Lectures are usually two to three hours long supported by Power Point, 35 mm slides or
overhead transparencies, depending on available AV equipment. One of the major focuses
of these talks will be to explore the effect of maternal stress, depression and anxiety on the
unborn child as well as the importance of prenatal communication and prenatal bonding
for the physical and mental health of the unborn child. If required, self-assessment questions,
handouts and references will be supplied. These topics can also be discussed in depth in
workshops and seminars. The following is a representative list of past lectures.
• An Introduction to Pre and Perinatal Psychology: New Directions in Understanding
• Early Human Development
• Genesis of Personality
• Secret Lessons: How Parents Shape the Personalities of their Children from before Birth
• The Birth of Violence
• The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Pregnancy, Labor and Birth
• Depending on the Kindness of Strangers: The Day Care Dilemma
• Womb Ecology = World Ecology
• The Psychobiology of Trauma, Abuse, and Neglect
• Rocking the Inner Cradle: Essentials of Conscious Parenting from Conception
• The Stork In The Lab: Biological, Psychological, Ethical, Social and Legal Aspects
• of Third Party Conceptions
• Basic Goodness: The Origins and Development of Trust, Empathy and Altruism
• Uses and Abuses of Pre and Peri-Natal Material in Psychotherapy
