Required and Recommended Reading

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Required Reading: (all links open in a new browser tab or window)


Levine, P. (2016) Trauma and memory: Brain and body in a search for the living past: A practical guide for understanding and working with traumatic memory. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books. Chapters 1-6.

McCarty, W. A. (2012). Welcoming consciousness: Supporting babies’ wholeness from the beginning of life­–An integrated model of early development. Santa Barbara, CA: Wondrous Beginnings Publishing. Especially Section IV: Building an Integrated Model in Early Development, but the whole book is really a great companion book to the whole curriculum. Available through Amazon and other online bookstores in print and ebook (e.g. Kindle) editions. Print editions also in Spanish, German, and Portuguese through online bookstores.

Siegal, D. (2012). The developing mind, 2nd ed: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are. New York, NY: Guildford Press.(available to borrow at https://birthpsych.overdrive.com )

Wilks, J. Ed. (2017). An integrative approach to treating babies and children: A multidisciplinary approach. Philadelphia, PA and London, England: Singing Dragon. Chapter 7.


Recommended Reading:

Levine, P. & Fredrick, A. (1997.) Waking the tiger: Healing trauma, the innate capacity to transform overwhelming experiences. CA: North Atlantic Books.

Levine, P. (2010). In an unspoken voice: How the body releases trauma and restores goodness. CA: North Atlantic Books.

McCarty, W.A. (2014). Emotional freedom techniques (EFT) for the beginning of life:Supporting wholeness, human Potential, and optimal relationships. In D. Church and S. Marohn (Eds.) EFT anthology: The clinical EFT handbook: A definitive resource for practitioners, scholars, clinicians, and researchers. Energy Psychology Press. (Available from author.)

Terry, Karlton. (2013). The implantation journey: the original human myth. The Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology & Health 27 (4), 275-288. & 28 (1 & 2)


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