Hypnobirthing® Founder

Marie Mongan, M.Ed., MHy., of Concord, NH is an award-winning Hypnotherapist who brings to her classroom over thirty year's experience in education and counseling on the collegiate level and in the private sector.

She is a former college dean, who early in her career, was named one of five outstanding educational leaders in New Hampshire, and awarded a Ford Foundation Fellowship to Harvard University.

Marie (best known as "Mickey") is licensed by the State of New Hampshire as a counselor and is certified as a Hypnotherapist, Hypnoanesthesiologist, and instructor of hypnotherapy. She holds several awards for distinguished service and achievement in the field and is the 1995 recipient of the NGH President's Award. Her practice includes group and individual work in a wide spectrum of therapy applications.

Mickey is the mother of four children, all born in the late 50s and early 60s. She experienced all four labors using the techniques of Dr. Grantly Dick-Read, the pioneer in the field of natural childbirth, upon whose work Mickey has based Hypnobirthing®. Two of her births were entirely free of anesthesia at a time when it was unheard of.  Her book, Hypnobirthing® --A Celebration of Life, was written in 1989; the expanded version is now available.