About Becoming Us
A New Approach To Parenthood
Becoming Us is here to help expecting and new parents navigate the common practical, emotional and relational changes that come with pregnancy, birth and early family life.
Built around a clear map of the multiple transitions of parenthood, Becoming Us offers pathways, tools and step-by-step guidance to help parents better understand themselves, each other, and the journey they’re on together.
Alongside resources for parents, Becoming Us also works with health, mental health and early years professionals to provide relationally-aware, family-centred support for one of life’s biggest transitions. Through books, courses and professional training of Parenthood Guides, Becoming Us supports parent’s wellbeing, couple connection and foundations for nurturing families as they grow.
Becoming Us® is based on over 30 years of relationship counselling, independent research, training, restless nights and personal journeying.
If you’re a professional, you may be curious about the foundations of Becoming Us. The model combines adult attachment theory, developmental and relationship psychology, and a focus on emotional wellbeing to create a world-first relationship-developmental framework for pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
The eight stages in the theoretical and clinical Becoming Us model are evidence-informed and supported by research.
We’ve taken decades of studies, the wisdom of our elders, and the experiences of parents worldwide and distilled this vital information into practical, accessible and engaging pathways of support for both parents and the professionals who walk alongside them.
Meet Elly Taylor – founder of Becoming Us®
Elly Taylor is an author, educator and parenthood relationship specialist with over 30 years’ experience supporting individuals, couples and families through the multiple transitions of parenthood. She created Becoming Us to help mothers, fathers and partners feel more seen and supported through the practical, emotional and relationship changes of pregnancy, birth and early family life.
Combining research, developmental frameworks, and clinical and lived experience, Elly’s Becoming Us approach now supports parents, professionals and organisations to create more relationally-aware integrated family-centred pathways of support for growing families.
