About me

Your HypnoBirthing®Practitioner is me: Elisabeth van den Berkmortel van der Kuyl. I am the mother of Sophie, Pieter and Christiaan. 
I started my career as an inhouse lawyer.

Being pregnant, I wanted to participate in a pregnancy education class that did not concentrate only on the size of my belly or the development of my baby. To my big surprise I could not find a course that fit my need to learn more about the emotional and even spiritual development. That is why I started a quest to combine the different levels of pregnancy and birth to a holistic one. This has lead me to a journey of continual development; both personal as professional. I said farewell to my old profession and skilled myself as a pregnancy educator.

I focus my support on the mothers innate strength. My intuition, calm, faith and enthusiasm will help expectant parents to connect to themselves and the baby on different levels. This process ensures that they will be stronger and more sensitive than they were before pregnancy and birth.

In 2006, I was invited by Marie Mongan to come to Phoenix, Arizona to complete the HypnoBirthing Practitioner course. I have given HypnoBirthing classes to more than 120 Dutch and international couples. Every year, I meet the recertification demands that are set by the HypnoBirthing Institute.

I was lucky to have been taught by many inspiring trainers, such as Marie Mongan and Sherry Gilbert (HypnoBirthing), Ina May Gaskin (midwife), Debra Pascali-Bonaro (doula) en Heather Bruce (acupuncturist).

To complement my work as a HypnoBirthing Practitioner, I completed the Birth Doula Course with Childbirth International in 2009 and I have currently taken up a study to become a licensed acupuncturist. Besides that, I am the founder of PregnancyCoaching and I teach students to become a pregnancy yoga teacher at Integral Yoga in Rotterdam.