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...

Blossoming is Mandatory, Sparkling is Optional.

By Holly Holt   The Sacramento sky is scattered with fluff. The trees, covered in pink and white blooms reminiscent of the bedspread my mother chose...

It’s Never Too Late: Healing Prebirth and Birth at Any Age – A Reflection...

Early in the writing of the first draft of It’s Never Too Late: Healing Prebirth and Birth At Any Age, I discovered there were steps, especially in the embryo’s story, that even after studying, I had difficulty envisioning. At the time I wondered, could I leave these hard to reach, yet essential steps out of my written examination? Would anyone besides experienced embryologists and biodynamic craniosacral therapy teachers notice? It didn’t take long to come clean with myself, that if I skipped intricate steps in my understanding, I would only further reinforce what was at the root of my amnesia, and that in order to be whole myself, I had to find out what was going on.

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...

Prenatal and Birth Experience: Shadow and Potential

By Cherionna Menzam-Sills, PhD, ISMETA RSMT/E, RCST Adapted from a chapter in her forthcoming book, Fluid and Cosmos: Embodying Our Original Embryological Potential “Silence like a cancer grows.”...

Listening to Your Body: How to Include the Body in a Therapeutic Conversation

Take a moment right now and see where you stand with your body. Close your eyes and bring your awareness to your inner experience. Do you feel intimate, comfortable and confident in this physical space? Place a hand on your abdomen. Do you feel connected and loving? Or, are you distant, awkward, or judgmental?

Neonatal Cardiometabolic Palpation: A New Paradigm in Biodynamic Practice

    By Michael J. Shea, PhD         In The Beginning An infant’s first year is the most metabolically active time in the entire human lifespan. Extensive remodeling of...

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...

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.