Prenatal Bonding Analysis

This book presents a novel psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic method which enables expectant mothers to establish communication with their unborn babies.

György Hidas, MD (1925-2012) was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He specialized primarily in the work of Sándor Ferenczi and prenatal bonding analysis. Jen- Raffai, PhD (1954-2015) was a psychologist and psychoanalyst with a main focus on pre- and perinatal psychology and bonding analysis. Judit Vollner pursued a career as an actress and then as a science journalist. Currently, she leads communication trainings based on acting techniques.

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