Certified Birth Healing Practitioner - Institute for Birth Healing Courses

Certified Birth Healing Practitioner Program

What Is Certification?

The Certified Birth Healing Practitioner program was designed to address the gap in prenatal and postpartum care that, currently, exists in most modern day systems. It is a deep dive into the Institute for Birth Healing curriculum and is intended to provide you with the skills you need to confidently assess and successfully work with any client that comes through your door.

Certification is available to all students at the Institute for Birth Healing.

Upon completion of the Certification program, you will be able to:

Create a shift in the current model of care that will improve your clinical outcomes
Provide next-level treatment to help clients who have plateaued
Get outcomes that thrill your clients and invigorate your own passion for your work
Raise the bar for what we can achieve in pregnant and postpartum care
Show up more empowered and confident in your treatment sessions
Find greater success with yourself and your clients by clearing your own barriers

Why Become Certified?

Extensive skills and training that will make you the go-to practitioner in pregnant and postpartum care

Enhanced marketing presence through priority placement in the Institute for Birth Healing Directory and on the IBH Certified Practitioner’s page for moms

Annual group calls with Lynn Schulte and other Certified practitioners

Ongoing mentorship from Lynn via email

Half off any new courses. Free retakes of any past courses. Half off repeating the Birth Healing Intensive.

Networking with other Certified practitioners to grow your referral network and resourcing

Free annual pass to the Birth Healing Summit

Create the shift you want to see in your practice and in yourself

Am I Eligible For Certification?

Requirements for Certification

Licensure that allows hands-on bodywork
One-year bodywork experience
Strong knowledge of anatomy, especially that of the pelvis and surrounding muscles

Recommended Trainings

Craniosacral Therapy
Visceral Manipulation
Holistic Pelvic Care with Tami Kent, PT
Internal Work (licensure recommended)

Is Certification Right For Me?

YES, if you know there is more to client treatments and you want to dive deeper into this curriculum

YES, if you believe we have to consider more than just the physical pieces when working with clients

YES, if you want the training and skills to fully support your clients in their deepest healing

YES, if you want to do what you can to create better birth and postpartum outcomes for new families

YES, if you want to find passion in your work and reach new heights both professionally and personally

YES, if you think we can do better as a whole to support pregnant and postpartum care

YES, if you want to embody this work at the deepest level to get better clinical outcomes for all your patients

YES, if you want to have FUN working in your clinic

What Is Required For Certification?

Successful completion of 8 IBH Courses for those with a license to do internal work and 7 IBH Courses for those without a license for internal work (see Required Courses below for more details and tuition)
Birth Healing Intensive (see Required Courses below for more details and tuition)
2 Written Exams, one for the Holistic Treatment of the Pregnant Body and one for the Holistic Treatment of the Postpartum Body. These exams are in addition to the final exam you took to complete each course and are included in the Certification Fee.
6 Written Case Studies, no longer than 2 pages each, (2 on working with the pregnant body, 2 on working with the postpartum body, and 2 on the material you learn from the Birth Healing Intensive program)
Skills Assessment with Lynn (in person or via Zoom)
Video Case Study (a video with audio of you working with a client to demonstrate your treatment and dialoguing skills)
Payment of the $997 Certification Fee + Tuition for the required IBH Courses and Birth Healing Intensive

Be the change you want to see in pregnant and postpartum care!

APPLY FOR CERTIFICATION

Required Courses and Programs

As a NOTE, the ONLINE COURSES Holistic Treatment of the Pregnant Body and Holistic Treatment of the Postpartum Body are offered as a bundle at a discounted rate. To add both courses to your cart, please CLICK HERE and login to your Student Account to complete your purchase. The Internal Pelvic Floor Treatment course is only required for students with a license to do internal work.

What Do Practitioners Say About Their IBH Experience?

“I am a doctor of physical therapy and this course gave me little nuggets of education and manual skills that I did not get from school or from my training for internal pelvic floor work. I am so excited to utilize this knowledge on my pregnant mamas.”

Cheyenne H., Physical Therapist

“This is a must take course. My understanding of the pregnant body and the treatments to support pregnancy and labor and delivery have exploded with possibility. The treatments are gentle and extremely effective.”

Catherine N., Physical Therapist

“This is such great practical information that you can use right away! Many times it can feel difficult to treat pregnant moms due to positioning, and this provides many options for treatment. Great course!”

Leah K., Physical Therapist

“This course has really rounded out my skills in prenatal care for my clients. I now feel quite a bit more confident and effective with my treatment skills for this population! I will come back to reference this time and time again.”

Brooke R., Occupational Therapist

“I was hesitant at first to purchase such a heavy manual course online but Lynn’s course was flawless! I walked away from each session immediately ready to implement her techniques into my practice and have already seen positive results! I was looking for a course for birth preparation specifically for the pregnant population and this course did not disappoint.”

Danielle K., Physical Therapist

“This course has been more than I expected! So informative and instruction is excellent. I can’t wait to bring these techniques to my clients!! I think my effectiveness as a pelvic floor therapist has greatly increased when working with pregnant clients. I am so excited!”

Hilary V., Occupational Therapist

“This helped me increase my confidence and knowledge when working with pregnant women. I felt like I was coming up short or unsure prior to taking this course and now I feel I have more to offer each pregnant patient that comes to me.”

Jody H., Physical Therapist

“The best manual based pelvic physical therapy course I have taken as of yet. It goes into more treatment than other courses I have taken. It helped round out my knowledge in pelvic PT. Thank you, Lynn!”

Elony M., Physical Therapist

“Since I have taken this course I have gleaned so many techniques and knowledge which has helped so many birthing people prepare for labor and delivery. They often tell me how much more confident they feel going into birth after using these techniques :)”

Kerry T., Physical Therapist

“This is my first pregnancy course that I’ve taken, after being a pelvic health MSK physiotherapist for a long while. I enjoyed all the theory and labs. I’m surprised that these techniques even helped men and those women who aren’t pregnant. Great techniques to learn for all pelvic health physios!”

Joanna W., Physical Therapist

“I would recommend the Holistic Treatment of the Pregnant Body to any practitioner who sees pregnant and postpartum mama’s. It was so helpful and directly applicable to clientele. Lynn provided many case examples which was helpful in my learning. Could not recommend this course enough!”

Allison S., Physical Therapist

“This is such a phenomenal course and resource. The information I learned in this course was immediately applicable to many of the clients I am seeing in my private practice and has enhanced my clinical “toolbox” immensely! The holistic approach which takes into account all of the various tissues of the body, as well as the energetic body, provided me with a much deeper knowledge and understanding of how I can best support the pregnant body. Thank you so much!”

Juliana S., Physical Therapist

How Do I Get Certified?

Apply for Certification
Pay the Certification Fee of $997 (payment link will be sent after application is approved)
Complete the required courses and the Birth Healing Intensive
Complete the Written Exams (access will be provided after fee is paid)
Complete your skills assessment with Lynn (scheduling available once courses, Birth Healing Intensive and exam are complete)
Submit your Case Studies for review
Submit your Video Case Study for review
Once you have completed all of the requirements for final evaluation and they are approved, you will be a Certified Birth Healing Practitioner!

Take your knowledge all the way today!

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