Thomas R. Verny

Thomas R. Verny, MD, D. Psych., DHL, FRCPC, is a psychiatrist, writer, lecturer and academic, presently on the faculty of The Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. He has previously taught at Harvard University, University of Toronto, York University, Toronto and St. Mary’s University, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was director of the Psychiatric In-Patient Service of the Toronto East General Hospital, of the EGO Programme at York University and founder of The Center for Psychotherapy and Education in Toronto. Verny was founding editor of the Pre and Peri-Natal Psychology Journal, president of the Pre and Peri-Natal Psychology Association of North America from 1983 to 1991 and served on the Association’s Board of Directors until 2007. Verny is the author of seven books and over 44 scientific papers, including Inside Groups: A Practical Guide to Encounter Groups and GroupTherapy (1975). His book The Secret Life of the Unborn Child (with John Kelly) became an international bestseller in 1982. His latest book, Tomorrow’s Baby: The Art and Science of Parenting from Conception through Infancy (with Pamela Weintraub) was published in hardcover by Simon and Schuster, New York, in 2002 and in paperback under a new title, Pre-Parenting: Nurturing Your Child from Conception in 2003. The book is available in Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese and Portuguese. He is the co-recipient of the 2009 Living Institute Cultural Innovator Award.