A collection of courses curated by APPPAH’s education team to offer an overview of
Birth Psychology principles



10+ engaging presentations , created by experts in the field of Birth Psychology, combine to provide an overview survey of basic principles and practices. This content helps make the connection between the physical/biological aspects of birth and the psychological impact the birth experience has on conscious prenates, infants and adults.

In this course you will learn:

  • The importance of understanding the baby from the inside out. In our modern world, we come at babies from the outside in.
  • How to get the baby’s story and hear from their perspective
  • Understand the neurophysiology of trauma in infants
  • That prevention begins with working on our own early experiences

Who is the course for:

  • Therapists, educators, birth workers and medical professionals~ Anyone who is interested in better understanding the baby’s experience and preventing early trauma. All practitioners who work with moms and babies and want to be able to serve them in the best way possible.




Deepen your understanding of Birth Psychology with these experts:

  • Wendy Anne McCarty, PhD
  • Karen Strange, CPM
  • John Chitty, RPP, RCST
  • Rebecca Thompson Hitt, MS, MFT
  • Alison Hazelbaker, PhD
  • William Emerson, PhD
    and more!

Part I- Understanding Baby's Experience

  • Welcoming Consciousness By Wendy Anne McCarty, PhD
  • The Baby’s experience of Birth and Tools for Healing by Karen Strange, CPM
  • Understanding Early Imprints: Memory and The Conscious Baby

Part II - Bonding, Attachment and Breastfeeding from the Baby's Perspective

  • The Impact of Betrayal on the Autonomic Nervous System by John Chitty
  • Seen, Heard and Felt: Supporting Mother-Baby and Partner by Rebecca Thompson Hitt
  • Infant Trauma, Breastfeeding and 15 Stress Vectors for Babies with Alison Hazelbaker

Part III- Integrating our Early Experiences

  • Psychotherapy with Infants with William Emerson
  • Four Baskets with Catherine Lightfoot, CPM
  • Trauma-Informed Care from Baby’s Perspective by Kate White





Curriculum

  Part I- Understanding Baby's Experience
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  Part II - Bonding, Attachment and Breastfeeding from the Baby's Perspective
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  Part III- Integrating our Early Experiences
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