CHILDBIRTH
What’s Included:
This CPD Masterclass teaches practitioners how to support expectant parents through a structured six-session hypnotherapy‑based childbirth programme. You’ll learn how to reduce anxiety, build confidence, prepare both partners for birth, and use hypnotic techniques to enhance comfort, control and emotional wellbeing. The training covers birth planning, emotional preparation, dissociative cues, bodywork, hypnotic analgesia and how to help parents create a calm, empowered and connected birth experience.
You’ll explore:
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Understanding childbirth psychology
How expectations, beliefs and emotional states influence the birth experience.
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Birth planning and communication
Helping couples clarify preferences, roles and reciprocal expectations.
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Reducing fear and anxiety
Techniques for depotentiating horror stories, exploring previous experiences and identifying hidden fears.
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Trance training and confidence building
Preparing parents to use hypnotic states effectively during labour.
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Future pacing and dissociative cues
Creating ideal birth sequences, preparing for changes and attaching cues to sensory triggers.
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Bodywork for birth preparation
Relaxation, dilation support, ligament work and guided imagery.
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Hypnotic pain control
Glove anaesthesia, sensory dissociation and IMR‑based cooperation.
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Transforming the birth experience
Turning crisis into empowerment, supporting bonding and integrating all preparatory work.
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Partner involvement
How to support both parents, establish communication cues and strengthen teamwork.
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Working with expectations and beliefs
Identifying unhelpful narratives and building positive, realistic mindsets.
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Supporting emotional wellbeing
Helping parents feel calm, capable and connected throughout pregnancy and birth.
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Case studies
Real examples illustrating session structure, interventions and outcomes.
Additional Info:
CPD Hours: 15
Cost: £125 (discount available to returning students)