Who Is This Certification For?

Build a career as a HypnoBirthing® Childbirth Educator and enjoy the rewards that come from preparing parents for joyful, empowering birth.


Who is this certification for?


 

  • Nurses
  • Physicians
  • Midwives
  • Doulas
  • Yoga instructors
  • Chiropractors
  • Hypnotherapists
  • And anyone else with a strong interest in creating better birthing

What will you get?


32+ hours of live training from one of the HypnoBirthing Institute’s experienced Faculty trainers. Trainings can be in person or online via Zoom.

If you have no experience with pregnancy, birth or hypnotherapy it’s not a problem. You can be assured that after our intensive training you will be a competent and confident teacher of the program.

This program has three modules.

  • Module 1 is the Birthing Basics – Anatomy and Physiology of Birth as a Home Study.*
  • Module 2 is Introduction to Hypnosis for Birthing.
  • Module 3 is the HypnoBirthing ® Certification.

*Required for those who don’t have formal training in pregnancy and birth

During the training you will receive:

  • Syllabus for each module
  • The HypnoBirthing book by Marie Mongan
  • Parent’s Workbook
  • Access to 7 downloadable tracks
  • Videos of HypnoBirthing births
  • Class presentations and resources
  • Access to the online resource system of parent handouts, forms, marketing materials,  etc.
  • Marketing basics + how to build a successful practice and much more …

SUPPORT FROM THE INSTITUTE

  • First year’s membership with certification training.  After the year is completed the membership costs 100$ US yearly.
  • Listing on the HypnoBirthing International website
  • Facebook Group where you get support from other HypnoBirthing Educators Worldwide

Certification


After completing your training, the following requirements must be fulfilled to get certified:

  • Complete a review for each module taken
    • Hypnosis
    • HypnoBirthing
    • Code of Ethics
    • Birth Basics (if applicable)
  • Write a 500 word book report from one of the two following options
    • Lipton, Bruce H., Ph. D. The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles. Hay House, 2008.
    • Hunter, C. Roy, MS, CHt. The Art of Hypnosis: Mastering Basic Techniques. 3rd Edition. Crown House Publishing, 2010.
  • Teach one couple the 5 sessions of the HypnoBirthing program.

*About four weeks after the training ends (we’ll agree on the exact date during the training), we’ll host a one-time webinar to go over any questions you might have. Attendance isn’t required, but we encourage you to join if you’re able.

Note:  Attending the training does not equate automatic certification.

  • Only currently certified Educators may teach HypnoBirthing Childbirth Education. You may not teach with an Educator that is not certified.
  • The course that you will teach parents must be taught in its entirety, clearly identified as HB International –the Mongan Method in all materials.