Mentor:  Jill Diana Chasse

Relaxations and visualizations involve hypnotherapy/ autosuggestion for relaxation, anti-stress/anti-pain, and self-esteem, as well as communication with the unborn baby and stimulating a mystical and spiritual energy level.

Childbirth is a natural process that can be encouraged through relaxation of the body and the mind. Emotionally and physically relaxing adds to the birth experience by relieving pain and allowing the mother to experience, understand, and enjoy her birth. These exercises can be used with any childbirth education method and can also help relax a mother healing in postpartum time. 

Relaxations and Visualizations for Birthing involves hypnotherapy/ autosuggestion for relaxation, anti-stress/anti-pain, self-esteem, and other various therapeutic reasons, as well as communication with the unborn baby and stimulating a mystical and spiritual energy level. A hypnotic state is a natural relaxed state of the human mind. Hypnosis can be tremendously helpful to a counselor as a catalyst for reaching the subconscious.

Discovering any hidden fears or reasons behind anxieties or problems plays an important role in lessening the physical and emotional turmoil that sometimes accompanies pregnancy in all of its stages. Self guided relaxations and visualizations will be taught in this course, as well as the theory and history behind these methods and their use in childbirth.

Lesson 1 – History;
Lesson 2 - Psychology and Physiology;
Lesson 3- Breathing;
Lesson 4- Pregnancy Relaxations;
Lesson 5 - Pulling it all together.

Course Goals: Learning Relaxations and Meditations: Pregnancy and birth relaxation exercises to guide you through this special time; Understanding the history and use of Relaxations and Meditations; Learning ways to write your own Relaxations and Meditations; Understanding how Relaxations and Meditations help in the birth process.

ABOUT THE MENTOR: Jill Chasse, PhD is a counselor certified in "Handling Loss and Grief " and "Understanding Depression." She has additional training in postpartum depression, maternal mental health, and post traumatic stress disorder. She is a member of the APA and certified by IACT.  She also holds an MS in family and developmental psychology and a certification in "Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders."   

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