A Special Invitation for BCTA/NA Members
From the APPPAH 2019 David Chamberlain Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient and BCST Teacher, Myrna Martin MN, RCC, RCST®
Pre and Perinatal Online Training Package - Healing Early Developmental Trauma - Special Discount Offer
You probably already share my vision of:
A world where health on all levels - physical, emotional, mental/psychological - is acknowledged to originate from our earliest development, and the importance of the primal period from conception through the first 18 months is recognized and supported in the way we bring our children into the world, and how we support adults and families to heal
A world where we have health care models that support this paradigm shift, and where health practitioners and educators have the skills to prevent and work with the impacts of trauma from crucial foundational periods of life
A world where parents/prospective parents have the support and knowledge to give their family a better start in life
As part of my personal commitment to this vision, for the past 20 years I have been teaching a Professional 3-year Pre and Perinatal Training Program. We have already taught 8 cohorts, and our 9th cohort is currently midway through their training.
After having had so many students tell me how profoundly the vital knowledge learned during their training has impacted their personal and professional growth, I wanted to find a way to share it with a wider audience around the world who would otherwise not be able to attend the training in person, but could benefit tremendously.
And so 2 years ago, my Online Training series was launched to synthesize the content and curriculum of my professional training, and my body of teaching seminars and workshops. Our current vision as a community is for the profound resource of this online knowledge to reach as many further people as possible.
This is where you come in, as supporters of BCTA/NA……
Let’s transform the foundations of health, together!
Access My Pre and Perinatal Online Training Package - Healing Early Developmental Trauma - at a special discount
In deep gratitude and in support of our shared vision, as a give-back to BCTA/NA Membership I warmly invite you to obtain lifetime access to my Online Training Resources at a special BCTA/NA rate
Because every baby deserves a better start in life……..
…….and every adult deserves support to heal their earliest trauma
Pre and Perinatal Training Online Access Package
For all those with a personal and/or professional interest in learning about pre and perinatal development and trauma
For birthworkers, midwives and doulas
For Medical Professionals - Obstetricians, Gynaecologists, Nurses, Family Doctors
For Psychotherapists, Psychologists, Mental Health Professionals
For Trauma Therapists, Somatic Practitioners, Cranio-sacral Therapists & Teachers
For Bodyworkers, Movement Practitioners, Allied Health Practitioners
For Early Years Educators, and Teachers of All Ages
For Parents and Prospective Parents…….
Myrna’s Pre and Perinatal Online Training is the most comprehensive Online Resource currently available for you If Any of these Resonate with You:
* You want to study pre and perinatal development, attachment and trauma, but are not able to attend an in-person training due to time, money, or other constraints
* You have taken or are currently studying a pre and perinatal professional training course, and you want an extra layer of support and resources at your fingertips as you deepen your skills
Here’s what you get with your Pre and Perinatal Training Online Access Package:
Obtain lifetime access to an Online Library of Pre and Perinatal knowledge, that is updated as new research emerges
Gain a solid understanding of pre and perinatal psychology, and the core foundational knowledge of health in the primal period
Learn the fundamentals of how early developmental trauma is underlying most psychological, spiritual and physical health issues
Get beyond technique by seeing a master practitioner in action, in a wealth of videos of Myrna working with real-life clients (babies, children, mothers, adults)
View sensitive and inspiring sessions, to see technique in action, and witness how early developmental trauma shows up in behavior and somatic signs
Utilize the Online Library as your key resource for pre and perinatal psychology and health
Dip in at your leisure, again & again, as an invaluable knowledgebase
CEs available for Midwives, Doulas, Psychologists, Social Workers, Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselors, Nurses, Certified Counselors, NBCC, and Dietitians
Learn effective tools to support clients around these issues, and detailed knowledge about how to work with adults, babies, children and families
Discover the essential knowledge that everyone in the helping professions needs to know about early developmental trauma
Receive straight-forward, effective activity guides & tools for parents and a wide range of professionals who work with babies children or adults
Experience and learn resourcing techniques to work with your own early imprints, so that you can more effectively work with your own history, as well as work effectively as a practitioner
Follow gently paced explorations to uncover and work with your own early imprints, and change how they are getting in the way for you in the present day
Directly support other practitioners who could not otherwise afford to access Myrna’s trainings
Your access pays it forwards and directly helps this knowledge reach a further layer of key individuals
30% of your fees will go to the BCTA Scholarship Fund for members to attend their Conference
You can choose whether to utilize the Online Training Library as your go-to knowledge resource on pre and perinatal health OR to unlock further study routes to a professional practitioner training
Study at your own pace, material that synthesizes the content and curriculum of Myrna’s 3-year professional training
With the option to attend Intensive Training modules with Myrna and her Senior Graduates, in order to gain your PPN Practitioner Certification, through a blended Online + In-Person structure
Included in your Pre and Perinatal Training Online Access Package:
13 modules of online material synthesizing Myrna’s professional training, including a bonus module on Sand Play and Expressive Arts in Pre- and Perinatal Psychology
Each module includes:
Instructional Video training - Delivered in Myrna’s renowned clear, warm teaching style
Visual slides with audio explanation
Access to complete course notes
Library of practical tools, home projects and directions for "personal explorations" to make the material experiential, and body-based - so that you can integrate it into your life and your professional work
Comprehensive reference lists including books, current research and online resources
(The Complete Series contains in total over 78 Hours Of Video, and a Library of Hundreds Of Pages Of Notes and References - But don’t worry - you can dip in and out as you wish! )
Access to an international community of like-minded people, and a network of others studying in your region or country available for local peer study support, or online study groups
Option to continue towards a professional Practitioner Certification with Myrna through an online + intensive track
Option to register additionally for an online group consultation call with Myrna
PLUS SPECIAL BONUSES
+Live special 90 minute Q+A online event with Myrna, for BCTA/NA members:
Get all your pre and perinatal questions answered by Myrna
Submit questions in advance and join live, OR listen in to the recorded version at your leisure
+Access to ONE group consultation call with Myrna at no additional cost
AND as a further give-back to the wider community……
30 % of your fees from this Online Package will be donated to the BCTA Scholarship Fund.
In support of our shared vision of a world where this knowledge has spread far and wide, Myrna will donate 30% of your fees towards the BCTA Scholarship Fund for members to attend their Conference.
When you sign-up for this special BCTA/NA offering, not only will you get this invaluable knowledge for yourself, your family, your patients, clients, students and your wider communities - but you will also directly help this knowledge reach out to a further layer of key individuals
Because transformation happens, when we change the foundations of our health...
…...And together we can seed the next generation of pre and perinatal informed practitioners
Meet Your Teacher
Myrna Martin, RN, MN, RCC, RCST®
Pre and Perinatal, Early Development and Attachment Expert - Therapist, Teacher and Educator
Myrna is an expert in Pre and Perinatal Psychology, Early Development and Attachment, who trains and consults with professionals in how to work with babies, children, and adults to heal early developmental trauma. Myrna travels internationally leading small group birth process workshops to support adults to heal early experiences that are getting in the way of their present day life.
Alongside her teaching and groupwork for adults, Myrna has a part-time private practice both online and in person, helping adults and families to heal the effects of early trauma and to make profound shifts in health and in the quality of their relationships.
“My own passion and interest in pre and perinatal healing, came from my personal experiences as a mother of three children born prematurely, as well having experienced pregnancy loss. I wanted to find ways of supporting my own family and my own healing. And so after working first as a Registered Nurse, and then as a Licensed Psychotherapist and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and Teacher, and working for many years as Director of Mental Health Services in my city in British Columbia, I undertook the long journey to study in-depth and mentor for many years with first William Emerson, and then Ray Castellino.
This has led me to an incredible nearly 20 years of teaching pre and perinatal professional trainings to 9 cohorts already, travelling all around the world delivering hundreds of small group birth process workshops, working with thousands of individuals, and supporting hundreds of families to heal from early developmental experiences.
This work continues to be my passion and the driving force of my professional life. My deepest desire is to seed the knowledge of the importance of the primal period in determining all aspects of our health, physiological, emotional, and cognitive, as far as possible and to now help ensure our wonderful field of pre and perinatal healing grows new wings with the next generation of practitioners and parents”
Myrna is a nurse with a Masters’ degree in Family Therapy, a member of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, The College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia, The Biodynamic Craniosacral Association of North America, BC Adoption Association, the Western Canada Infant Mental Health Association and the American Association of Prenatal and Perinatal Health and Psychology.
Myrna is married and has three grown children. She and her partner, Ken, live in the country where they are hikers, avid gardeners and explorers of community and spiritual consciousness.
Detailed Program Contents & Curriculum
Myrna’s in-depth Online resource and training on pre and perinatal psychology, health and early developmental trauma, integrates knowledge from neuroscience, epigenetics, attachment, somatic and trauma informed psychology.
The extensive Online Resources cover the following topics in 13 modules as follows:
Attachment
Preconception and conception
Vaginal birth
Chemical and surgical imprinting
Ancestral double binds
Couples from an attachment perspective
PPN work in small groups
Infants and their families
Preschoolers and their families
Pregnancy loss and assisted reproductive technologies
adoption
Prematurity
Bonus module on Sand Play and Expressive Arts
Here’s the detail on each module:
MODULE ONE: ATTACHMENT
This module covers the attachment process from preconception (epigenetics) through age 2. Primary themes are connection/separation. the new understanding of interpersonal neurobiology and the development of emotional and social intelligence through attunement and resonance are central. We will explore different attachment styles in children and adults and delineate specific tools for resourcing, resolving and repatterning attachment trauma in newborns, children and adults.
MODULE TWO: PRECONCEPTION AND CONCEPTION JOURNEY
The embryology and imprinting in this period is delineated and related to attachment/self regulation and co regulation. We will discuss skills of orienting, tracking and titrating autonomic nervous system cycling, modulating therapeutic pace, and recognizing the therapeutic leading edge. Establishing healthy differentiation and connection within a clear boundary structure will be part of the module.
MODULE THREE: VAGINAL BIRTH
This module includes the vaginal birth process, birth stages, pelvic types, cranial molding, birth movement patterns and an introduction to complications. We will outline simple yet effective ways for babies, children, and adults to heal from difficult vaginal births. Participants will be encouraged to explore their own birth passage.
MODULE FOUR: CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL IMPRINTING DURING BIRTH
A minority of babies in our culture are currently birthed with no chemical or surgical interventions. Chemical imprinting includes prenatal drug exposure, anesthesia, analgesics, and induction drugs. Surgical imprinting refers to forceps, vacuum extraction, cesarean section, and other prenatal and infant surgery. We will explore the effects of chemical imprinting on the natural birthing process.
As well, Myrna will delineate the effects of surgical and chemical imprinting on prenates and babies' psyches, movement patterns, physical structure, energy patterns and the central and autonomic nervous systems. Healing tools will be discussed.
MODULE FIVE: ANCESTRAL DOUBLE BINDS
Double bind imprints create the most complex dynamics in the pre and perinatal period. They amplify counter transference/transference issues and complications in facilitating families, couples and groups. In this module we will explore ancestral influences on individuation/connection, and merging dynamics (in pre and perinatal work we call this 'twin dynamics'). Twin embryonic and placental development, and prenatal twin loss are correlated with twin behavior later in life. An extensive home project will be suggested for everyone. Treatment models will be explored.
MODULE SIX: COUPLES, FROM AN ATTACHMENT PERSPECTIVE
We are just beginning to understand the dynamics of long term couple relationships. The last decade has given us new knowledge about the psychobiological processes and the reciprocity of early developmental relational experiences and our developing brain. Attachment theory and the neuroscience of emotional connection is shedding new light on this mysterious arena. This Module delineates the dynamics of couples interaction and suggests effective tools for working with these issues.
MODULE SEVEN: INFANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
We review epigenetics, and the effects of toxic stress on the prenatal and infant in terms of brain and attachment development. Birth practices and their impacts, along with tools for supporting families in resolution are included. This is a really “RICH, BIG” module.
MODULE EIGHT: PRESCHOOLERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
The emphasis in this module is on family dynamics, and the development of attachment based emotional/social/cognitive health in the preschool years. Many videos clips of actual sessions are included, along with home exercises to develop skills with these families.
MODULE NINE: PREGNANCY LOSS, ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES (ART)
This module focuses on healing from pregnancy loss, be that miscarriage, stillborn or abortion. We will delineate ways to honour both the baby’s and the parents experience, and discuss some prevention strategies. ART frequency has increased dramatically in the past decade. The different forms of ART, and their outcomes for babies and parents are delineated, with support tools.
MODULE TEN: PREMATURITY
Prematurity around the world has increased dramatically in the last 15 years, and has a huge negative impact on the baby’s outcomes for the future. The baby’s and parents’ experiences are outlined, in the varieties of neonatal intensive cares, and positive suggestions for supporting the infant and parents vest best outcomes are included. Video clips bring this home to our hearts.
MODULE ELEVEN: ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE
This module addresses the adoption triangle of biological parents, adoptees and adopting parents and their dynamics. Assessment of attachment development and support strategies for both adoptees and foster children is a large section. Video clips of sessions make the material come alive.
MODULE TWELVE: PROCESS WORKSHOPS WITH ADULTS
The impact of the pre and perinatal years last a lifetime. Many adults are living with the impact of difficult conceptions, birth, and early developmental trauma. This module, with significant live video, outlines the principles and the form for healing in small groups.
MODULE THIRTEEN: SAND TRAY AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS IN PPN
The Magic number, a fun module, with a cognitive outline of sand tray and many examples of how children utilize sand to resolve trauma. Other expressive arts and games are delineated, along with video examples.
Step into this amazing world with me!
Testimonials
Find out what other students are saying about Myrna’s life-changing teaching resources:
“Myrna’s 13 modules in recorded form are a profound legacy gift to the world! As a practitioner, a mother and a grandmother, I now have knowledge and skills that are healing to my entire ancestry and the trajectory of my lineage.”
“Thank you so much for the video series. I’m amazed at how beautifully it has been crafted and I’m only just at the end of module 2! The images, the content, the presentation, the video footage, the exercises. Wow.”
“I am really loving the course so far, I find it all so amazing and speaks to me on so many levels, personally and professionally. ”
“The deep work I did last summer, with your support, has continued to bring benefits not only to me and my family but also to my clients and students as I know from the inside the power of this path. I am so grateful for what I can share with others from this place of unencumbered love and ease. ”
FAQs
+ What if I don’t have enough time to study module by module - will this still be a useful resource for me?
Many students effectively can use it as a comprehensive training library of reference materials for pre and perinatal development, attachment and healing, to dip in and out of at your leisure OR study the course module by module
+ What types of people sign-up for the online training?
Trainees come from a very wide range of professional background and skills. They include craniosacral therapists, psychologists and other therapists working with families, couples, individual adults, medical and allied health professionals.
This Online Access Package provides integrated knowledge and practical tools for parents, grandparents, teachers, partners and a wide range of practitioners to support resolution of issues stemming from early developmental trauma such as difficult births, neonatal intensive care, surgeries, hospitalizations of child or parent, adoption, insecure attachment, pre-maturity or mistreatment
If any of the following resonate with you, we are confident you will find an invaluable resource in Myrna's Online Training Access:
- You want to study pre and perinatal development, attachment and trauma, but are not able to attend an in-person training due to time, money, or other constraints
- You have already taken the APPPAH online training program and are wanting to go deeper
- You have taken or are currently studying a pre and perinatal professional training course, and you want an extra layer of support and resources at your fingertips as you deepen your skills
- You are a mental health professional or bodyworker, working with adults or children, and you want to help your clients more effectively, by being able to recognize and work with the early roots of trauma, and truly get to the source of your clients difficulties
- You are a doula, midwife, or birth worker wanting to know how to support mothers, babies and their families in optimal ways from the outset, and especially after a challenging birth
- You are an alternative health professional seeking more effective ways to work with the challenges your clients are showing up with
- You are a doctor or other medical professional wanting to deepen your knowledge in this field
- You are a teacher or educator, looking to gain insight into how to work more effectively with your students
- You are a parent wanting to understand how to better support your children, adoptive children, or your own fertility or assisted reproductive journey
- You are an adult wanting to understand and heal the effects of your own difficult early experiences
- You are associated with childbearing and early years work
+ Can I get individual support and input from Myrna?
Included already in this special Online Access Package, are the following:
- A 90 minute Online Live Q&A Session with Myrna, where you can submit questions in advance and get Myrna's expert input. If you can't attend the session live, you can still submit questions, and a recording will be provided
- One free group online consultation with Myrna is also included in your Online Package
You can also sign up separately for further monthly online group consultations with Myrna (additional costs apply after the first group consult included in this package)
+ Can this help with my own healing of early trauma?
Yes!
The videos include clear suggestions and options for pacing and pausing, to allow you to integrate this knowledge in a titrated, measured way.
The training videos are somatic in orientation, allowing you to experience the knowledge in your own body, not just learn on a cognitive level.
The Online Access also includes exercises, tools and techniques to help you start to uncover your own early imprints, which is the foundation to be able to work with this material with others.
Further avenues of individual support are available through the community of students, and a growing network of practitioners around the world, many of whom provide online sessions as well as small group process workshops.
Please note however, that an Online Training does not take the place of a qualified counsellor or physician
Ready to Sign-up?
Great - Welcome Aboard!
Purchase your special Online Training Package from Myrna with either a Credit/Debit Card
*Offer is available to BCTA/NA members until March 31, 2020
ALL COUNTRIES Except Canada
PROGRAM COST
$700 USD
Regular cost: $1000 USD
30% discount for BCTA/NA Members
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$700 USD
USA & International Purchase - CREDIT/DEBIT CARD
Canadian Members: please contact info@myrnamartin.net to pay in CAD Funds
What Happens Next:
Once we’ve received your payment, you are all signed up for Online Access. You will receive a purchase receipt for your payment right away, from either Stripe or PayPal
You will separately receive a welcome email, with all details of the next steps you need to access your Online Training Resources
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