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About the Presentation:
What do we remember, and how do we remember? These are the questions that are at the basis of Pre- and Perinatal Psychology, that which explores the time before and around birth.

We are seeing clinical sessions where children, adults, and infants are remembering and responding with awareness of what influenced their early arrival. We call these neuronal imprints. They are the records in the nervous system, and record our first experiences; they often create templates of behavior and response.

As therapists, understanding the influence on the newborn or prenate’s body in terms of shock and trauma is essential. By exploring the earliest imprints of what occurred in the energetic field around the time of birth, therapists can help clients reduce anxiety, repair intimacy issues, and settle the heart. This is true whether the client is an infant, child, or adult. Understanding that infants are capable of freeze, dissociation, or fragmentation responses helps clients repair consciousness and integrate into wholeness.

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About the Presenter:

Annie Brook, Ph.D, LPC, former director Naropa University, Body Psychotherapy for the Somatic Masters program, international teacher and author. Co-owner of Colorado Therapies, treatment center for families and children in Gunbarrel, Colorado. Annie combines movement, theory, and clinical examples. She has presented at numerous conferences, including the USABP, the International Society for Pre and Perinatal Medicine, in Friebourg, Germany, and a conference for Osteopaths and Pediatricians in Berlin.

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Additional Resources:

Annie Brook can be reached at 720.839.4332. or www.coloradotherapies.com

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