Assisted Reproductive Technology & The Knowing of the Children: A Psychodynamic Approach

Therapists in the field of pre- and perinatal psychology give increasingly attention to children who entered life on a different path, the technically assisted way (ART). ART has developed into an industry that is indispensable in our world. We are challenged to meet this development with respect and attentiveness. A perfected technology requires us to deal with questions that put the human being at the centre:
• How does the child experience the artificial way into life? What are the repercussions for the individual and their family?
• What challenges does the couple face?
• Why does a soul engage in this adventure?
• What challenges do therapists face?
• What do healing paths from a traumatised field look like?
We meet indeed an exciting and unknown territory. I like to provide a platform for artificially conceived children and their parents to share their experiences. It’s a platform for many different aspects that have to be considered. I’d like to invite the audience to dive into this exciting field.

A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE SPEAKER
NAME: KLAUS KAEPPELI-VALAULTA
AFFILIATION: PRACTICE FOR SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY AND INTEGRATION OF PRE- AND
PERINATAL EXPERIENCES, SWITZERLAND
Klaus Käppeli, MSc, is a psychologist and psychotherapist of the Federation of the Swiss Psychologists (FSP). After his studies in curative education and psychology, he worked as a school psychologist in St.Gallen, Switzerland. Since 1988 he has a private practice in somatic psychotherapy with a focus on pre- and perinatal psychology. He works with adults, families, couples, young adults, children and babies.
His extensive training includes integrative body psychotherapy (IBP) (J. L. Rosenberg, B. K. Morse), integrative couple and family therapy (C.Gammer, M.Kirschenbaum), treating and integrating prenatal and birth trauma with babies and adults (R. Castellino, W. Emerson) and cranio-sacral therapy (J. Lichtenberg).
He has assisted the prenatal and birth foundation training with Ray Castellino in Santa Barbara CA. He is a certified adult group facilitator in processing and integrating pre- and perinatal experiences in the tradition of Ray Castellino. He is co-facilitating the foundation training with Regina Bücher in Germany and Switzerland.
Klaus is married and father of three adult sons. Seven grandchildren are among his closest teachers.
Klaus is a member of ISPPM Switzerland, of ISPPM e.V. and of APPPAH.