Invitation to the 10th Biennial Congress
on Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health
Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco
December 6-9, 2001Birth: The Genesis of Health
Invitation From the Congress Executive committee
Invitation From the Congress Executive committee: Marti Glenn, William R. Emerson, Barbara Findeisen, and Maureen WolfeThey are coming from India, England, France, Lithuania, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Mars and Venus to celebrate the quantum leap of prenatal and perinatal psychology and health into the mainstream of world life. Come share the distinctive warmth of the 10th APPPAH party packed with surprises, challenging interactive forums, inspirational breakfasts, networking luncheons, the indispensable bookstore, author book signings, friendly exhibits, and a Pow-Wow on activism!
The congress committee is proud to bring you a parade of extraordinary leaders, thinkers, and researchers who are changing scientific thinking, influencing public opinion and policy, and generally guiding us into a new paradigm of birth and health. A small sample of what is coming: Dublin's Benig Mauger brings the soul back to childbirth, pioneering physician Gladys McGary brings the best of obstetrics to birth at home, while psychotherapist Gayle Peterson improves childbirth outcomes with prenatal counseling.
At the core of the congress process are four plenary forums, one of them being "Birth: The Genesis of Personality" moderated by Thomas Verny. Peter Nathanielsz, M.D., Ph.D. Cornell prenatal physiologist, will discuss life in the womb and its lifelong effects. UCLA neurobiologist Allan Schore, an expert on affect regulation, will present techniques for optimizing health and development. And cell biologist Bruce Lipton will explain how prenatal cells learn from parents and their environment-proving that genetics and nurturing work together to create human potential.
As always, the Congress is embraced by Pre-Congress Workshops beginning on December 5th and 6th, and Post-Congress Workshops on December 9th and 10th. For incomparable training, arrive a day early or stay an extra day to learn from renowned authorities including Lewis Mehl-Madronna, M.D., Ph.D., from Beth Israel Hospital in New York City, cell biologist Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., researcher and author Peter Nathanielsz, M.D., Ph.D, from Cornell University, UCLA Medical School therapist and neurobiologist Allan Schore, Ph.D., ageless teacher and author Joseph Chilton Pearce, beloved and courageous obstetrician Bob Oliver from North Carolina, psychologist and expert hypnotherapist Tony Madrid, Ph.D., infant trauma therapist, Ray Castellino, D.C., from Santa Barbara, and trail-blazing psychologist William Emerson. It's all waiting for you in San Francisco. We invite you to join the increasing number of professionals who have found this economical way to gain additional professional training at these biennial congresses.
Please use the Registration Form included in this column. For discounted hotel accommodations for the Congress, call the Cathedral Hill Hotel now to assure the special conference rate (800-622-0855).
For further information, contact the Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health or any member of the Congress Executive Committee:
Marti Glenn, Ph.D. Chairperson
Barbara Findeisen, M.F.T.
William Emerson, Ph.D.
Maureen Wolfe, C.N.M.
Cheek Memorial Lecturer Leo Sorger
Leo Sorger, M.D. is the David B. Cheek Memorial Lecturer 2001. APPPAH created the David B. Cheek Memorial Lecture on Psychosomatic Obstetrics in 1997 to honor an esteemed colleague and to assure that his work will be long remembered. David Cheek, who died in June 1996 at the age of 84, was a pioneering obstetrician who illuminated the realities of infant consciousness at birth and invented new approaches to birth trauma, premature birth, and infertility. David was a beloved and loyal member of APPPAH, served on the board of directors for five years, and was a popular speaker at congresses.
David spent fifty years caring for pregnant women, taught clinical hypnosis to physicians, psychologists, and dentists in the United States and abroad, served as the 6th president of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and published fifty papers and books that remain milestones in pre- and perinatal psychology and health.
The inaugural lecture in this series was given at the 1997 congress in San Francisco by renowned pediatrician Marshall Klaus, M.D. In 1999 the lecturer was physician, psychologist and researcher Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D, Ph.D. This year we honor obstetrician Leo Sorger.
Trained in both Germany and the United States, Leo is an exemplary holistic obstetrician-gynecologist who has served women and babies for 42 years. Since 1971 he has been a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology practicing in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and, most recently in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. For over twenty years he served as a clinical instructor at Boston University Medical School.
During his career Leo has been a dedicated proponent of natural, upright birth, attending hundreds of home births and providing backup for home birth midwives in both the United States and the Virgin Islands. A journalist once described him as "a midwife with a beard." In Massachusetts he was one of the first physicians to employ a midwife in his practice. Dedicated to reforms in obstetrics, he has served on many advisory boards including Doctors Opposed to Circumcision (D.O.C.) and the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN).
You may have seen him on the cover of Birth Gazette magazine, in the films Hello Baby and Once a Cesareanor in the videos Channel for a New Life, and Baby Joy featuring the birth of his son by Elizabeth Noble in a hot tub in the garden of their home in Cape Cod. Leo wrote the Foreword to Silent Knife by Nancy Cohen and was medical consultant to Having Twins and The Joy of Being a Boy written by Elizabeth Noble.
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