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CEU Classes and Other Training
Whitney offers training and classes for LMTs, doulas, and expecting couples related to her expertise in the birth world, as both a birth doula and massage therapist. Her classes are designed to give the students specific new skills that they can begin using the next day.
Massage Continuing Education: Pregnancy/Postpartum & Fertility Workshops
(with NCBTMB Certification)
Claire Marie Miller Seminars
Nurturing the Mother®
Whitney is an Instructor for Claire Marie Miller’s nationally and internationally known massage continuing education training series called Nurturing the Mother®. Whitney currently offers workshops in Pregnancy and Postpartum massage and Fertility. The workshops are offered in two formats: 3-day, 24 CEs (more in-depth content) or 2-day, 16 CEs for spa workers. The workshops are NCBTMB-approved and offer Certification. Whitney discovered Claire’s training courses in 2020 and fell in love with Claire’s method and techniques. She now uses Claire’s method daily when working on clients. Whitney is proud to offer Nurturing the Mother® classes in the Northern Virginia and DC Metro area and in Anchorage, Alaska.
24 CE Workshop | Early Bird $450, Regular $495
16 CE Workshop | Early Bird $340, Regular $375
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As a practicing birth doula, massage therapist, and teacher, Whitney works with Evidence Based Birth® (EBB) to provide a childbirth education class that teaches those expecting a new baby exactly what they need to know in today's medicalized birth environment so that they can have the birth experience they want.
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The EBB class includes two in-person 2-hour session, 4 hours of live online training, 3-month access to the incredible EBB online training videos, an EBB workbook, hands-on comfort measure training, and current insider information about hospitals and providers in the Northern VA and DC Metro areas. Classes typically run 4-6 weeks, meeting once a week during that time. Students review the online videos in their own time and join the live sessions either online or at Whitney's Vienna, VA training location.
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For labor and delivery, the class focuses on techniques helpful in labor both for comfort and to help guide the baby into the best possible position for delivery.
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Fee for the EBB Childbirth Education Class | $325
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For more information or to register for this class:
Massage and Comfort Techniques
Workshop for Expecting Couples
Building connection and enhancing support
Especially during the third trimester, expecting women often experience discomfort, difficulty sleeping, joint pain, lower back pain, swelling of hands and feet, muscles cramps, and sometimes even nerve pain like sciatica. With just a little training, partners or friends can provide a great deal of help and relief, safely, whenever the expecting momma needs some relief.
Whitney teaches the basic mechanics of a few massage and stretching techniques and how to apply them safely and gently. She also helps the momma and partner learn to work together and develop routines that help manage stress and pain. This is a 2-hour class that Whitney offers both to her doula client families, to other expecting couples, and to anyone interested in providing this kind of support to an expecting mother.
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2-hour Course | $115 Per Couple ($95 for NBD Clients)
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