Welcome
Welcome to Module 4: Consciousness and Cellular Memory
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The Association of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health adopted and endorses the 12 Guiding Principles-PPN on Nurturing Human Potential from the Beginning of Life.
This module centers around Guiding Principle #4: Human beings are conscious, sentient, aware, and possess a sense of Self even during this very early primary period. We seek ever-increasing states of wholeness and growth through the expression of human life. This innate drive guides and infuses our human development. From the beginning of life, babies perceive, communicate, and learn, in ways that include an integration of mind-to-mind, energetic, and physical-sensorial capacities and ways of being.
Origins of the 12 Guiding Principles
Leading-edge prenatal and perinatal psychology- oriented therapists collaborated in an academic community grant project funded by the Bower Foundation to create the 12 Guiding Principles. Primary authors and project coordinators:
Wendy Anne McCarty, PhD, RN, HNB-BC, DCEP
Co-Founder and Core Faculty, Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology Program, Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. Leader in optimizing human potential and family living from the beginning of life. Global holistic consultant to families and professionals. Presenter, educator, and trainer. Early developmental theorist and author of Welcoming Consciousness as well as over 40 publications. www.wondrousbeginnings.com
Marti Glenn, PhD
Founding President, Santa Barbara Graduate Institute with graduate programs in Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology. Clinical Director, Ryzio Institute offering professional trainings and intensive retreats to help adults heal early trauma. A pioneering psychotherapist and educator. Recent recipient of the Verny Lifetime Achievement Award in Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology. www.ryzio.com
The 12 Guiding Principles are featured in numerous publications, including:
Weinstein, A. (2016). Prenatal Development and Parents Lived Experiences. New York, NY: WW Norton.
McCarty, W. A. & Glenn, M. (2008). Investing in human potential from the beginning of life: Keys to maximizing human capital. Journal of Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health, 23 (2), 117-135.