top of page
Pregnant Photography

Hypnobirthing and
Post-Natal Checkin

Employees benefit from:

​

  • learning skills and techniques to reduce stress and anxiety during pregnancy

  • engaging in bespoke sessions to best fit their needs

  • facing the birth of their child with calm and confidence

  • ensuring they have the easiest birth possible

  • reducing their chances of post natal depression

  • having a skilled, experienced therapist who always flexes around their timetable and follows the latest in scientific research and developments

  • having a therapist that can help them overcome specific birth related phobias. 

​

Offering this programme to employees provides a proactive, measurable way of supporting employees in alignment with the employer's well being strategy.

How it works : Pre-Natal

  • 3 or 4 sessions

  • One to One, tailored to each employees needs

  • Flex to employees timetable

  • The topics covered are​:

    • ​Understanding the stages of labour and birth process

    • ​Understanding the pain fear cycle.

    • Managing negative thoughts

    • ​Breathing techniques for each stage of labour

    • Visualisation for calm relaxation

    • Self Hypnosis for deep, total relaxation

    • Pain management

    • CBT approach to managing the "what ifs"

    • Learn to relax the mind and the body

    • What can the birth partner do to support

    • Pain fear cycle and how to overcome it​​

    • Additionally work to alleviate underlying fears or phobias such as Tokophobia (fear of birth), fear of hospitals etc. 

​​

  • Additionally provided:

    • Booklet covering the Hypnobirthing course

    • Hypnobirthing and relaxation sound files

​

  • Check-ins - the therapist will regularly (monthly) check-in via email, between formal session to see how the employee is feeling.

​

  • Signposting - the therapist can signpost with recommendations for independent Obstetricians, Midwives and Osteopaths.

​

How it works : Post-Natal

Nursing Newborn

  • 6 weeks after the due date, the therapist will email the employee to "check-in".

  • If beneficial, a following up session will be booked in and potentially cover:

    • managing discomfort of breastfeeding​

    • learning better sleep 

    • experience mental rest and relaxation through guided meditation

    • "time to talk about how your feeling"

    • session to lift the mood

    • tips for siblings 

    • motivation to exercise

    • reset positive eating habits

  • The therapist is informed to be able to signpost in terms of breastfeeding, low mood, support groups 

  • The therapist offers a further check-in

The research

  • Yulizawati et al (2023) Hypnobirthing is useful in overcoming anxiety during pregnancy.​

  • Uldal et al (2023) participants experienced an empowered birth because of the knowledge, coping strategies and mental training they gained from hypnobirth classes.

  • Atis & Rathfisch (2018) found reduced reports of fear and pain.

  • Adams et al (2012) found hypnobirthers had shorter labours. 

  • Werner etal ( 2013) analysis indicated hypnosis helped mother have "better"births. 

​

bottom of page