by Peter Prontzos<\/p>\n
That was the assessment of Dr. Marti Glenn, one of the keynote speakers at\u00a0the 2010 International Congress\u00a0of The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology & Health (APPPH)<\/a>, which took\u00a0place from November 11-14 at Asilomar, California.<\/p>\n And while she was not speaking of Primal Therapy per se, much of what she\u00a0discussed is very relevant to Primal Theory. Indeed, most of the people who\u00a0presented at the Congress, as well as those I talked with, seemed to have a very\u00a0positive view of the key elements of Arthur Janov’s work.<\/p>\n This is not to say that there wasn’t some “booga-booga” as well (e.g. “As\u00a0eternal consciousness, each soul creates a plan for their upcoming\u00a0ensoulment…”), but most of the Congress focused on the emerging science of the\u00a0pre- and perinatal periods of life.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dr. Glenn, who is the Dean of the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute<\/a>, began by\u00a0saying that, “Economists, writers, and researchers are beginning to\u00a0discover…what we have known for decades: that the events and environment\u00a0surrounding pre-conception, pregnancy, birth, and early infancy set the template\u00a0out of which we live our lives.”<\/p>\n “The time is right,” she added, for a shift in the paradigm.” Recent\u00a0coverage such as on prenatal health in Time magazine, and epigenetics in\u00a0Newsweek, symbolize this profound change in consciousness.<\/p>\n Two of the \u00a0insights that Dr. Glenn mentioned included the fact that early experiences determine brain architecture, and that b<\/span>y the sixth prenatal month, most of the 100 billion neurons found in the\u00a0adult brain are already present.<\/span><\/p>\n She also highlighted the most important point of all: preventing trauma in\u00a0the first place. For instance, a father’s involvement during pregnancy can\u00a0reduce infant mortality. Dr. Glenn also quoted Nobel prize-winning economist\u00a0James Heckman<\/a>, who points out that every dollar invested “in the very young” can\u00a0not only save lives and prevent illness, but would also save from $4-17 billion dollars in future costs.<\/p>\n Heckman’s work is vital and demands attention. For instance, he has written,\u00a0“Recent research demonstrates important differences in the family environments\u00a0and investments of advantaged and disadvantaged children. Gaps in cognitive\u00a0stimulation, affection, punishment, and other parental investments for children\u00a0from\u00a0families of different socioeconomic status open up early.”<\/p>\n Finally, the emerging consensus supports Dr. Janov’s contention that we have\u00a0underestimated just how fragile we are while in the womb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Peter Prontzos That was the assessment of Dr. Marti Glenn, one of the keynote speakers at\u00a0the 2010 International Congress\u00a0of The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology & Health (APPPH), which took\u00a0place from November 11-14 at Asilomar, California. And while she was not speaking of Primal Therapy per se, much of what she\u00a0discussed is very … <\/p>\n