Our Groups
BBB offers a variety of groups, all of which
run in 6 week series, free of charge.
Due to Covid-19, all groups are currently taking place online via Zoom.
What Happens in A BBB group?
Group sessions are primarily devoted to sharing experiences that members need support around, as well as to strategies and resources they have discovered that might be useful to others. Sharing is done in an environment of acceptance and understanding. There are tears and laughs of recognition as participants share their struggles. Group facilitators provide support, resources, clinical knowledge, and research data to help members understand what is known about perinatal mood disorders, but our group is directed by the needs of the group.
Core Group
Our Core Group is for women with symptoms of postpartum depression or anxiety and their babies. A new group begins approximately every 3-4 weeks.
Prenatal Group
Our Prenatal Group is for women who are experiencing emotional distress during pregnancy. Referrals or inquiries should be directed to info@beyondthebabyblues.org or 847-864-7957.
Loss Group
Beyond the Baby Blues connects women who have experienced pregnancy or infant loss in small peer support groups facilitated by seasoned perinatal social workers. Regardless of the gestational age or the cause of the loss, women find informed compassion and accompaniment in the otherwise isolating grief of disrupted pregnancy for 6-week groups of no more than 6 participants.
Support Group for spanish speakers
Beyond the Baby Blues is excited to announce a pilot support group for Spanish speaking women launching this May!
Please forward inquiries and referrals to Sinane Goulet, LCSW, I/ECMH at (773) 742-6824, or gsinane@gmail.com
In addition
One week during the six weeks of group meetings we include a session that is largely devoted to the physical changes and challenges of pregnancy and the postpartum period which we have named body education and is usually led by Lela Beem, E-RYT 500, RPYT of Grateful Yoga in Evanston. Lela has taught yoga to prenatal and postnatal women since 2005. Since giving birth herself in 2013, she has become even more passionate about offering pregnancy, birth and postpartum support to women and babies. In the Beyond the Baby Blues support group, she offers an hour-long class for moms and babies that is targeted toward re-strengthening and centering, relaxation and coping with anxiety. She also offers prenatal and postnatal yoga her studio, Grateful Yoga of Evanston.