1st Edition

The Psychology of Prenatal Development A Therapeutic Synopsis of Human Existence

By Klaus Evertz Copyright 2025
196 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This important book introduces the basics of prenatal psychology and works through the current scientific findings in the psychology and psychosomatics of pregnancy and birth. Through exploring bio-psycho-social relationships, as well as historical and cultural perspectives, this interdisciplinary approach easily breaks down specialist discussions into easy-to-understand concepts. Bridging the... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Historical development of prenatal psychology

3. Transgenerational and prenatal programming: scientific research

4. Basic concepts of prenatal psychology

5. Chronological classification of prenatal psychology

6. Prenatal perception and sensory development

7. Emotional development in the womb: bonding and relationships

8. Clinical implications: psychosocial interventions during pregnancy

9. Prenatal psychotherapy: prenatal psychotraumatology

10. Conclusion

Biography

Klaus Evertz works as psycho-, art- and body therapist in his own practice as well as at the Dr. Mildred-Scheel-Academy, University Hospital Cologne, and until 2021, at the Center for Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Germany. A painter and cultural psychologist, his research is in images as forms of consciousness, and he teaches at the Universities of Cologne and Dresden, the Nürtingen University of Art Therapy and the Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Economics, Germany.

"After hundreds of years of research into the reality of prenatal and birth life, it is now possible to provide this comprehensive overview of Prenatal Psychology. The reader can prepare for an adventure of expanding inner perception and knowledge".
Dr. med. Ludwig Janus, Facharzt für Psychotherapeutische Medizin, Pränatalpsychologe und Psychohistoriker, Institut für Pränatale Psychologie und Medizin, Germany

"Klaus Evertz's new book brings intelligent, scientifically supported, evidence-based, peer reviewed studies into the realm of vanguard mainstream psychology, within everyman's grasp. Though he is writing from the frontier, is words convey what is self-evident to earnest ordinary human beings, words entwined with the disciplined rigor we expect from our pioneers. What a pleasure to recognize, as you are reading, that this makes absolute sense. As if he is putting language to something you have intuitively already known".
Karlton Terry, Pre and Perinatal Workshop Leader, New Mexico, USA