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Practitioner Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy & Master HypnoDoula

By The Northern College Of Clinical Hypnotherapy

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On-Demand workshop
11 months
Intermediate level

Description

Hypno-Doula Diploma, JOYBirth Education Programme.

The Award-Winning JOYBirth Hypnobirthing Teacher Training is now an exclusive, 11-module programme designed to transform you into a confident, highly skilled practitioner.

We go far beyond traditional hypnobirthing certification. Your training begins with the essential foundations of clinical hypnotherapy, covering the first four modules of The Northern College of Clinical Hypnotherapy syllabus.

This robust clinical grounding equips you with a professional and ethical framework to work effectively with a vast range of client needs.

The course is structured to teach you how to deliver a complete Joy Birth programme, providing clients with simple, powerful tools for a calm, confident, and beautiful birthing experience. You will learn how to:

Teach self-hypnosis, relaxation, and breathing techniques.

Help clients release fear and anxiety to break the Fear-Tension-Pain cycle.

Work with clients in both one-on-one and group settings.

Work with natural fertility, wellbeing though pregnancy and post-natal hypnotherapy

Support parents through grief, loss and difficulties including miscarriage and birth trauma.

Set up your own practice and support people on the journey from conception through pregnancy and into the 4th trimester.

Support women through complete hormonal health--, from navigating menstrual cycle challenges to delivering specialized perimenopause and post menopause support.

Master sexual freedom hypnosis to help clients release subconscious blocks, reclaim body confidence, and step into vibrant intimate well-being.

At the NCCH we recognise that the journey to parenthood is not a 9-month event, but a continuous transformation beginning at conception and culminating in the essential Fourth Trimester. To provide truly comprehensive and empathetic care, our approach supports women through this entire cycle.

We committed to train you so that your service prioritises not just a healthy baby, but a healthy, recovered, and well-supported mother/birthing parent.

The Four Stages of Transformation

Stage	Focus & Challenge	Goal of Our Hypnotherapy-Aligned Support
Natural Fertility & 1st Trimester	Foundation & Alignment: Navigating intense physical and emotional shifts; establishing a positive mindset about pregnancy.	Deep Affirmation & Anchoring: Utilising visualisation and deep relaxation to anchor feelings of well-being, reduce nausea, and build confidence in the body's wisdom.
2nd Trimester	Growth & Connection: Integrating the growing life; shifting identity toward "Mother" through a calm, centred presence.	Conscious Connection & Self-Hypnosis: Teaching self-hypnosis techniques to deepen the bond with the baby, visualise optimal growth, and reinforce positive self-talk and identity integration.
3rd Trimester	Preparation & Power: Managing physical discomfort; replacing fear of labour with confident expectation and calm readiness.	Empowered Birth Visualisation: Intensive training in hypnotic birthing techniques, including pain-management strategies through breath, focus, and deep physical relaxation, creating a positive neural pathway for the birth.
4th Trimester	Recovery & Integration (0-3 Months Postpartum): Healing the body, managing sleep deprivation, and preventing anxiety through emotional resilience.	Resilience & Restoration Hypnosis: Providing specialised support, audios and techniques focused on rest consolidation, rapid physical healing visualisation, emotional regulation, and bonding, affirming the parent's competence and inner strength.

Beyond birth and perinatal care, this programme equips you to become a true women’s well-being expert. You will gain the clinical hypnotherapy tools needed to support women across every stage of their hormonal journey—addressing early menstrual cycle challenges, fostering cycle awareness, and providing empowering support through perimenopause and postmenopause. Furthermore, your training incorporates specialized sexual freedom hypnosis, enabling you to help clients release subconscious blocks, heal intimate disconnect, and embrace their body’s natural wisdom at every age.

This is a go-at-your-own-pace course, with an estimated completion time of 11 months.

The Outcomes of Study

Upon graduation, you will be uniquely qualified to support and guide a broad spectrum of parents and will be fully equipped to launch your successful practice.

You will be certified to work with a large range of clients, including those with complex and sensitive backgrounds, such as parents who have experienced:

Baby loss, including miscarriage and stillbirth.

Traumatic previous births or postnatal PTSD.

Termination of pregnancy.

Deliver holistic, life-stage care as a women's well-being expert, expanding your practice to work with clients through menstrual health issues, menopausal transitions, and sexual empowerment.

You will gain the skills to:

Apply clinical hypnotherapy techniques, which are recognised as an extremely effective procedure for the reduction and elimination of PTSD symptoms.

Help clients overcome and let go of the influence of negative memories of previous traumatic births.

Provide a deeper, trauma-informed level of care that goes beyond simple relaxation.

Establish yourself as an expert who can confidently guide parents towards a positive birth experience, regardless of the route their baby chooses to come into the world.

Launch and run your own thriving Hypno-birthing business, with the practical strategies needed to attract clients, market your services ethically, and build a sustainable practice.

Confidently lead both group classes and 1-to-1 sessions, mastering dynamic group facilitation techniques to create supportive, high-energy learning environments for expectant parents.

Guide clients to achieve hypnotic birth experiences, equipping parents with self-hypnosis, deep relaxation, and fear-release tools so they feel calm, empowered, and in control--, no matter how their birth unfolds.

The Support Whilst You Study and Beyond

Your training includes continuous, expert support from two perspectives: an experienced clinical hypnotherapist, a clinical supervisor and a midwife. You will also join the Trance Tribe a learning community of students and graduates. This hybrid support model ensures you have both the psychological and clinical knowledge to succeed.

Your unparalleled support package includes Trance tribe Membership:

Hybrid Training: Access to face-to-face training sessions to practice and consolidate your skills.

Professional Peer Supervision: Dedicated time for professional peer supervision to discuss case studies and ensure best practice.

Monthly Meet & Master Training: Group sessions focused on advanced techniques and professional development.

Weekly Practice Spaces & Monthly Masterclasses: Regular opportunities to hone your skills and deepen your expertise.

Business Support and Guidance: Practical advice to help you build and grow a successful, ethical practice.

workshop Content

11 sections•140 lessons

Welcome 1 lessons

1Hypnobirthing, JOY Journey of your birth programme.

Module One26 lessons

1Introduction to Module One
2Videos of Amanda Teaching Module One
3The Entrainment Transformation Principle
4The VAK Trance Induction
5The 7 Main Induction Types.
6Advanced Hypnotic Language Techniques.
7Planning Your Therapy
8Taboo Words
9The Ethical foundation of Therapeutic practice
10An Introduction To Reflective Practice for Clinical Hypnotherapists
11Empowering Clients Through Meaningful Goal Planning and Boundary Setting: A Guiding Practice for Hypnotherapists
12Exploring Values, Beliefs, and Motivation in Clinical Hypnotherapy: Foundations for Personal Development and Effective Client Work
13Hypnotherapy Without Trance Introduction
14Communication in Hypnosis Without Trance
15Specific Questioning
16Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication
17Sell the Benefits.
18Deepening the Trance
19Other Deepening Techniques
20Ideo Motor Signalling
21Will Power or Won't Power
22Arm Levitation or Elevation
23Abreaction
24Special Place or the Therapeutic Inner Sanctuary
25Final Thought and Extra Resources
26Phase Test Assignment and Reading Resources

Module Two17 lessons

1Introduction to module 2
2Videos of Amanda Teaching
3The Four Ideodynamic Categories in Hypnosis
4Arm levitation
5Feedback loops
6Pacing (say what you see)
7Suggestion therapy
8Basic process for HypnoBirthing sessions
9A faster induction
10Conditioning your client
11Metaphors for Hypnobirthing
12Memory regression and revivification
13Timeline regression
14Using “clean” language
15The Watkins Effect Bridge
16Working in the now
17Phase Test module 2 and useful extra resources.

Module Three20 lessons

1Introduction.
2Amanda Teaching Module 3
3Nominalisations
4Predicates
5Pacing as a language pattern and more, Ericksonian Hypnotic Language Patterns.
6Understanding Body Language.
7Language
8Setting up your HypnoBirthing Business.
9Entrepreneurship and being enterprising.
10Hypnotising a group of people
11Meet your higher self.
12Self hypnosis
13Anchoring techniques
14Hypnotic phenomena associated with alterations in voluntary muscles.
15Sub Modalities
16Stress
17The Clearance Technique for Birthing
18Re-framing
19Useful Things!
20Module 3 Online phase test

Module Four15 lessons

1Welcome to Module 4.
2Amanda teaching module 4
3Autosuggestion
4EFT Emotional freedom technique.
5Words have power.
6Pseudo orientation in time
7Fear vs. Phobia: Unlearning Birth Anxiety
8Watkins bridge
9Hypno anesthesia and introduction.
10Pain Management The P.A.R.E.N.T. System
11Pain Reduction Techniques
12The T.I.B. Framework (Total Integrative Birth)
13Hypnotic Protocol for Nausea Management
14Useful Things
15Module 4 Phase Test

Module Five10 lessons

1Module 5 Psychology & Neuroscience of Pregnancy and Birth
2Historical and Theoretical Context of Birth Psychology
3The Fear-Tension-Pain Cycle (Dick-Read)
4The Role of Conditioning in Birthing Beliefs
5Basic Neuroscience and the Brain The Neuron and Synaptic Transmission
6Informed Choice: Integrating Pharmacological Support with Hypnobirthing
7Key Brain Regions and Emotional Roles
8The Brain in Relaxation and Hypnosis Parasympathetic Dominance
9PTSD and Birth Trauma
10Reading resources and useful things!

Module Six 16 lessons

1Natural Fertility Introduction.
2Approaches for Natural Fertility
3Let’s start with what we need to know and what we teach our clients in addition to hypnotherapy in our Hypnobirthing classes.
4Leading with the Mind, Guiding the Body, Transforming Unconscious Birth Beliefs
5Harness the Power of Words
6Visualise Your Birth as...
7Examining Mammalian Birthing
8Harnessing Our Magical Hormones
9Choosing Your Birthing Location
10Understanding the Uterus
11Pelvic Floor Exercises
12Your Estimated Due Date
13Considerations for the birth plan
14Embracing Relaxation
15Creating Relaxation & discomfort management Anchors
16Breathing