Thomas R. Verny is a psychiatrist, writer and academic presently on the faculty
of the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. He has previously taught at Harvard
University, University of Toronto, York University, Toronto and St. Marys Uni-
versity,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dr. Verny's books, professional publications and founding of the PPPANA,
now APPPAH, and the Pre- and Perinatal Journal, have established him as
one of the world's leading authorities on the effect of the prenatal and early
postnatal environment on personality development. He lectures and leads
workshops on Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Psychotherapy through-
out Canada, the United States, Europe, South America and Southeast Asia.