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Baby Massage for Dummiesby Joanne BagshawLanguage: EnglishWiley Publishing, Inc.ISBN: 0-7645-7841-3Year: 2005Joanne Bagshaw is a psychotherapist, writer, and promoter of attachment parenting. She has a master’s degree in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City and a post-graduate certificate in Trauma Studies from New York University. She is also in her final year of a four-year certification in Core Energetics, a body-centered psychotherapy.Her psychotherapy practice focuses on trauma treatment, and how emotional and energetic issues manifest in the body. Her inspiration for writing this book came from her love of massage and experience as a mother caring for her newborn daughter.The fact that you’ve picked up this book and are reading this page tells us that, most likely, you’ve heard of baby massage. You may not know why or how to do it, but you’re curious to find out. That’s great: That’s what we’re here for!If, on the other hand, you picked up this book because you had some time to kill browsing in the bookstore and never realized that such a thing as baby massage existed, that’s fine, too. We’re an equal opportunity informer, and we welcome you to our pages.In case you need convincing that this book is worth taking home, consider this: Baby massage is a practice that has been around for centuries, and recent research indicates that it provides both emotional and physical benefits for your little one (and a wonderful opportunity to increase the bond between the two of you). ****