Three part course
Meeting the Prenatal Shadow with Compassion
With Cherionna Menzam-Sills
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Cherionna Menzam-Sills PhD is a Somatic Prenatal and Birth Therapist and author who has taught and facilitated Pre- and Perinatal Psychology/Therapy, Continuum and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy globally. Her most recent publication is ‘The Prenatal Shadow: Healing the Traumas Experienced before and at Birth’.
In this course, Cherionna will help us:
In this course, Cherionna will help us:
- deepen our understanding of prenatal trauma
- gain greater clarity about how prenatal suffering may occur
- develop a deeper sense of compassion in the pre- and perinatal context
- gain increased confidence in meeting prenatal trauma
COURSE CONTENT
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Meeting the Prenatal Shadow with Compassion
Course Introduction
Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 19h - 19h30 UK time
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Module one
Opening the Portal
Monday, 2 November 2026 at 19h - 20h UK time
We all arrive with basic needs of being, including recognition, acknowledgment, unconditional
acceptance, an attuned holding field, and a sense of safety that enables us to simply be. Often, these basic needs are not fully met.
When we bring compassion to them, either in ourselves or in others, like our clients, these needs begin to be addressed. We provide a different, more welcoming, nurturing context than the one that was available during conception, gestation, birth, and beyond. In this class we will explore what this might mean for each of us and or consider specific clients in our care.
acceptance, an attuned holding field, and a sense of safety that enables us to simply be. Often, these basic needs are not fully met.
When we bring compassion to them, either in ourselves or in others, like our clients, these needs begin to be addressed. We provide a different, more welcoming, nurturing context than the one that was available during conception, gestation, birth, and beyond. In this class we will explore what this might mean for each of us and or consider specific clients in our care.
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Module two
Basic Needs of Being
Monday, 9 November 2026 at 19h - 20h UK time
We all arrive with basic needs of being, including recognition, acknowledgment, unconditional
acceptance, an attuned holding field, and a sense of safety that enables us to simply be. Often, these basic needs are not fully met.
When we bring compassion to them, either in ourselves or in others, like our clients, these needs begin to be addressed. We provide a different, more welcoming, nurturing context than the one that was available during conception, gestation, birth, and beyond. In this class we will explore what this might mean for each of us and or consider specific clients in our care.
acceptance, an attuned holding field, and a sense of safety that enables us to simply be. Often, these basic needs are not fully met.
When we bring compassion to them, either in ourselves or in others, like our clients, these needs begin to be addressed. We provide a different, more welcoming, nurturing context than the one that was available during conception, gestation, birth, and beyond. In this class we will explore what this might mean for each of us and or consider specific clients in our care.
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Module three
Addressing prenatally-derived shame with compassion
Monday, 16 November 2026 at 19h - 20h UK time
A posture of shame is easily recognised as being somewhat hunched over a protected heart. Interestingly, this is the same posture that is common when people have not experienced being seen, welcomed, and acknowledged a the time William Emerson has named, “Discovery,” when the pregnancy is confrmed with a pregnancy test.
How can we offer compassion to ourselves and others who may still be hiding, afraid of rejection, fearful of having their sense of worthlessness discovered? This class promises a rich, potentially deeply healing exploration.
How can we offer compassion to ourselves and others who may still be hiding, afraid of rejection, fearful of having their sense of worthlessness discovered? This class promises a rich, potentially deeply healing exploration.
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Entry/intermediate level
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Power Point Presentations
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Practical Exercises
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Q and A with presenter
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Life long access to recordings
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Certificate of Attendance on request
who can this benefit
- Therapists and practitioners who work with the body, the psyche, babies, pregnancy, fertility
- Parents and parents-to-be
- Anyone who has been born!
learning outcomes
- Increased confidence in meeting prenatal trauma
- Enhanced compassion for self and others
- Deeper understanding of effects of prenatal trauma
- Increased clarity about how prenatal suffering may occur
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