HypnoBirthing® 
Practitioner / Instructor Training

Available to Doctors, Doulas, Midwives, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants, Healthcare Providers, Childbirth Educators, Hypnotherapists, Yoga Instructors, Massage Therapists, and all others with an interest in maternal health and birthing.
HypnoBirthing is a well-thought-out and dynamic, 4-day, 2-part Childbirth Educator Program consisting of a 16-hour, Introduction to Hypnosis for Childbirth or Introduction to Birthing Basics, and a 16-hour, Certification Workshop for HypnoBirthing®. You will receive: your own copy of the text; a relaxation CD with affirmations; a DVD with 7 HypnoBirthing® stories; a 70-page class syllabus, with scripts and class outlines; 6 hand posters; and a CD of  miscellaneous forms and handouts. Additionally, you will receive four quarterly issues of the HypnoBirthing® eMagazine, The Stork Exchange. Your membership with the HypnoBirthing® Institute provides you with ongoing support and an active, online client referral system.

Course Schedule - Malaysia and China

HypnoBirthing Certification Course - Malaysia
10 - 13 December 2018

Intro to Hypnosis - Dec 10-11
Practitioner Certification - Dec 11-13
催眠分娩讲师培训 - 中国 广州
15 - 18 Dec 2018 - Guangzhou

Intro to Hypnosis - Dec 15 - 16
Practitioner Certification - Dec 16 - 18

催眠分娩讲师培训 - 中国 北京
10 - 13 Jan 2019 - Beijing

Intro to Hypnosis - Jan 10 - 11
Practitioner Certification - Jan 11 - 13​

What this program teaches

– An awareness of the consciousness of the baby before, during, and after experiencing birth.
– An understanding of the working of the body’s own natural relaxants
– Relaxation techniques that eliminate the Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome
– An understanding of why women in other cultures have easier, more comfortable birthing experience
– How the mother’s body is designed to work in neuromuscular harmony with nature
– Proven hypnotic techniques to bring about easier, more comfortable labor and birthing

What you will learn

– How to eliminate fear and replace it with confidence and understanding
– The source of the myth that pain is necessary accompaniment in normal birthing
– How to teach the birthing companion hypnotic rapport
– Specific techniques of hypnotic deepening
– The three stages of labor as a continuum and varying relaxation skills
– Prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal parenting and bonding

HypnoBirthing Instructor Training Course Content

Start By Determining Your Appropriate Segment
  1. If you already have a background as a Certified Hypnotherapist, you will be assigned to the Introduction to Birthing Basics for the first two days of this program.
  2. If you already have a background in Birthing Services (eg Obgyn, midwife, medical doctor, doula etc), you will be assigned to the Introduction to Hypnosis for Birthing for the first two days of this program.
  3. If you do not have a background in either of these fields, you will be assigned to Introduction to Hypnosis for Birthing and will be able to complete the Introduction to Birthing Basics as an at home-study  (available only to students needing both pre-requisites)
  4. If you are qualified in both Hypnosis and Birthing, you may waive the pre-requisites and enroll in only the two-day Practitioner Certification Segment.
  5. HypnoBirthing® Practitioners may return to attend a Practitioner Certification workshop at any future time at minimal cost with the permission of the course instructor

Segment One: Introductory Prerequisites
HYPNOSIS FOR BIRTHING
~ For those not yet certified in Hypnosis

•Applications of Hypnosis
•Attitudes About Hypnosis
•Basics of Brainwave Activity
•Laws of the Mind
•Rationale for Hypnosis in Birthing
•Understanding Clients’ Learning Styles
•Direct and Permissive Hypnosis Approaches
•Dangers of Unqualified Therapy
•Steps to Achieve Hypnosis
•Mind/Body Associations and Applications
•Judging Trance Depth
•Guidelines for Achieving Change
•Eye Fixation/Closure
•Elman · Ericksonian · Shanti leads
•Eyelift Conversion Lead
•Deepening Techniques
•Posthypnotic Suggestions
•Alerting Styles
BIRTHING BASICS
~ For persons with no birthing experience

•The Beautiful Female Birthing Body
•Anatomy of The Female Reproductive System
•Conception and Early Fetal Development
•Characteristics of the Uterus
•The Baby’s Support System
•Three Trimesters of Pregnancy
•Physical Changes during Pregnancy
•Fetal Positioning during Pregnancy
•Turning Breech Presented Babies
•Labor Signals:
•Normal, Unanticipated
•Characteristics of Managed Labor
•Characteristics of HypnoBirthing Labor
•Onset of Labor
•Fetal positioning during Birth
•Labor Stages as Defined in Typical Birthing
•Labor as Defined in HypnoBirthing
•Mother-Directed Birthing

Segment Two: Practitioner Certification

•Philosophy and Beginnings of HypnoBirthing®
•How the Uterus Works in Birthing
•What’s Wrong with Labor
•How Fear Affects Labor
•The Origin of Fear and Pain in Labor
•Prenatal Bonding and Fetology
•Selecting Care Providers
•Preparing the Mind for Birth
•Hypnosis Deepening and Visualization
•Releasing Fear
•Preparing the Body for Birthing
•Building a Partnership with Care Providers
•Turning Breech-Presented Babies
•Looking at the “Estimated Due Date”
•Avoiding Artificial Induction
•Preparing Birth Preference Sheets
•How the Body Prepares for Birth
•The Onset of Labor
•Perinatal Bonding
•Breathing Through Labor
•Breathing with Birth
•Bonding with Baby
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