International Society of Prenatal and

Perinatal Psychology and Medicine (ISPPM)

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XII. International ISPPM Congress

London 11. - 15. September 1998

at the Queen Mary and

Westfield College of the University of London

Conscious Birth

The Experience of a Lifetime

The dawning awareness that the human baby is normally conscious at birth lays the foundation for a paradigm shift with immense consequences. The Congress will review the now irrefutable tide of evidence for prenatal and perinatal consciousness, examine its impact on the dynamics of the human condition, survey the history of the emergence of the new paradigm and the reaction it has met and explore the implications for a range of fields.
Program: FRIDAY 11th SEPTEMBER 1998
 
 
14.00 Registration desk is open to welcome delegates to the Congress
 16.00 Meeting Point with light refreshments
 

 17.15 - 18.30 OPENING EVENT
Joining the Learning Community 
 18.30 Evening Meal

 20.00 - 21.30 PLENARY EVENT
Presenter: William Emerson
Subject: Birth Trauma: What Causes It and Its Effects on Adult Life
Scene Setting Overview of the Congress Theme
 
 
 
 
Program: SATURDAY 12th SEPTEMBER 1998
 
 
9.00 - 9.45 STAR GROUPS

 9.45 - 11.00 PLENARY
Presenter: David Chamberlain
Subject: Paradigm-Breaking Realities of Life in the Womb

 11.30 - 13.00 Parallel Sessions
 
Presenter:  
Leo Leader 

Subject: Foetal heart habituation to vibroaccousitc stimulation as a predictor of infant development at 3 years of age 

Presenter:  
M. Scardino, S. Janjatovic,  
& L. Zichella 

Subject: The Decoding of the Maternal-Foetal Relationship 

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Style: Sequential Presentations

Presenter:  
Barbara Findeison 

Subject: Pre and Perinatal Grounds of Adult Pathology: A Psychotherapeutic Approach 

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Style: Lecture

Presenter:  
Ester Buchholz 

Subject: Alonetime: A  Need with Prenatal Origins 

Presenter:  
R. Colback 

Subject: Clinical Experience of Perinatal Restimulation under Anaesthesia and Surgery 
 

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Style: Sequential Presentations 
 
 

Presenter:  
Hans von Lupke 

Subject: Trauma or Narrative, real or fictitous discussion? 

Room No. 

Style: Workshop


 14.15 - 15.30 Parallel Sessions
 
Presenter:  
Hans Krens 

Subject: Integrated Embryological model in Body Psychotherapy 

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Style: Video Presentation

Presenter:  
Marjorie Rand 

Subject: Intimacy, Pleasure and the Body 

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Style: Workshop

Presenter:  
M. Costa &  
L. Charoubim 

Subject: Labour as the Genesis of Character Structures 

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Style:  Lecture

Presenter:  
Nick Owen 

Subject: Pre and Perinatal Material in myth and fairy tale 

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Style: Workshop (Part 1)


 16.00 - 17.15 Parallel Sessions
 
Presenter:  
Hans Krens 

Subject: Working through pre and perinatal traumatisation 

Room No. 

Style: Workshop

Presenter:  
Jeno Raffai 

Subject: Mother-Fetus Bonding Analysis - A Psychoanalytic Approach 

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Style: Lecture

Presenter:  
Kristin Van De Carr 

Subject: Integrating Therapy with Emotionally at Risk Pregnancies 

Presenter:  
Rene Van de Carr 

Subject: Factors in Pre and Perinatal Sensory Input 

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Style: Workshop

Presenter:  
Nick Owen 

Subject: Pre and Perinatal Material in myth and fairy tale 

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Style: Workshop (Part 2)

 
 
 17.15 - 18.30 STAR GROUPS

 20.00 - 21.30 PLENARY EVENT
 
Presenter: Renee Guindi 

Subject: Bonding Through Music in the Prenatal Stage

Presenter: Laura Mulligan 

Subject: Artwork in Pre and Perinatal Psychotherapy

 An evening exploration of the role of sound and vision
in the psychotherapeutic process
 
 


 
 
Program: SUNDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 1998
 
 
9.00 - 9.45 STAR GROUPS

 9.45 - 11.00 PLENARY
Presenter: Tom Verny
Subject: Basic Goodness: The Origins and Development of Trust, Empathy and Altruism

 11.30 - 13.00 Parallel Sessions
 
Presenter:  
Eileen Watkins-Seymour & Clive Digby-Jones 

Subject: Fragmentation of Consciousness in the Womb 

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Style: Illustrated Presentation 

Presenter: John Sonne 

Subject: Coping Defences of Abortion Survivors 

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Style: Lecture

Presenter:  
JoAnn O'Leary 

Subject: Prenatal Infant Mental Health Intervention: Attaching to the Baby in a Pregnancy Following a Loss 

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Style: Workshop

Presenter:  
Zephyros Kafkalides 

Subject: Fear, Rejection and Aggressiveness in Autopsychognosia with Psychedelic Drugs 

Presenter:  
Bettina Knoke 

Subject: Experience of Rage in the Therapies of patients 

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Style: Sequential Presentations


 14.15 - 15.30 Parallel Sessions
 
Presenter:  
Alfred Reron 

Subject: Medical Versus Social Aspects of Unwanted Pregnancy 

Presenter:  
Henrietta Nazari 

Subject: Comprehensive Prebirth Preparation as starting point for conscious birth - the clinical experience 

Room No. 

Style: Sequential Presentations

Subject: The Contribution of 
Frank Lake to the Field of Pre and Perinatal Psychology 

Style: Symposium Panel 

Contributors:  
Alison Hunter, 
Roger Moss,  
Shirley Ward, 
David Wasdell, 
Geoffrey Whitfield

Presenter:  
Grigory Brekhman 

Subject: Is the conception of the multiple level co-ordinated action between the mother and her unborn child true? 

Presenter:  
Nikolay Zharkin 

Subject: a) Spiritual obstetrics and orthodox in Russia 
b) Waterbirth as enviroment for realisation of ´ partus felix´ 

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Style: Sequential Presentations

Presenter:  
Paula Ingalls 

Subject: Neurosciences: Environment and Violence 

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Style: Lecture

 
 16.00 - 17.15 GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the ISPPM

 17.15 - 18.30 STAR GROUPS

 20.00 - 21.30 PLENARY EVENT
 
Presenter: Klaus Evertz 

Subject: Artanalysis - Pre and Perinatal Psychology as a key to a general aesthetic theory

Presenter: Dieter Arnold 

Subject: Pre and Perinatal Aspects and Their Transformation in the life and 
  work of  Joseph Beuys 

 Journey into the world of art appreciation with a pre and perinatal perspective
 
 


 
 
Program: MONDAY 14th SEPTEMBER 1998
 
 
9.00 - 9.45 STAR GROUPS

 9.45 - 11.00 PLENARY
 
Presenter: Sepp Schindler 

Subject: From Twilight to Dialogue: Towards a Scientific Approach to Prenatal Psychology

Presenter: Ludwig Janus 

Subject: Death Wish and Birth Trauma: The Co-operation Between Freud and Rank

 
11.30 - 13.00 Parallel Sessions
 
Presenter:  
Helga Blazy 

Subject: The European Discoveries in Prenatal Ethnology and archaeology of the Mind 

Presenter:  
Oskar Sahlberg 

Subject: The Prenatal Self Becoming Conscious: Gustav Hans Graber on Christ and on Buddha 

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Style: Sequential Presentations 

Presenter:  
Alison Hunter 
Shirley Ward 

Subject: The Fractal Dimension of Healing Conception 

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Style: Lecture and video presentation 

Presenter:  
Benig Mauger 

Subject: Healing the Wounded Mother and the Lost Child 

Presenter:  
Erika Gsell 

Subject: Analytic Psychology and Buddhism: A Pre and Perinatal Perspective 

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Style: Sequential Presentations 

Presenter:  
M. Costa   
L. Charoubim 

Subject: The Regressive Experience of Labour with the Process of Psycho-Corporal Integration 

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Style: Workshop (Part 1)


 14.15 - 15.30 Parallel Sessions
 
Presenter:  
Graham Gorman 

Subject: Unconscious Memories Revealed: A Study in Hypnotherapy Research 

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Style: Research Presentation

Presenter:  
Alison Hunter 
Shirley Ward 

Subject: The Fractal Dimension of Healing Conception 

Room No. 

Style: Experiential Workshop 

Presenter:  
David Chamberlain 

Subject: Clinical Workshop: My Experience using Hypnotherapy to Explore Prenatal and Perinatal Life 

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Style: Workshop (Part 1)

Presenter:  
M. Costa   
L. Charoubim 

Subject: The Regressive Experience of Labour with the Process of Psycho-Corporal Integration 

Room No. 

Style: Workshop (Part 2)


 16.00 - 17.15 Parallel Sessions
 
Presenter:  
Stuart McMurdo  

 Subject: The Psychological Predispositions from preconception  

Presenter:  
Bobbi Jo Lyman 

Subject: Prenatal Stress - Learning and Subsequent Psychological Development 

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Style: Research Presentation

Presenter:  
Hans von Lüpke 

Subject: Psychosomatic mutuality in early development - consequences for developmental concepts 

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Style: Lecture

Presenter:  
David Chamberlain 

Subject: Clinical Workshop: My Experience using Hypnotherapy to Explore Prental and Perinatal Life 

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Style: Workshop (Part 2)

Presenter:  
Gretchen Pyves 

Subject: Womb and Birth Experiences in the Dynamics of the Group 

Presenter:  
Horia Crisan 

Subject: The Intellectual Echo of Preverbal Existence 

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Style: Sequential Presentations


 17.15 - 18.30 STAR GROUPS

 20.00 - 21.30 PLENARY EVENT
 
 
 
 Presenter: Michael Trout 
Subject: Birth and Beyond: The New Born Baby's Point of View 
( with particular reference to adoption) 
An exploration of the right and wrongs of passage 
 


 
 
Program: TUESDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 1998
 
 
9.00 - 9.45 STAR GROUPS

 9.45 - 11.00 PLENARY
Presenter: David Wasdell
Subject: Birth Pangs of the New Millennium: Towards a Paradigm Shift for Tomorrow's World

 11.30 - 13.00 CLOSING EVENT

Conscious Birth: The Experience of a Lifetime - the Consummation of a Learning Community


 From 13.00 Lunch and Depart
 Bon Voyage!
 
 


 
 

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Last updated on:  5. September 1998 by A.Bischoff