Parenting classes before you're even a parent? Yep, it's a thing and you should definitely check it out it if you are looking to grow your family. Bringing Baby Home instructor Stephanie Johnston is a psychotherapist and mom of two young daughters. She has recently opened up The Healing Arts Studio on Cantrell. Sound familiar? I'm not surprised. Stephanie and her studio were the March cover story for Little Rock Family Magazine - the same one you find at the entrance to most public places in the Central Arkansas Area. As the article says, Stephanie started the studio with the core values of healing, creating and connecting - and these same values inspired her to become a Bringing Baby Home educator. With a focus on women's issues in her private practice it was a natural fit to make a resource available for new parents. As a parent of young children herself she knows how few local, in person resources there really are. Case in point: Stephanie is the only one doing these classes in the state of Arkansas at this time. I recently spoke with her about the course and what it can do for parents and expectant parents in the Central Arkansas area.
So what is Bringing Baby Home?
"The creators of the course, the Gottmans, are a married couple - the premiere couples therapists in their field. As they were doing therapy they noticed that some couples did really well during difficulties and tragedy while others did not. They did lots of research on which did and which didn't make it. They looked at the ones that made it and created this program to help foster those skills that will help relationships navigate the waters of changing family dynamics - and o