Course Overview:

Nekole Shapiro is a brilliant, sought-after birth and trauma expert who I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the past few years.  I’ve seen her in action in groups and one on one, and am always and ever amazed at the breakthroughs that happen when she’s around.

Over years of working with deeply traumatized people, Nekole has adapted Permissive Counseling for birth as a key component of the peer counseling system she teaches.  It’s based on the idea that each of us has the innate ability to heal ourselves… given the right support and tools.  In this model–utilizing just a few key practices that anyone can learn–we heal by helping each other heal.  Just by giving loving attention and following a few simple guidelines.

Here, you have access to a short how-to on Permissive Counseling.  It’s a simple and powerful method, and a way to address secondary trauma is long overdue in the birth advocacy and doula community.  Let’s do it together!

If you prefer, you may view the entire course in PDF.  See “Downloads for this topic” in the sidebar to the right.