Marie mongan biography

The Origins of Hypnobirthing

‘HypnoBirthing – The Mongan Method’ was originally established in the United States by Marie Mongan, who is the founder of The HypnoBirthing Institute.

When Marie Mongan’s daughter expressed her desire to have a child, she called upon her own experience of having laboured calmly, gently, and naturally, using the theories of Dr.

Grantly Dick-Read, during the births of her four children back in the mid 50s and early 60s.

Using her counselling background, and her skills as a Master Hypnotherapist, she developed the HypnoBirthing program for her daughter and two friends.

The success of these births brought several hypnotherapists to Marie’s office, asking to be trained in whatever she was doing in birthing.

From there the program grew and took on a life of its own. Medical people who witnessed HypnoBirthing became interested, and many became practitioners.

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