References
This list does not necessarily indicate endorsement or suggest that these are the best references available. They represent some of the current, relevant text. This is a fluid page and references will rotate in and out.
Books
Prenatal, Perinatal, and Postnatal +
Buckley, S. (2005). Gentle birth, gentle mothering. Brisbane, Australia: One Moon Press.
Read 184-213.
Chamberlain, David (1988/1998) The Mind of Your Newborn Baby. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
Cozolino, L. (2006). The neuroscience of human relationships: Attachment and the developing social brain. New York: W. W Norton& Company, Inc.
Field, T. (1990), Infancy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Marshall Klaus & Phyllis Klaus (1985), Your Amazing Newborn. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
Mendizza, M. and Pearce, J. C. (2004). Magical Parent: Magical Child. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
Pearce. J. C. (1977). Magical child. New York: Bantam Books.
Perry, B.D. Aggression and Violence: The Neurobiology of Experience. Scholastic.com. September 25, 2006. http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/bruceperry/aggression violence.htm.
Ridgeway, R. with House, S. H. (2006). The unborn child: Beginning a whole life and overcoming problems of early origin. New York: Karnac. (This link will take you to the book’s web page)
Schore, A. N. (1994). Affect regulation and the origin of the self: The neurobiology of emotional development. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Siegel, D. J. (1999). The developing mind. New York: Guilford Press.
Siegel, D., & Hartzell, M. (2003). Parenting from inside out: How a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc.
Solter, A. J. (2001). The aware baby. Goleta, Ca: Shining Star Press.
Some`, S. E., (1999). Welcoming spirit home. Novato, CA: New World Library.
Tomatis, A., (2005). The Ear and The Voice. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
Wirth, F. (2001), Prenatal Parenting: The Complete Psychological and Spiritual Guide to Loving Your Unborn Child. New York: HarperCollins/ReganBooks.
Verny, T., & Weintraub, P. (2002). Tomorrow’s baby: The art and science of parenting from conception through infancy. New York: Simon and Shuster.
Sound, Music, Voice
Campbell, D. G., (2001). The Mozart Effect: Tapping The Power Of Music To Heal The Body, Strengthen The Mind And Unlock The Creative Spirit. New York: Harper Collins/Quill.
Davis, D. S., (2004) Sound Bodies through Sound Therapy. Landing, NJ: Kalco Publishsing.
Goldman J. Sonic entertainment. In: Campbell D, ed. Music Physician for Times to Come. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books; 1991: 217-233.
Maman, F. (1997). The Role Of Music In The Twenty-First Century: Tama-Do Press.
Montemurro, R. N. (1996). Singing lullabies to unborn children: Experience in village Vilamarxant, Spain. Pre-and Perinatal Psychology Journal, 11(1), 9-16.
Schwartz, F. J. (1997). Music and perinatal stress reduction. Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, 12 (1), 19-29.
Szejer, M. (2005). Talking to babies: Healing with words on a maternity ward. Boston: Beacon Press.
Whitwell, G. E. (1997). The importance of prenatal sound and music. Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, 13(3-4), 255-262.
Energy Medicine
Lipton, Bruce, H. (2008). The Biology of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles. Santa Rosa, CA: Mountain of Love/ Elite Books.
Oschman, J.L. (2000). Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis. New York: Churchill Livingstone.
Articles
Castellino, R. (1997). The caregiver’s role in birth and newborn and self-attachment needs. Santa Barbara, CA: BEBA. (Available from BEBA, 805 687-2897.
Castellino, R. (2000). The stress matrix: Implications for prenatal and birth therapy. Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychgology and Health, 15(1), 31-62.
Chamberlain, David B. (1994). The sentient prenate: What every parent should know. Pre and Perinatal Psychology Journal, 9(1), 9-31.
McCarty, W. A. (2002) Keys to healing and preventing foundational trauma: What babies are teaching us. Bridges—ISSSEEM Magazine, 13(4), 8-12.
Odent, M. (2007). The function of joy in pregnancy. Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, 21 (4), 307-313.
Perry, B.D. Self-Regulation: The Second Core Strength. Early Childhood Today 16:3, 20-21 2001.
Schore, A. N. (2001). Effects of a secure attachment relationship on right brain development, affect regulation, and infant mental health. Infant Mental Health Journal, 22(1-2), 7-66.
Thomson, P. (2004) The impact of trauma n the embryo and fetus: an application of the diathesis-stress model and the neurovulnerability-neurotoxicity model. Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, 19(1), 9-64.
Williamson, G. G., & Anzalone, M. E. (2001). Sensory integration and self-regulation in infants and toddlers: Helping very young children interact with their environment. Washington, DC: Zero to Three.
Internet
*A must: Bruce Lipton - The New Biology - Where Mind and Matter Meet:
Pt 2 of 2 (the conscious parenting section starts at 57:33)
The International Society of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine
The Association of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health’s (APPPAH) webpage has many articles available for free to read. Further, there is a listing of all the articles and authors’ published materials in the APPPAH Journal with a search function available on the home page.
This website has a list of books by topic with links to booksellers.
Birthwork’s Primal Health Research (choose: Keywords) Many empirically based articles on prenatal and perinatal psychology issues.