Interactive Forums
and Special Concurrent Sessions

Friday Morning 9:30-12:30

Interactive Forum: Crisis in Birth
Barbara Findeisen, Moderator. Presentations by Dana Johnson, M.D., James Prescott, Ph.D., and Robbie Davis-Floyd, Ph.D. discussed the psychological challenges of obstetric technology, unwanted and toxic pregnancies, and unattached children. Friday Afternoon 2:00-5:00 pm

Interactive Forum: Genesis of Personality
Thomas Verny, Moderator. Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., Peter Nathanielsz, M.D. , Ph.D. and Allan Schore, Ph.D. explored the latest research in the development of cognition, memory, language, and neurology. How human connections shape the development of personality and intelligence.

Saturday Morning 9:30 am-12:30 pm

Interactive Forum: The Genesis of Relationship
Michael Trout, Moderator. Paula Hammam, Martin Srajek, Ph.D., and Deborah Weatherston, Ph.D. discussed how we first become connected to another, what might be done when things go wrong, and how early connections influence our later availability for relatedness.

2:00-5:00 pm

Special Concurrent Sessions: Practical Applications

I. Optimal Birth
Robert Oliver, M.D., Ph.D., Raewyn Glasglow, C.N.M., Gladys McGarey, M.D., Priscilla Tait, C.N.M. and Maureen Wolfe, C.N.M. discussed optimal birth.

II Innovative Psychotherapies
Wendy Anne McCarty, Ph.D., Repatterning in Infant Therapy at the BEBA Clinic; Antonio Madrid, Ph.D., Bonding Failures and Child Asthma: Treatment Successes with Brief Hypnosis;
and David Chamberlain, Ph.D., Treatment of Vanishing Twin Syndrome
III. Treatment of Prenatal and Birth Trauma
William Emerson, Ph.D, Ray Castellino, D.C., Raja Selvam, Ph.D.and a guest speaker discussed the treatment of early trauma.

Sunday Morning 9:30-12

Final Interactive Forum: The Genesis of Health and Spirit
Marti Glenn, Ph.D., Moderator. Eva Gundberg, M.D., Jean Leidloff, Ralph Metzner, Ph.D. and Joseph Chilton Pearce made presentations on the integration of emotional, spiritual, and scientific dimensions leading into richer possibilities for pre-and perinatal and life-long health.