The MindfulMammaâ„¢ one day express class is run by the following course leaders. If you are interested in becoming a course leader then please contact us to find out more.
| Mia Scotland |
Region Leicester |
Mia is a fully trained Clinical Psychologist, HypnoBirthing Practitioner and birth doula. She has completed paramama doula training with Liliana Lammers and Michel Odent (the leading natural birth obstetrician).
How your thoughts affect your feelings and behaviour is central to good birthing. Mia specialises in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, which focuses on thoughts, feelings and behaviour.
Mia is a proud mother of 3 boys, and a passionate believer in empowering women to hope for and work towards the birth that they want.
Mia is registered by:
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| Sophie Fletcher |
Region Lincolnshire/ Nottinghamshire |
Sophie is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and HypnoBirthing practioner. She is trained in the Mongan and Leclaire methods of hypnobirthing and has had extensive experience working with hypnosis for fertility, pregnancy and birth.
Sophie first trained as a hypnotherapist in 2006 after experiencing the
difference of using hypnosis during the birth of her second son and hasn't looked back. She loves working with women and empowering them to have a positive experience, however they want to birth.
As well as advising and teaching extensively on the use of hypnosis for birth, she runs a general hypnotherapy practice in Grantham and acts as an Executive Director at the National Council for Hypnotherapy.
Sophie is registered by:
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| Sheila Barrat-Smith |
Region Birmingham |
 To contact Sheila, go to her website on www.gentlebirth.co.uk. Sheila is an experienced, fully qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist and HypnoBirthing Practitioner and a Member of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis. She studied psychology at Wolverhampton Uni and trained with Marie Mongan on the first of only 2 courses she ran in the UK. She has been working with mums and dads to be for 7 years now and has had many health professionals on her courses - as expectant parents - including GPs, midwives, surgeons and paediatricians.
She has been lecturing student midwives for the last 3 years on HypnoBirthing and the benefits of deep relaxation during pregnancy and birth. She has had many articles on hypnosis and birth published in various magazines including the Human Givens Journal
Sheila Barratt-Smith D.Hyp MBSCH
www.gentlebirth.co.uk
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| Christine Sullivan |
Region Gloucestershire |
 Christine is a fully trained and qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Human Givens Counsellor and Childbirth Educator. Christine trained with Relate in 1991 and worked in Oxford and Cheltenham for 9 years as a Relate counsellor. In 2001 she trained with the London College Of Clinical Hypnosis and gained a diploma and advanced diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy. In 2002, Christine was one of the original hypnotherapists to train on the first of only two courses actually run in the UK by the founder of HypnoBirthing® Marie Mongan. Christine also holds a diploma with the Human Givens Institute. This therapy draws on the elements of cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal & neural techniques which international studies have shown to be consistently effective.
Christine lives in Cheltenham with a loving husband, a wayward daughter (who is now at university) and a yappy poodle named Bobby.
www.christine-sullivan.co.uk
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