socially engaged lens. This program offers rich theory alongside personalized support to help you integrate the work into your own practice, project, or vision.
1:1 PROFESSIONAL COACHING
Whether you’re deepening your clinical practice, building a new offering, or shaping a creative or research project, 1:1 coaching provides personalized guidance to help you apply these frameworks in meaningful, grounded ways. This is a space to think strategically, receive reflective feedback, and stay connected to the heart of your work.
Coaching can be added to any course or pursued as a standalone container for support, integration, and growth.
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YOUR FACILITATOR
Dr. Allie Davis, MS, LPC, PhD, is a maternal mental health ecotherapist, ecofeminist scholar, and founder of the Maternal Ecopsychology Institute. With decades of experience supporting mothers, she brings clinical depth, academic rigor, and grounded compassion to this emerging field.
MORE ABOUT ALLIE“Maternal ecopsychology builds on matrescence’s original conceptual framework… to inspire yet another way to understand the experiences of mothers, particularly the unique developmental tasks necessary for their social evolution into ecocentricity.”
Davis, A., & Athan, A. (2023). Ecopsychological development and maternal ecodistress during matrescence. Ecopsychology, 15(3), 281-293. https://doi.org/10.1089/eco.2022.0084
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
“This training does exactly that—it brings together the personal, the collective, and the planetary in ways that feel both intellectually rigorous and deeply embodied. Allie is an extraordinary teacher. Her academic depth is immense, yet she communicates with such clarity, enthusiasm, and presence that even complex concepts feel tangible and applicable.”
Izabella Naomi Pedersen, Denmark
(Certification Graduate)
“Dr. Davis is a true gem. It takes a special person to teach well and still be compassionate and understanding. If I didn’t know her, I would want her to be my counselor.”
Graduate Clinical Counseling Student
“Not only do I learn how to be a better counselor from the courses taught by Dr. Davis, I also learn about myself. This all feeds into my professionalism and level of expertise. I appreciate the time and engagement Dr. Davis brings to every course she teaches.”
Graduate Clinical Counseling Student
“[The Maternal Ecopsychology Certification®] has deepened my understanding of eco-resilience and shown me how honoring the lived experiences of mothers—and their eco-awakenings—can be powerful catalysts for both personal and collective healing.”