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Foundation and Practitioner Training in Hypnotic Birth Preparation, with Training Days, Supervision and Ongoing Community Support

Welcome to the complete Hypno-Doula Practitioner Diploma and Trance Tribe Membership a flexible, supported training pathway for anyone who feels called to support parents throughout fertility, pregnancy, birth and the essential fourth trimester.

For £95 per month, your membership includes the complete training journey, from the Foundation in Clinical Hypnotherapy and Hypnotic Birth Preparation through to the full JOYBirth Hypno-Doula Practitioner Diploma. Your training reaches far beyond birth preparation. You will explore natural fertility, emotional and physical wellbeing throughout pregnancy, postnatal care, women’s wellbeing across different life stages, and sexual freedom hypnosis, giving you a beautifully rounded collection of tools to support women with confidence, compassion and clinical skill.

You will also receive access to our practical training days, weekly practice spaces, masterclasses, professional peer supervision, mentoring, specialist learning resources and the wonderfully supportive Trance Tribe community.

This is not simply an online course. It is a complete learning experience designed to help you develop the knowledge, practical ability and professional confidence to support parents with compassion, clinical skill and a genuinely trauma-informed approach.

Who Is This Programme For?

This programme is ideal for:

• Midwives, doulas and birth workers

• Hypnotherapists and complementary practitioners

• Counsellors, coaches and wellbeing professionals

• Pregnancy and postnatal support practitioners

• Anyone feeling called to support parents more deeply

• Complete beginners who want a structured professional pathway

You do not need any previous hypnotherapy experience. Your training begins with the clinical foundations and progresses gradually into specialist fertility, pregnancy, birth and postnatal applications.

Your Complete Membership Pathway

Your membership includes both the Foundation and Practitioner stages of your training.

Stage One: Foundation Training

You will begin by developing a strong understanding of clinical hypnotherapy and hypnotic birth preparation.

The Foundation stage explores:

• The history and principles of hypnosis

• The subconscious mind and the power of suggestion

• Hypnotic inductions, deepening and therapeutic communication

• Professional ethics and appropriate boundaries

• The mind–body connection during pregnancy and birth

• The relationship between the nervous system and birth physiology

• The clinical mechanics of calm

• Self-hypnosis, focused attention and relaxation

• Pregnancy relaxation and emotional regulation

• Creating meaningful and supportive group experiences

Upon successful completion of the Foundation requirements, you can become certified to begin facilitating your own Pregnancy Relaxation Classes within the scope of your training.

This means you can begin building confidence, gaining experience and supporting expectant parents while continuing towards your full Practitioner Diploma.

Stage Two: The JOYBirth Hypno-Doula Practitioner Diploma

Your learning then develops into specialist, clinical-level practice across the entire reproductive and birth journey.

The Practitioner Diploma moves far beyond traditional hypnobirthing. You will learn how to support fertility, pregnancy, birth preparation, postnatal wellbeing and more complex emotional experiences using hypnotherapy-informed and trauma-informed approaches.

Your training includes:

Clinical Hypnotherapy for Pregnancy and Birth

Develop the skills to:

• Teach self-hypnosis, breathing and relaxation

• Reduce fear and anticipatory anxiety

• Work with the Fear–Tension–Pain cycle

• Support pain modulation and focused calm

• Create personalised hypnotic suggestions

• Strengthen confidence and emotional resilience

• Support clients individually and in groups

• Prepare parents and birth partners for the birthing experience

Fertility and Conception

Explore supportive approaches for:

• Natural fertility and conception

• Releasing anxiety surrounding conception

• Developing a compassionate mind–body relationship

• Preparing emotionally for pregnancy

• Building hope, confidence and resilience

Trauma-Informed Birth Support

Develop the knowledge and therapeutic sensitivity required when supporting clients affected by:

• Previous traumatic births

• Birth-related PTSD and anxiety

• Miscarriage, stillbirth and baby loss

• Termination of pregnancy

• Fear surrounding medical procedures

• Difficult or complex pregnancy experiences

• Grief and emotional trauma

You will learn how clinical hypnotherapy may support nervous-system regulation, reduce the continuing emotional influence of traumatic memories and help clients reconnect with choice, control and personal agency.

The Fourth Trimester

Your training continues beyond birth to include:

• Postnatal emotional regulation

• Rest, sleep and restoration

• Bonding and connection

• Postnatal anxiety support

• Identity changes following birth

• Emotional recovery after challenging experiences

• Supporting resilience during early parenthood

Lifelong Hormonal, Sexual and Psychosexual Wellbeing

• Menstrual and Hormonal Wellbeing: Supporting clients with menstrual health, cycle awareness, hormonal changes and the emotional impact of reproductive transitions.

• Perimenopause, Menopause and Post-Menopause: Using clinical hypnotherapy to support anxiety, disrupted sleep, brain fog, stress sensitivity, confidence, body image, identity changes and emotional wellbeing.

• Sexual Freedom Hypnosis: Helping clients release shame, inhibition, performance anxiety and subconscious barriers to intimacy, pleasure and the confident expression of their needs.

• Women’s Psychosexual Wellbeing: Supporting changes in desire, sexual confidence, body connection, comfort and intimacy throughout the different stages of life.

• Men’s Psychosexual Health: Introducing specialist frameworks for erectile difficulties, premature or delayed ejaculation, performance anxiety, reduced desire, sexual confidence and compulsive sexual behaviours.

• Relationship and Intimacy Support: Exploring communication, emotional connection, boundaries and the influence of previous experiences and learned conditioning on intimate relationships.

• Ethical and Collaborative Practice: Recognising possible medical causes, working within professional competence and referring to GPs, sexual-health services, psychosexual therapists or other appropriate specialists when required.

The Five Stages of JOYBirth Transformation

At NCCH, we recognise that the journey into parenthood is not simply a nine-month event. It is a continuing transformation that begins before conception and extends into the essential fourth trimester.

1. Natural Fertility and the First Trimester

Explore conception support, affirmations, anchoring, mindset, nausea reduction and early-pregnancy confidence.

2. The Second Trimester

Support bonding, identity integration, emotional wellbeing, self-hypnosis and calm connection.

3. The Third Trimester

Teach fear release, hypnotic birth preparation, pain modulation, birth-partner support and empowered readiness.

4. The Fourth Trimester

Provide specialist support for recovery, sleep, anxiety, emotional regulation, bonding and adjustment to parenthood.

5. Beyond Birth: Women’s Wellbeing and Sexual Freedom

Your training also reaches beyond fertility, pregnancy and the fourth trimester to explore broader aspects of women’s wellbeing and sexual health. You will learn supportive hypnotherapy approaches for menstrual-cycle challenges, pre-, peri- and post-menopause, alongside Sexual Freedom Hypnotherapy for both women and men. This includes working sensitively with confidence, intimacy, emotional and psychological barriers, changes in sexual wellbeing and common concerns affecting men’s sexual health, giving you a more complete collection of tools to support clients through different life stages.

Practical Training and Trance Tribe Membership

Learning hypnotherapy requires more than reading notes and watching videos. You need opportunities to practise, ask questions, receive feedback and experience the techniques for yourself.

That is why your membership includes access to our wider programme of practical and professional development.

Your Membership Includes

• The complete Foundation training

• The complete JOYBirth Hypno-Doula Practitioner Diploma

• Full access to all course videos, audios and written materials

• Guided hypnosis and pregnancy relaxation resources

• Live training and practical demonstrations

• Weekly practice spaces and masterclasses

• Monthly Meet & Master training days

• Hybrid and face-to-face practice opportunities

• Professional peer supervision

• Case discussion and ethical development

• Clinical hypnotherapy mentoring

• Midwifery-informed teaching and guidance

• Business and practice-development support

• Access to the Trance Tribe learning community

• Continued learning resources while your membership remains active

All Training Days Are Included

Your £95 monthly membership includes your practical training days, the Autumn Convention and the Spring Retreat, so there are no separate training-day fees to find while you are studying.

During these sessions, you will have opportunities to:

• Observe live demonstrations

• Practise techniques with other students

• Receive constructive feedback

• Strengthen your confidence and delivery

• Explore real-world birth scenarios

• Discuss ethical and professional considerations

• Develop your consultation and session-planning skills

• Learn from both clinical hypnotherapy and midwifery perspectives

These training days help you transform theoretical knowledge into genuine professional competence.

Support from Two Professional Perspectives

A distinctive feature of the JOYBirth programme is the opportunity to learn through two complementary perspectives:

• An experienced clinical hypnotherapist

• An experienced midwife

This combination helps you understand both the psychological experience of pregnancy and birth and the practical realities of maternity care.

You will be supported to develop an ethical, compassionate and well-informed approach while remaining within your professional scope of practice.

Building Your Professional Practice

Your training also includes practical guidance to help you turn your qualification into a meaningful and sustainable service.

You will explore:

• Professional membership and insurance

• Scope of practice and ethical boundaries

• Planning Pregnancy Relaxation Classes

• Working with individuals and groups

• Creating programmes and service packages

• Communicating your work clearly

• Building professional confidence

• Developing an ethical and sustainable practice

• Continuing professional development after graduation

You do not need to wait until the very end of your journey to begin developing your professional identity. Once you have successfully completed the Foundation requirements, you can begin facilitating Pregnancy Relaxation Classes within the boundaries of that qualification while continuing your Practitioner studies.

Study at Your Own Pace

The complete programme is designed to be flexible, with an estimated completion time of approximately 11 months.

Some students may progress more quickly, while others may need additional time to practise, complete assessments or balance their learning with work and family life.

Your monthly membership allows you to move through the programme at a pace that works for you while continuing to access training, mentoring, supervision and community support.

Your Qualifications

Subject to successful completion of the required coursework, practical training, assessments and casework, you will work towards:

• Foundation certification in Clinical Hypnotherapy and Hypnotic Birth Preparation

• Certification to facilitate Pregnancy Relaxation Classes

• The complete JOYBirth Hypno-Doula Practitioner Diploma

You will graduate with the skills to support parents from fertility and conception through pregnancy, birth preparation and the fourth trimester—including those living with anxiety, previous birth trauma, pregnancy loss or other sensitive experiences.

Membership Investment

£95 per month

Your membership includes:

• Foundation and Practitioner Diploma training

• All scheduled training days

• Weekly practice and masterclasses

• Professional peer supervision

• Clinical and midwifery-informed mentoring

• Trance Tribe membership

• Learning resources, demonstrations and guided practice

• Business and professional-development guidance

• A flexible, go-at-your-own-pace pathway

Ready to Begin?

If you feel called to support parents with calm, compassion and powerful clinical tools, the JOYBirth Hypno-Doula Practitioner Diploma gives you a complete pathway from your first Foundation lesson to professional practice.

Our new student intakes open in March and September.

Join the JOYBirth Hypno-Doula Practitioner Diploma and Trance Tribe Membership—and begin building the knowledge, confidence and practical experience to become a truly transformative birth professional.