CLARIFYING THE CONCEPT OF HYPNOBIRTHING.My name is Teresa Van-Zeller, and I am a faculty member of the HypnoBirthing Institute located in New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). . HypnoBirthing, which is a trademarked name, belongs to Marie Mongan. The Institute has trained thousands of HypnoBirthing Practitioners worldwide. Michelle Leclaire O'Neill Michelle Leclaire O'Neill, PhD, R.N. is currently the most prevalent source of information about hypnobirthing and mindful pregnancy. She both coined the term and created of the method Hypnobirthing. (who was featured in a U section story June 5) was not been trained by us, and is not a HypnoBirthing practitioner. I do not understand how you could print an article on HypnoBirthing when the person you interviewed is not a practitioner and does not teach our program. To claim, ``Although there are other practitioners who use the term,'' suggests that we who are actual HypnoBirthing practitioners are using her name when the name and the program have been owned and trademarked by Mongan. Someone from your paper even interviewed me several years ago. You have done a great disservice dis·ser·vice n. A harmful action; an injury. disservice Noun a harmful action Noun 1. to your readers. Thank you, Teresa Van-Zeller Woodland Hills Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : The word HypnoBirthing with upper case letters has been trademarked by Marie Mongan and she has many reputable practitioners worldwide. However, in the story that ran in the Daily News, the generic term hypnobirthing was used, all lower case. Michelle Leclaire O'Neill was featured in the story as a local source. She has written several books on the subject from well-established publishers. She's also a clinical psychologist and a nurse, and based on interviews with her clients, has taught classes that helped women have less painful childbirth childbirth: see birth. Childbirth Childlessness (See BARRENNESS.) Artemis (Rom. Diana) goddess of childbirth. [Gk. Myth. experiences using hypnosis hypnosis State that resembles sleep but is induced by a person (the hypnotist) whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject. The hypnotized individual seems to respond in an uncritical, automatic fashion, ignoring aspects of the environment (e.g. . There was no intent on the part of the newspaper to imply she is the only person who does this type of work. |
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