Infant Trauma and Breastfeeding is an engaging presentation by Dr. Hazelbaker that presents the vectors for trauma that disrupt the normal feeding sequence of the breastfed baby. She further describes the behavioral effects of these vectors and the manner in which they present during breastfeeding. Multiple algorithms illustrating trauma and breastfeeding will be provided.

Dr. Hazelbaker has been a therapist for over 30 years. She specializes in cross-

disciplinary treatment and to that end has taken training in several modalities to

best assist her clients. She is a certified Craniosacral Therapist, a Haller Method

practitioner, a Lymph Drainage Therapy practitioner, a Pre and Perinatal

Psychology Educator and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in

private practice.

She earned her undergraduate degree from New York University, Her master’s

Degree from Pacific Oaks College (Human Development specializing in Human

Lactation) and her doctorate from The Union Institute and University

(Psychology, specializing in Energetic and Transformational healing.) She is a

Fellow of the International Lactation Consultant Association and recently won the

APPPAH award for PPNE student of the year.

Her original research on tongue-tie, completed in 1993, has changed clinical practice

both in the USA and abroad. She authored the Assessment Tool for Lingual

Frenulum Function (ATLFF) during her Master’s Degree program. The ATLFF

remains the only research-based tongue-tie screening process in infants under 6

months regardless of feeding method.

Dr. Hazelbaker authored Tongue-tie: Morphogenesis, Impact, Assessment and

Treatment, and multiple monographs and articles on lactation theory and

management. As an innovator, she invented the Hazelbaker™ FingerFeeder to

address infant sucking problems. She serves on both the JHL and Clinical

Lactation Journal Editorial Review boards and reviews monographs, books and

DVDs for the ILCA Globe.

She is a sought after speaker and speaks at conferences all over the world. She

maintains a busy teaching schedule as training craniosacral practitioners to work

with infant feeding issues. She incorporates the principles of pre and perinatal psychology and health into all her presentations and classes.