Doula Training
Birth Doula Training Workshops
DONA-Approved Birth Doula Training Workshop:
“Woman to Woman”
Seventh Moon ~ Perinatal Support Services™ offers DONA-approved Birth Doula Training Workshops several times a year as one step in the process toward certification
as a birth doula by DONA International (DONA®). The workshops, which are co-facilitated by Vicki Hedley and Susan Esserman, offer participants broad based learning experiences as well as opportunities for varied interaction. Since Susan and Vicki share a similar philosophy yet come from different backgrounds with much individual experience, the workshop affords a unique interplay of ideas. Participants have the opportunity to learn in an environment that fosters self-growth while providing didactic and hands-on experience.
Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of anatomy and physiology as well as the emotions and spiritual nature of pregnancy and birth.
Vicki and Susan bring to their teaching a love of pregnancy and birth and a belief in the innate ability of women to birth in their own unique way. At the same time, they respect the pregnant woman’s own level of comfort and knowledge. It is their desire to foster this same belief and respect in workshop participants.
If you share these beliefs and would like to work with women and their families to help them have better, more satisfying births, you may want to consider becoming a birth doula, providing continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the family before, during and just after childbirth.
Vicki and Susan continue to mentor and support the participants of their Birth Doula Training Workshops through bi-monthly doula apprentice meetings,
mentoring and peer support, a DONA-approved Postpartum Doula Training Workshop, Advanced Doula Training Workshops, and a Birth Doula Apprentice Program.
Contact Seventh Moon for additional information on pre-requisites and upcoming dates for our workshops. On-Line registration is available.
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Go to www.dona.org for more information on DONA certification requirements.
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