Main description:

* The book is built around an original method created by the authors for psychologists, psychotherapists and psychoanalysts;
* The writing style makes the book accessible for a wide readership, and offers an overview of pre- and perinatal psychology in context;
* Offering a novel way for expectant mothers to connect with their babies, the book also includes first-hand testimonial interviews with mothers;

Contents:

Foreword; Introduction 1. The intelligent foetus 2. The ultrasonographic observation of foetal life 3. The effect of maternal stress and anxiety on the foetus and child 4. Later effects of unwanted pregnancies 5. The psyche of the foetus in the mirror of psychoanalytic theories 6. Approaches to the unconscious 7. The method of mother-foetus bonding analysis 8. Intrauterine encounters