Joanne’s Educational Background

Certifications:

• Licensed Massage Therapist; 1985
• Certified Infant Massage Instructor; 1986
• Certified Feldenkrais Practioner; 1991
• Certified Doula (DONA); 1999
• Certified Baby’s First Massage Instructor 2004
• Certified Hypnobabies Hypnosis for Childbirth; 2007
• Certified Hug Your Baby Teacher 2008
• Certified Calm Birth Teacher 2009
• Certified Fertility Massage Specialist-Nurturing the Mother 2009
• Certified in Pregnancy Massage-Nurturing the Mother 2012
• Arvigo Method of Maya Abdominal Therapy Practioner 2013
• Focusing Professional Training 2015-2017
• Spinning Babies®Aware Practitioner 2017

Trainings:

• Birth Basics-Penny Simkins 2001
• When Survivors Give Birth-Penny Simkins 2004
• Taking the Labor out of Labor-Debra Pascali-Bonaro 2004
• Normalizing Breech Birth-Ina May Gaskin 2009
• Aroma 101 – Essential Oils- Jade Shutes 2012
• Biological Nurturing Basic and Advanced-Suzanne Colson 2012/13
• Acupressure in Pregnancy and Labor-Debra Betts 2013
• Rebozo in Labor-Gena Kirby 2013
• Ethics of PostNatal Care and Touch-Sacred Window School 2014
• Spinning Babies-Gail Tulley 2014
• Lymphatic Drainage Breast Massage Hand Expression-Alison Hazelbaker 2014
• Birth Emergency Skills Training 2014
• Holding Space For Pregnancy Loss 2018

Ongoing Studies in:

• Authentic Movement
• CranioSacral Therapy
  • Upledger Institute 1996/2000/2008
  • Michael Shea-Pediatric CST 2003
  • Alison Hazelbaker-CST and Infant Breastfeeding 2015
• Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
  • Level 1 & 2 – Jondi White 2015