Transforming the Trauma Tree: Recognizing, Reaching and Healing Earliest Trauma
Kate White, MA,
BCBMT, RCST®, CEIM, SEP, PPNE
There is a saying in osteopathy, “As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.” What we mean...
Infant and Toddler Development: From Conception to Age 3. What Babies Ask of Us
Mary Jane Maguire-Fong and Marsha Peralta, recently published, Infant and Toddler Development: From Conception to Age 3. What Babies Ask of Us. In their “Preface”, they acknowledged my mom as a colleague and friend who has been “a source of wisdom, counsel, and inspiration in this work” (pg. x). Peralta noted, “We have so appreciated her contributions to our thinking and perspective”
Human Baby, Human Being . . .
Matthew Appleton in conversation with Emma PalmerThe 8th and 9th of June 2019 will see the hosting of a fascinating two-day conference here in Bristol in England. The Human Baby, Human Being: Contributions from the emerging field of pre and perinatal psychology conference is being organised by Conscious Embodiment Training and ehealth Learning. An important aim of this landmark event is to bring together professionals interested in the long-term effects of prenatal and birth experiences.
Exploring the Relationship Between Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Family Violence: A Memoir
Submitted by:
Sally Dear-Healey, Ph.D., PPNE, CBE, Doula
“Therapists will have much more impact when they are able to conceptualize or discern more precisely what this...
Primary Object Relationship: A New Reading
With
Genovino Ferri and Mary Jane A. Paiva
When we talk about the primary object relationship, we first need to clarify that our perspective is one...
It’s Never Too Late: Healing Prebirth and Birth At Any Age – Review
I was taken by Mia’s presentation of both information about what happens and what outcomes may result and also her specific processes, complete with dialogues and case studies, to work toward understanding and healing moments that can and do create imprints that influence our lives to come—who we are in this world, how we view ourselves within our family system as well as our communities at large, and how we believe the world accepts and values us.
Spring 2019 Issue is Here
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Listening to Your Body: How to Include the Body in a Therapeutic Conversation
In a world dominated by the intellectual and imaginal mind, the body can be shunted to the background as something that’s dumb, numb, inconvenient...
Letter from the Editor
Greetings SPT Community,
It’s been quite a journey the past eight years for both Somatic Psychotherapy Today and me, as its Founding Editor-in-Chief. With our...
Contemplating from the Pre and Perinatal Perspective.
Embodied Awareness with Beth Haessig
When we are socializing with other people, our conversation often entails sharing something we know, such as “the government is...