Hypnobirthing Australia™ – The Positive Birth Program

Evidence-based birth education to help you feel calm, confident and prepared — without the woo.

I am a Certified Hypnobirthing Australia™ Practitioner and Child Birth Educator, trained to teach the Positive Birth Program — Australia’s leading hypnobirthing course.

This program is designed to help you understand how birth works, reduce fear and anxiety, and walk into labour feeling informed, supported and confident — whatever your birth journey looks like.

This isn’t about having a “perfect” birth.
It’s about feeling prepared, empowered and supported.

  • The Positive Birth Program is a comprehensive, evidence-based antenatal education course created by Hypnobirthing Australia™.

    It focuses on:

    • Understanding the physiology of birth

    • Reducing fear and tension

    • Learning practical tools for labour and birth

    • Supporting informed decision-making

    • Preparing birth partners to confidently support labour

  • The program is suitable for:

    • First-time parents

    • Subsequent pregnancies

    • Planned vaginal birth or caesarean birth

    • Hospital, birth centre or home birth

    Hypnobirthing is not about avoiding pain at all costs — it’s about learning how to work with your body and nervous system, even when birth doesn’t go to plan.

    This program is for you if:

    • Birth feels overwhelming or scary

    • You want to feel more confident and informed

    • You want your partner to know how to support you

    • You want education without fear-based messaging

    • You want tools that work regardless of how you birth

    You don’t need to be “relaxed”, “spiritual” or planning a specific type of birth to benefit.

  • Day 1 — Mindset + Tools

    • Understand birth physiology — how your body works

    • How fear affects your nervous system

    • Breathing and relaxation techniques that really work

    • Relaxation, music & hypnosis support

    • Comfortable positioning and bodily awareness

    Day 2 — Support + Practical Skills

    • How your partner can support you with confidence

    • Communication tools for choices and preferences

    • How to navigate birth options and hospital systems

    • Skills for comfort, calm and confidence

    • Hypnosis rehearsal for your birth mindset

    This class gives you a toolkit you can use in labour, on the day of birth, and beyond.

  • My passion for birth education comes from lived experience.

    I have personally navigated:

    • High-risk pregnancies

    • Severe hyperemesis gravidarum (HG)

    • Birth trauma

    • Emergency caesarean birth

    • Postpartum depression and anxiety

    I know what it feels like when birth doesn’t unfold the way you imagined — and how powerful it is to still feel prepared, informed and supported.

    This is why I teach hypnobirthing in a realistic, grounded, non-judgemental way.

    No chanting.
    No pressure to birth a certain way.
    Just genuine support, good vibes and practical tools that actually help. Knowledge is Powerful and so are YOU.

Reviews

"This class changed how we understood birth. We felt confident and calm."

A + J

"I didn’t expect to feel this prepared — Hypnobirthing made all the difference."

K + M

“Our birth would have been a total shit show if it wasn’t for the prep we did with Courtney before hand.

She started tough conversations about emergency situations and allowed us to have a plan in place when things unfortunately did go wrong. We still felt calm and prepared and we will be forever grateful.

D + S