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The Primal Wound: A Preliminary Investigation into the Effects of Separation from the Birth Mother on Adopted Children Publication Date: 12/1987 Author(s): Author: Nancy Verrier Although adoption is considered by many people to be the optimal solution to the problem of relinquished children, the growing number of adoptees searching for birth parents and the advent of pre- and peri-natal psychology suggest that it is not so simple a solution as had once been thought. |
Teaching the Unborn: Precept and Practice Publication Date: 10/1987 Author(s): Author: Brent Logan Various prenatal stimulation approaches over recent years have resulted in thousands of children with exceptional abilities that do not prove problematic-unlike enhancement lacking an in utero component. Nonetheless, at the inception of every major historical shift transitional measures are idiosyncratic, unsystematically deriving impetus from early success while not yet identifying a common theme in order to promote consistent achievement. This challenge is met through synthesis leading toward comprehensive application. |
The Effect of Infertility on Female Sexuality Publication Date: 10/1987 Author(s): Author: Karen Reed Infertility affects one in six couples in America. Only half, or five million of them will be helped by medical means. For the others, the problem is long term. Women who are infertile may not only grieve the childless state, but must also incorporate the inability to have a child into their sexual identity. The emotional turmoil of infertility can have far reaching effects. The woman's self identity is called into question, as are her role expectations. The quest to become pregnant overshadows daily living, which can affect the couples relationship. |
Influence of a Bath During Labor on the Experience of Maternity Publication Date: 05/1987 Author(s): Author: F Gillot-de-Vries The data collected in this study tends to show that the bath has improved the experience of pregnancy and delivery, particularly for women of the pathological group, and among those mostly for primiparas. Their experience often comes fairly close to that of the normal group. We can suggest that the bath has a relaxing, a reassuring and an analgesic effect which provides favourable conditions for a satisfactory delivery even in pathological cases, where women could otherwise have been overwhelmed with anxiety. |
Psychosocial Stress, Anxiety and Pregnancy Complications: Issues for Public Policy Publication Date: 03/1987 Author(s): Author: Kathleen M Kalil A review of the literature regarding the relationship between psychosocial stress, anxiety, and occupation on pregnancy complications reveals several interesting patterns. Specifically, emotional reactions during pregnancy (McDonald 1968; Joffe, 1969; Spielberger & Jacobs, 1976) and stress before pregnancy (Gorsuch, 1974) have been associated with a larger number of pregnancy complications such as miscarriages, prolonged labor, breech births, and premature births. With approximately 63% of women over the age of 16 working (U.S. |
Techniques for Dealing with Prenatal and Perinatal Issues in Therapy: A Bodymind Perspective Publication Date: 03/1987 Author(s): Author: Gay Hendricks Case studies are given which describe how a birth/prenatal paradigm is used to treat adult psychological disturbance. The authors discuss diagnostic cues for discriminating prenatal from perinatal issues. Several treatment techniques are explored: verbal psychotherapy, breathwork, a prenatal therapy procedure done in warm water, and movement therapy. |
The Role of Prenatal Trauma in the Development of the Negative Birth Experience Publication Date: 03/1987 Author(s): Author: E A Barnett In this paper the author reviews and extends his previous researches into the negative birth experience. He notes that the incidence of the negative birth experience is constant at about 30% even in asymptomatic individuals who on further enquiry admit to restrictive feelings which have effectively limited their access to a full potential. The prominence of the negative birth experience in the production of certain symptom complexes is detailed. The negative birth experience is therefore to be considered a potent inhibiting factor to be dealt with therapeutically wherever it is discovered. |
Treating the Trauma of Abortion Publication Date: 12/1986 Author(s): Author: Helen H Watkins The author describes a technique to ease the trauma of abortion to the mother by attempting to communicate with the fetus using hypnotic visualization. As a result, women who employed the technique experienced little or no guilt following abortion, with some having spontaneous miscarriages. Each one reported the experience as positive, and appeared to have opened the grieving process prior to the loss of the fetus, leading to an increased sense of continuity and completeness in the experience.Also discussed is a case of attempted but uncompleted abortion. |
Frank Lake's Maternal-Fetal Distress Syndrome and Primal Integration Workshops - Part II Publication Date: 10/1986 Author(s): Author: Roger C S Moss A brief description is given of the development of Frank Lake's theory of the origin of certain fundamental disorders of personality in the emotional distress transmitted by the mother to the fetus. The theory can be stated as follows: "The behavioral reactions of a pregnant mother affect her fetus in ways which contribute to its perceptions of itself and of its environment in the womb; and these perceptions persist into adult life".Some evidence for the particular importance of what occurs in the first trimester of pregnancy is presented. |
Tess: The Emotional and Physiological Effects of Prenatal Physical Trauma Publication Date: 10/1986 Author(s): Author: Clara Deatherage Riley This paper will present a verbatim account of an abreaction to the prenatal trauma of a blow to the mother's abdomen with its subsequent effects on the physical and emotional development of the person and its sequalae in adult life.The patient, whom we Tess, presented with the psychosomatic complaint of dermatitis. In this session, the dialogue concerns the exploration of this symptom and its significance to the personality. It reveals that the prenatal trauma became associated with a fear of expressing her wants and needs, resulting in a breaking out of the skin. |
Essential Clinical Principles For Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology Practitioners Publication Date: Author(s): Author: Marti Glenn, Author: Robin Cappon The burgeoning research in attachment theory, affective neuroscience, polyvagal theory, epigenetics, and trauma treatment has given new directions for the practice of prenatal and perinatal psychology. The authors offer essential fundamentals for the integration of these new principles into clinical practice with individuals and families from pre-conception through adulthood. |
Implantation Journey: The Original Human Myth (Part 2) Publication Date: Author(s): Author: Karlton Terry The implantation journey of the blastocyst/embryo is traced throughout its many biologic/embryologic transitions and transmutations. Possible psychological impacts that may arise from early stresses, imprints, and other experiences are discussed. The journeying blastocyst/embryo is sometimes portrayed as a protagonist in the transcript of each human being’s personal past. Events confronted and subsequent coping or survival styles during the journey are examined in reference to adult behavior patterns and belief systems. |
The Effects of Prenatal Yoga on Birth Outcomes: A Systematic Review of the Literature Publication Date: Author(s): Author: Kelly Riley, Author: Emily Drake Importance There are limited data to demonstrate the potential impact of prenatal yoga on birth outcomes such as maternal comfort, labor duration, and infant gestational age and weight. |