FLOW Hypnobirthing
Hypnobirthing has been helping women experience calmer, more empowered pregnancy and birth experiences for over 50 years. There’s often a lot of fear around giving birth and fear during the birth process leads to the release of adrenaline and cortisol, both of which can slow labour and lead to a greater use of medical interventions.
Hypnobirthing encourages women to work in harmony with their bodies, and by helping them feel calmer and safer, it also encourages the release of hormones that can help reduce pain and encourage a smooth and steady birth experience.
Hypnobirthing can be used alongside a range of birth choices and can also help clients with specific issues around pregnancy or birth, such as tokophobia and other hospital related fears and phobias.
FLOW Hypnobirthing is a modern, accessible and effective approach which focuses on the four principles of FLOW: Feeling, Love, Openness and Wisdom. During this training you’ll learn how to take your client on a journey of increasing awareness and mind:body connection, as you provide them with practical tools and solutions to support pregnancy and birth.
Enrol on the self-paced FLOW Hypnobirthing course here, UK (prices in GBP)
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Register for the live FLOW Hypnobirthing workshop 4th July 2026 9.30am to 4.30pm
FLOW Hypnobirthing Course
Online. Self-paced. Includes optional assignments, feedback and support. Accredited Certification on completion.
I first trained in Hypnobirthing 16 years ago, when my son was an infant. I loved the training but found it hard and unwieldy to put into practice. I also found that it was difficult for many of the women I worked with to attend the lengthy appointments and put into practice all the skills they learned. The approach was also more suited to working with groups than individuals. This was great for people who were also midwives, doulas or who wanted to specialise in birth-related therapy – but less suited to hypnotherapists who wanted to offer a wide suite of services.
FLOW Hypnobirthing is a far more accessible approach. It’s focused on working with individual women, with an additional session for their birth partner if they wish, and it provides them with supportive resources – including tools they can take into the birthing experience and recordings. It brings together the concepts of Feeling, Love, Openness and Wisdom, rooted in the experience of a deep mind:body connection, and the FLOW programme consists of four 90-minute 1-on-1 sessions.
FLOW Hypnobirthing curriculum
FLOW Hypnobirthing Curriculum
Welcome and Introduction
Welcome
FLOW foundations: Feeling, Love, Openness and Wisdom
What FLOW Hypnobirthing Is
What FLOW Hypnobirthing Is Not
Note on Language of Birth
The Role of Birth Partners
Note on Language and Gender
The Pregnancy to Birth Journey
Overview
Conception and fertilisation
The first trimester
The second trimester
The third trimester
The Stages of Labour
The Body Preparing
Stage 1 - Labour Begins
Stage 2 - The Birth of the Baby
Stage 3 - Birthing the Placenta
A process of opening
Evidence Based Approach
What the research shows
The Complex Interplay of Birth Hormones
Overview
Supporting the release of oxytocin and endorphins
The impact of imbalanced hormones
How Hypnosis Can Help
Overview
Helping our clients set realistic expectations
How hypnosis supports the release of hormones
Language
Supporting clients to spend more time in the parasympathetic state
Rapidly anchoring to the parasympathetic state
Visualisation and future pacing
Reframing unhelpful beliefs
Releasing past trauma
Ego-strengthening and advocacy
Phobias
FLOW Protocol
Overview
Is FLOW a "natural birth" protocol?
When to work with your clients
Pre-Session Contact
Overview
Website information
Client intake
Pre-session recording
Trifold Leaflet
Business card
Resources
Website information
Website Q and A
Feeling Session Exercises and Scripts
Love Session Exercises and Scripts
Openness Session Exercises and Scripts
Wisdom Session Exercises and Scripts
Tokophobia Session Script
Partner Shoulder Anchor
Partnered Session Recording
Partnered Session Script
Somatically Responding to Loss Script
Recording for Somatically Responding to Loss
Trifold Leaflet
Business card
Additional Sessions
Overview
Tokophobia
Pregnancy-related phobias
Partner accompanied session
Non-pregnancy related issues
Ongoing support
Responding to loss, miscarriage and stillbirth
FLOW Four Sessions
Feeling
Love
Openness
Wisdom
References
References
I completed this course recently and wanted to share my experience with others who may be wondering whether to sign up for this CPD course.
I thoroughly recommended this course – even the assignments! It has a clear format and support is available if you require it.
Claire Johnson
Really enjoyed the Course! It was very easy to understand with lots of scripts included. It was very informative and I feel confident in applying the techniques with future clients ...would definitely recommend ..another great course by Claire Jack
Elaine Currie
The HypnoMenopause® training is fantastic value; concise but thorough, with everything you need to get started with clients. There’s everything I need to take a client step by step through the programme, even down to a plan for each session and scripts I can use. Claire is always quick to respond if I have any questions. Highly recommended!
https://helenbradley.ie/menopause/
Helen Bradley
Included in your course...
Video demonstrations
Learn the techniques by watching Claire demonstrate them with clients.
Client resources
Whether you are an experienced hypnotherapist, or work with women in a different way, you'll find all the client resources, including forms, handouts, scripts and recordings, to work effectively with your clients.
Optional assignments
You have a choice of working through the course material in your own time and, on completion of the course, contacting me to issue your certificate. Alternatively, if you wish to have further support, you are welcome to complete and submit assignments for marking.
Self-paced learning
You can complete this course at your own pace and are asked to submit your assignments within six months.
Free certificate in hypnotherapy
If hypnotherapy isn't your primary modality, you can access our Certificate in Hypnotherapy course free of charge. This course is designed to offer you an overview of hypnotherapy theory and techniques but it is not designed to qualify you as a hypnotherapist. If you wish to train as a fully qualified hypnotherapist, you are advised to complete a CNHC Accredited Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy.
Online portal access
You will have access to an online learning portal for twelve months from purchase of your course. Written materials can be downloaded so that you have permanent access to them.
Business support
You will receive advice and support in marketing your services and images, text and logos to launch your HypnoMenopause® service.
CPD hours
You have a choice of completing the course without assignments, by working through the online course materials. This counts for 8 hours CPD or CE. If you prefer to complete assignments, which you receive feedback on, this counts for 15 hours CPD or CE. Both options are accredited by the ACCPH.