CENTER FOR PRENATAL AND PERINATAL PROGRAMS
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About Us

About Us

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We are an eclectic group of professionals dedicated to the health of the primal period of life (preconception through the first years of life.  We serve adults, families, mothers, fathers and babies with a variety of programs, including work with adults, families, children and the mother-baby dyad, training of professionals, education of families and individuals, research projects that support the health of this vital period, and communication tools for educators, organizations, and lay people.

Research and experience tell us that babies are conscious, moral and intelligent. Experience and the environment help shape the nervous system starting in utero.  This Center provides a place for parents, the public and professionals to get information, classes, therapy, and products that support health from preconception, pregnancy, birth and the first 18 months of life.  Practice and pedagogy weave together bodywork, trauma healing, neuroscience, epigenetics, attachment, and more.  Please read our pages, and come down and meet our staff:

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Kate White, MA, LMT, RCST ®, CEIM, SEP

I have been involved with pre- and perinatal health for over 25 years, starting with maternal and child health, family planning, and health education as an international professional, to a practitioner of the healing arts as a bodyworker working with pregnant mothers, families and babies. In 1995, I was certified to massage pregnant mothers and instruct parents in infant massage.  Since then, I have taken thousands of hours in advanced education to support the childbearing year. My training includes: massage, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Somatic Experiencing® and trauma resolution therapy, infant mental health, breastfeeding support, and specific course work with osteopaths and advanced bodyworkers supporting nervous system development and trauma resolution.  You see a complete list of my trainings and education here. My teachers include: Claire Dolby, Michael Shea, Myrna Martin, John and Anna Chitty, Cherionna Menzam Sills, Franklyn Sills, William Emerson, Karlton Terry, Bob Oliver, David Haas, Ray Castellino, Mary Jackson, Tara Blasco, Frank Carbone, Lois Trezise, Ariel Giaretto, Berns Galloway, Brigit Viksnins, and many families and babies. 

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Lois Trezise, CNM

Lois Trezise
is a nurse-midwife of 35 year’s experience with a Master’s Degree in Midwifery and certification in hypnosis from ASCH.  Lois has attended births at home, out-of-hospital birth centers, and both large city and small community hospitals.  Her experience has given her an in-depth overview of all the different ways in which labor can unfold and how to help prepare and support families.  She currently lives in Brattleboro, VT, and presents several times a year at the Center.

By listening intently and offering gentle feedback, Kate reminded me how miraculous it was that I was creating another human. She helped empower me as a woman. I left feeling better all over – inside and out!
The Center for Pre- and Perinatal Programs

103 Caty Lane
​Charlottesville, VA 22901
Email: Katercst@gmail.com

Telephone: 434-996-2002
  • Home
    • About Pre and Perinatal Health and Healing >
      • Layers of Experience When Working with Earliest Trauma in Adults
    • PPN Student Support
    • About Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Blog: From the Baby's Perspective
    • My Operating Principles
  • Services
  • Classes and Workshops
    • Leading Edge Somatic Skills >
      • Leading Edge Class Descriptions
    • Leading Edge Series I
    • Leading Edge Series II
    • Womb Surround Process Workshop
    • The Embryo In Us -- Human As Embryo >
      • Human as Embryo Participant Page
  • Trainings
    • Testimonies from Students
    • Integrated Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics
    • Baby Dynamics™ >
      • Introduction to Baby Dynamics
      • Working with Compression in Babies
      • Working with the Midface
    • Somatic Wholeness
    • Stories from the Field
  • Podcast
    • A More Beautiful Life Podcast
    • Public Speaking
  • Store
    • Products
  • Contact Us
  • CPPP Youtube Channel