LATEST NEWS

April 2008 - Phil Maggie and the boys take a well earned rest by going to Australia for an extended holiday!

December 2007 - New intake of practitioners. Courses will now cover new areas incuding Hull, Doncaster, Exeter, East London and Bournemouth.

June 2007 - Maggie gave birth to her fourth son at home on 23rd June

May 2007 - With the first set of Natal Hypnotherapy™ Practitioners having completed their training, we are now running Natal Hypnotherapy™ Preparation courses around the country.

November 2006 - Due to growing awareness and interest in the use of Natal Hypnotherapy™, we are running the first Practitioners Course in December 2006

October 2006 - Maggie has been included on the panel of experts for Pregnancy & Birth magazine. Maggie will advise and write about natural birth, Doulas and of course the benefits of Natal Hypnotherapy™

September 2006 - Maggie Howell has agreed a training programme with The Tooting Birth centre to train all the midwives on the uses, benefits and applications of Natal Hypnotherapy™

July 2006 - In conjunctionwith the NCT, Natal Hypnotherapy™ will be the main sponsor of the 'All party parliamentary group on maternity services' reception on July 5th - an excellent opportunity to inform the UKs movers and shakes in the maternity world of the benefits of Natal Hypnotherapy to both mothers and the maternity profession.

July 2006 - Natal hypnotherapy™ will be sponsoring the amazing Birth light conference www.birthlightconference.com - This conference will include sessions from almost all the leading lights in natural birthing including Michaels Odent, Ina May Gaskin, Frederick Le Boyer and many many more.

April 2006 - Further to a high level of interest, Maggie is now running courses for birth professional including midwives, Doulas and antenatal teachers 

May 2006 - the NCT started selling the entire range of Natal Hypnotherapy™ CDs through their website and catalogue.

October 2005 - The Natal Hypnotherapy™ Programme was awarded the "Pregnancy Product of the Year 2006" By Practical parenting magazine

January 2005 - Maggie and Phil are over the moon to announce the birth of Jacob Howell on 17th January.  Maggie gave birth quietly, peacefully and gently in a glorious birthing pool in the same room that her other 2 sons were born in.   Once again, the amazing power of hypnosis meant another exquisite birth experience.  Her older son Joseph (now 4) was with her to see his brother come into the world, and within minutes his 2 year old brother Toby was in the water and marvelling at his new little brother.

October 2004 - Natal Hypnotherapy™ CDs are now available in a range of nursery and maternity shops in the UK and Ireland. For more details go to Retail outlets.

July 2004 - Maggie and Phil are delighted to announce that Maggie is pregnant with their third child.  Maggie is having a wonderful pregnancy and eagerly awaits the new member of their family early next year.

February 2004 - Maggie completed her training with paramanadoula in February 2003 to become a UK registered Doula. For more details go to the Doula page.

MAGGIE'S STORY

My initial interest in Hypnotherapy came from my husband who suggested that I use Hypnosis to help with the birth of our first child. I took a self Hypnosis course when I was 7 months pregnant and was amazed at the potential and power of "mind over matter" - I was able to stick a pin into my arm with no pain or bleeding! I then went on to write my own birthing script and practiced Hypnosis daily until the birth.

Joseph was born at home in a relaxed, cosy environment in which I felt completely in control and without the need for any additional pain relief. My midwife had never worked with anyone using Hypnosis (even though she had 8 years experience). She was so amazed at the effect that she has since gone on to learn more about it and promote the use of Hypnosis with other women.

Having had such a calm, relaxed and comparatively easy birth, I was convinced that Hypnotherapy was a wonderful tool which could help so many others overcome their fear of birth and enable them to manage the physical sensations involved.

Once Joseph was born I knew that I would not go back to my old career in sales and so decided to change tack and train to be a Hypnotherapist.

I gave birth to her second son Toby James on November 27th 2002.  I had a wonderful home birth, again benefiting immensely from the power of Hypnosis to have a relaxed and comfortable Birth

I have since qualified as a clinical Hypnotherapist and trained in EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)

I currently work with midwives, antenatal groups and hospitals running relaxation and pain management workshops and classes.