HypnoBirthing® UK

[cassie]

I am currently a HR Manager in the NHS and following the birth of my son (unfortunately without the benefit of HypnoBirthing )wish to embark on a career change as a hypnobirthing practioner and in the longer term hypnotherapist/psychotherapist. I understand that I will need to attend the normal 4-day course covering hypotherapy basics, hypnobirthing and then attend a further 2-day course covering the clinical aspects of the birth process before I am deemed to be qualified.
I wanted to ask your advice on whether qualifying without being a certified hypnotherapist or clinician, will still enable me to build a business based on my keen interest in pain free birth and hypnotherapy.
I am already an experienced trainer/facilitator due to my HR career so far and I intend to commence my diploma in hypnotherapy/psychotherapy in the next couple of years as I want to have another baby first. I have experienced hypnotherapy for my own wellbeing and this positive experience combined with being a new mother has been instrumental in influencing my decision to change my career. If I am fortunate enough to conceive again, I will definitely employ the services of a HypnoBirthing practitioner to make things easier second time around. In the meantime I sincerely hope that hypnobirthing will provide me with a robust and incredibly fulfilling new career pathway.

Any advice anyone can give- including any hypnobirthing practitioners who are neither hypnotherapists nor midwives, doulas nor hold other relevent clinical qualifications - is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!!!

[Danielle]

Hi
If you look here http://www.hypnobirthing.co.uk/practitioner/ it tells you what you might be, but I think that so long as you have an interest in childbirth then you can train, the best thing to do is either contact Marie Mongan or one of the trainers that teach the course.
Best wishes
Danielle