Kathy Welter-Nichols, CHT, HBCE, is a Master Hypnotist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Master Practitioner, Design Human Engineering (DHE) Specialist, Certified HypnoBirthing Educator, and Certified Doula. Profoundly focused on taking women back into their personal place of power, Kathy is the co-owner of Thought Models, Ways of the Wise Woman  & Just Be Well Canada. She has been working with hypnosis, guided visualization and meditation with clients and in groups for over 20 years globally. As co-creator of Shaman Inside, Kathy has presented on Bio-Energetic Field (embracing Qi Gong, Therapeutic Touch, Healing Touch, Reiki, Crystal Healing, Spiritual coaching, Meditation and Bereavement counseling) several times in Italy, UK and Ireland as well as in Canada. In her practice, Kathy sees clients for Bulimia and other eating disorders, anxiety, stress-related autoimmune disorders, addictions, and depression. She received the Volunteer of the Year Award - Spirit of Community for her contributions to her community in selfless giving to those experiencing life threatening illness.

Kathy is the author of My Birth: My Way (releasing in 2009), an examination of the impact of core values and beliefs surrounding pregnancy and birth, and how these impact mothers and babies. Kathy’s training with Marie Mongan in HypnoBirthing has equipped her to assist mothers during their birthing experience, bringing a deep calm and wisdom to the birthing experience and the birth room.  She attends her births as labour support and uses NLP and Hypnosis to assist mothers in preparation for birth and during birth - advancing mothers into states that enable them to go beyond their belief maps; their own internal fears are set aside and they experience birth and themselves in an entirely new way. Doctors and midwives alike have remarked on Kathy’s skill and calming presence in the birthing room assisting mothers and fathers to create remarkable birth experiences.

In addition to training couples in hypnobirthing, Kathy offers programs for VBAC moms and for those experiencing postpartum depression.  She lives and works with her husband Harry Nichols in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. They have two children and a granddaughter.

Kathy’s Presentations:

NLP: A Birth Model for Change