TRAUMA INTEGRATION
IN THE
NEONATAL INTENSIVE
CARE UNIT
A Forthcoming Book
by Zephyr
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Trauma Integration in the Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit promotes collaboration between practitioners of
allopathic medicine and energetic healing arts.
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The heart of this book is a compendium of some one hundred
twenty vignettes of sessions with neonates and infants in
the NICU. May they inspire neonatologists to envision a new
NICU, one in which the Cartesian mind works hand-in-hand
with the posture of openness toward the unknown. These case
studies provide a reference for alternative healers and energetic
practitioners. Toward that end, to many vignettes, additional
commentary has been appended. This may include reflections
on what happened in the session, consideration of alternative
approaches, and related insights of expert practitioners.
Laypersons may wish to focus on the core of the vignette and
to be selective as to the appended material, enjoying what
they find accessible and skipping the more technical.
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Stories from Zephyr's personal experience are juxtaposed with
the babies’ stories. The depth of Zephyr's experience as the
client on the table receiving a craniosacral session illuminates
the value such therapy has for neonates and infants. Zephyr's
journey to integrate their own prenatal and perinatal trauma
illustrates that the experiences, feelings, and expressions of
the neonate and infant are the same as those of the adult,
and, that baby and adult have the same
need to be seen and heard.
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