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Developments in the 1950s included a shift in emphasis towards the non-traumatic by Donald Winnicott ( 1896-1971 ), and to the transpersonal aspects of pre-and perinatal experience by Maarten Lietaert Peerbolte ( 1905-1982 ), and brought attention to the relevance of very early gestation, and even the event of conception by Lietaert Peerbolte.

These topics saw later elaboration by Frank Lake ( 1914-1982 ) as well as Michael C. Irving, R D Laing ( 1927-1989 ), Graham Farrant ( 1933-1993 ), Stanislav Grof ( born 1931 ) and others.

The expression at a broad social level of basic perinatal feelings, such as " suffering fetus " or " toxic placenta ," is part of the narrative in psychohistory, developed by Lloyd deMause ( born 1931 ).

Pre-and perinatal psychology is at the core of Primal therapy and Primal integration.

Professor Stephen M. Maret ( born 1960 ) has explored these influences in his book, The Prenatal Person.