You've seen it. The mother who flinches at the mention of her birth. The couple still grieving a loss no one else acknowledges. The parent who smiles through the postnatal check-up while quietly falling apart.
You know something isn't being addressed — but the system you work in was never built to address it.
For too long, the emotional impact of difficult and traumatic perinatal experiences has been underestimated. And the cost to parents and their families is enormous — often invisible, often carried for years.
What begins as a natural response to trauma can quietly harden into something far harder to treat: entrenched anxiety, depression, or PTSD that outlasts the event that caused it.
30% of parents describe their birth as traumatic. And that's just the visible edge. Far more struggle silently through miscarriage, difficult fertility journeys, baby loss, birth injury, or a breastfeeding journey that left more than physical scars.
These parents have nowhere to turn — because the very system meant to care for them rarely recognises how deeply these events affect emotional wellbeing, or that it is sometimes the source of that trauma itself.
If you've ever wished you had more to offer than "that must have been hard" — you're in the right place.
TBR College of Perinatal Emotional Health & Wellbeing trains midwives, antenatal teachers, counsellors and HCPs in the therapeutic skills that lift trauma symptoms safely, gently, and effectively — so you can be the difference your clients have been waiting for.
This 2 year, level 3 diploma in Perinatal Hypnotherapy is unique. It is one of the few courses that focuses on clearing trauma symptoms before addressing anxiety or depression. Students learn through 10 perinatally focused modules, the skills of solution focused hypnotherapy and mindfulness how to support parents back to health and wholeness.
The entire diploma course is comprised of 10 modules, representing 200 hours of learning over 2 years
A look at the size of the birth trauma problem
Understanding the wider problem of other perinatal traumas such a miscarriage, lengthy IVF journeys, baby loss and childhood trauma
A clear understanding of the long term effects of untreated trauma symptoms on a person’s mental health
The everyday impact of living with trauma symptoms
Being Solution Focused to bring promote natural healing
How the 3 Steps lifts the heavy emotion linked to the traumatic memory
The importance of relaxation and guided visualisation
Practice of the 3 steps, step by step, in pairs
Working safely and understanding the phenomena of abreaction
Includes 2 day live training over Zoom to practice the 3 steps
Includes a 3 stage assessment process that includes case study
A 2 day live training to understand how a solution focused approach works to initiate a change in problem thinking patterns.
Practice and hone the skills in pairs in breakout rooms in Zoom
Gain confidence and experience supporting change with this core therapeutic modality.
Live assessment of the skills throughout the two days.
What is covered:
Understanding what barriers there are to good emotional health in the perinatal context.
Looking at the mind body connection and understanding the autonomic nervous system
Understanding the cost to physical health that comes with PNA
What are the nuances of Perinatal Anxiety that are different to other life stages
How to support a person’s natural desire to feel differently
Learning the therapeutic essential skills of basic of trust, rapport and unconditional regard
Learning the cycle of belief, feeling, behaviour and breaking negative patterns
Acquiring, practicing and sharing the anxiety tool kit: meditation, journaling, gratitudes, affirmations and relaxation
Setting up and promoting a service to parents wishing to work on their anxiety
Includes 2 x 2 day live training over Zoom to practice core therapeutic exercises.
Includes a 3 stage assessment process that includes case study
What is covered:
A look at the statistics behind miscarriage and baby loss.
Understanding grief and loss from a parents point of view, the natural range of emotions and experience.
Understanding cultural and societal expectations, biases and prejudices around perinatal loss and how these can contribute to and compound the aspects of trauma.
Understanding the overlap between grief and trauma symptoms.
Understanding different types of grief that are particular to perinatal loss.
Looking at how different strategies for support could work at different times throughout a parent’s grief journey
Demonstration of core listening, acknowledging and validation skills.
Checking in with our own empathy, bias and experience.
Audio and script versions of the exercises to experience the steps first hand.
Includes a 1 day live training over Zoom
Understanding the size of the fertility issue
The emotional impact of difficult fertility journeys
Understanding and supporting trauma, grief & loss as common components of the fertility journey
Identifying goals for therapy that give fertility the best chance
Understanding the Mind/Body connection and utilising this as a conscious strategy
The anxiety toolkit as a therapy essential
The history of hypnosis as a therapeutic tool
Understanding the natural phenomena of hypnosis
How self hypnosis works
Practical applications for therapeutic change
Understanding mindfulness as a cornerstone for good emotional health and resilience
Looking at the ego, subconscious and observing parts of the mind
Adopting and sharing a practice of mindfulness: essential tools
Understanding the benefits of meditation as a mental state
The difference between meditation and hypnosis
Specific applications for perinatal issues: tocophobia, birth, anxiety, physical recovery, trauma, depression and growth.
Includes 2 x 2 day live training days over Zoom to practice the core skills, exercises and techniques
Understanding the size of the problem and different types of injury
The long term prognosis for birth injury
Treatments available
The emotional, mental and spiritual impact of birth injury
Barriers to treatment
Identifying personal goals for therapy both physical, spiritual and emotional
Practical strategies that can support pain, recovery and growth
The size of the sexual abuse problem
Conscious and unconscious survivors
Understanding the impact of historical abuse on the perinatal period
Understanding the impact of medical abuse on the perinatal period
Understanding triggers and working to avoid them or counter them in thorough planning
Working with other professionals to ensure the best outcome for parents
Using TBR 3 Step Rewind to resolve past traumas
Understanding the implications of the EMRRACE report on perinatal mental health
Understanding the reasons behind the 5 x more likely to die in child brith statistic
Understanding the history of obstetric development an the abuse of slaves
Understanding the legacy of intergenerational trauma
Confronting and challenging racism in the system
What is covered:
Understanding the research and statistics around PND
Distinguishing PND symptoms from the events, environment, thoughts and feelings that can cause symptoms.
Understanding the different therapeutic interventions currently recommended
Teaching mindfulness and self compassion as tools for mental health and wellness
Applying a solution focused approach
Understanding the role of perinatal trauma and PND
Follow a real video case study that showcases each skill, tool and process
Includes a 3 stage assessment process that includes case study
September 2026 Cohort live days
Please note more dates will be made available for 27/28 for any missed dates 26/27. It is a 2 year course.
Understanding & Supporting Anxiety Pt1 - 26th & 27th November 2026
Practical Skill in Hypnosis, Meditation & Mindfulness Pt1 - 28th & 29th January 2027
Understanding & Supporting Anxiety Pt2 - 25th & 26th February 2027
Practical Skill in Hypnosis, Meditation & Mindfulness Pt2 - 18th & 19th March 2027
Supporting Pregnancy & Baby Loss - May 21st 2027
Advanced Listening - 2 day course 24th & 25th June 2027
TBR 3 Step Rewind - 2 day course. Choose from any of the following:
September 15th & 16th 2026
December 1st & 2nd 2026
Thorough training for perinatal professionals, in the necessary therapeutic framework, skills, knowledge, techniques and practice to adequately, safely and confidently support parents on a range of issues that might be impacting parents emotional wellbeing.
Month by month covering a different aspect of perinatal health
13 live practice days spread over 2 years
Continuous assessment of the skills, knowledge and practice
Guidance in establishing a successful perinatal hypnotherapy practice that can also compliment existing doula, antenatal, birth or postnatal services.
Opportunity to practice with The Birth Republic CIC on qualifying.
This Level 3 Perinatal Hypnotherapy Diploma course is quality accredited by the Awarding Organisation, Think Tree.
Don't miss out book a clarity call today and find out if this course is your next professional development.
This course has been such a gentle revelation. I expected to learn new skills; I didn’t expect to feel this held, this safe, or this transformed by the process. What surprised me most is how light the work feels when taught through Alex’s framework. Supporting people through tender, often painful chapters no longer feels heavy — the structure creates ease, clarity, and a deep sense of safety for both practitioner and client.
The TBR 3-Step Rewind is one of the most quietly powerful tools I’ve ever encountered. It offers relief in ways that feel both efficient and deeply respectful of the person’s experience. I used to be sceptical that something so gentle could work so quickly... and now I’ve witnessed why it does.
The course itself is beautifully paced. It’s self-led, yet you never feel alone — Alex’s guidance on the calls creates confidence, consistency, and safety. And woven throughout is thoughtful business mentoring that has opened my vision for my future practice. I’ve come away with not just skills, but excitement and possibility.
If you’re considering it: the time truly flies, the value is immense, and the investment is absolutely worth it. If you already work in birth, you know emotional intensity well — and this course gives you a framework that supports you as much as it supports the people you’ll go on to serve.
Joy's story
Joy has run a successful antenatal business for 20 years but longed to be able to do more to support her community of new parents. She graduated as a Perinatal Hypnotherapist in June 2026 and is already supporting clients through the CIC and through private practice.
Jane's story
Taking Baby Steps CIC
Jane was an NHS midwife who left to set up a community interest company that provides free therapeutic support to parents who have experienced perinatal bereavement.
Mariam's story
Mariam had her own experience of birth trauma. She was so impressed with her own healing journey with The Birth Republic CIC she wanted to learn more about the process.
Haya's story
Haya is an academic from the UEA who already has a lot of qualifications in the perinatal health field but she was looking learn practical tools to support parents back to health.
'I feel that there's been a huge period of personal growth and healing for me during the certificate course over the past 18 months. Learning the techniques and putting them into practice in my own life has really helped with some of my own limiting beliefs and stories with mindfulness and a huge dose of compassion. So I feel this work is transformative for both the client and often for the practitioner too.
I'd absolutely recommend enrolling in the course to anyone who's motivated to really improve their understanding of emotional wellbeing of people during the perinatal period, and to learn in really quite a very deep way, the importance of the mind body connection.'
'As a longstanding midwife and a hypnobirth practitioner, the certificate course has dovetailed into my life really well. I'm very critical and I'm very scientific, so it ticks all of those boxes for anybody similar. I decided I would reduce or stop my hypnobirthing practice. Instead of which, it's taken off even more, because as people sought support with anxieties and trauma, they've have then chosen to carry on and work with hypnobirthing. It's very well paced, allowing you to learn at your own time scale. I have really loved studying all the topics.
I kind of looked at some of the modules and thought, "I've done that, know that, or whatever. I've seen that in my clinical practice," but the angle at which this comes from is quite different.'
'After finishing the certificate, I feel confident and competent in offering guidance and delving deeper into supporting people on their perinatal journey instead of feeling like I have to tip toe around the emotional side.
Alex has a wealth of knowledge, inspiring me to think about things I never would have before. Her feedback and overall perspective on perinatal wellbeing is a breath of fresh air that I didn't know I needed, but now I couldn't be without.
My entire business has transformed since completing the certificate and I would truly recommend it to others supporting parents in the perinatal period.'
Course information
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Aims & Objectives:
To provide a thorough and robust training in the theory and practical application of hypnotherapy, mindfulness and a solution focused approach.
The course aims to use the common issues experienced by parents as a framework for supporting recovery from trauma, anxiety and depression.
The skills, techniques and approaches however can be applied to any client at any life stage experiencing these problems.
The course aims to provide many opportunities for structured practice with the modalities and builds confidence in students abilities as practicing Perinatal Hypnotherapists.
At the end of the 2 year course, with completion of all live days, assessments and case studies, students achieve a certification of completion in the Level 3 Diploma in Perinatal Hypnotherapy.
Both online self study (10-16 hours a month) for 10 months (1 module a month)
And in person live practice days that happen over Zoom.
A total of 13 live practice days spread out over two years.
Students will be able to use solution focused approaches to work with clients to develop their won goals for recovery.
Students will be able to use their knowledge to apply the right exercise or approach to support their clients towards their own goals.
Students will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of the key etiologies of perinatal trauma, depression and anxiety.
Students will be able to understand how hypnosis and mindfulness work to support robust mental health and resilience through the perinatal stage.
Students will be able to plan an appropriate session and therapeutic treatment plan for each individual client.
Students will be confident in practicing hypnotherapy and mindful exercises with clients.
Students will be able to confidently use SUDs scores and other client feedback to review and evaluate the effectiveness of therapy.
Students will develop skills of self reflection, self practice and self care to maintain best practice.
Both formative and summative assessment methods.
Each module has an assessment that has to be independently completed and submitted.
These include:
live case studies
multiple choice quizzes
book reviews
personal reflection pieces
fictitious case studies
Each live practice day has exercises that are observed and assessed.
These contribute towards students overall assessments.
Two of the modules (Anxiety and TBR 3 Step) have the opportunity to work with live case studies as part of their assessment.
This is a mentored process that involves participation in supervision provided by the school.
The live case study work is an additional 10 hours of independent work with an appropriate case study.
A computer.
A good internet connection.
A willingness to practice.
A willingness to find appropriate case studies
The course open to anyone who has a specific interest in perinatal mental health and is capable of meeting the required assessments.