Authors

Dr. Aileen Pidgeon is a clinical psychologist and A/Professor of Psychology at Bond University, Gold Coast. She has co-authored over 30 publications. Her Ph.D. resulted in publishing and disseminating the Pathways Triple P-Positive Parenting Program for at-risk families. Dr Pidgeon sits on a number of boards and advisory groups in the field of education and research.

Amy Lauren Shapira, M.A., is a physical therapist, childbirth educator, and lactation instructor. She holds a Master’s degree in pre- and perinatal psychology from Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. Her master’s project—Prenatal and perinatal psychology: A review of the history, principles, clinical findings, scientific basis and applications—is the basis for a Hebrew-language internet resource (www.ppn-info.net) for the Israeli public, and is the first Hebrew website on pre- and perinatal psychology.

Anna M. Hennessey, visiting scholar and adjunct faculty at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, California, works on the philosophical, religious, and artistic dimensions of birth. She is currently writing a book on the way that art and other objects go through a transformative process between religious, secular, and sacred ontologies when used during birth as a rite of passage (Lexington Books, forthcoming).