Marcy Axness

Areas of expertise: Adoption (emotional, developmental and spiritual issues), prenatal parenting, parenting for peace

Marcy Axness, Ph.D., is a leading authority in the fields of early human development, adoption, prenatal psychology, and interpersonal neurobiology.  Using as a narrative foundation her experiences as an adoptee and a mother, she is a popular writer and speaker internationally on parenting, society, and the needs of children.  One of the world’s few experts in the primal issues in adoption, Dr. Axness teaches prenatal development at the graduate level and has a private practice counseling parents and “pre-parents.”  She is the author of the new book Parenting for Peace: Raising the Next Generation of Peacemakers. She considers that her greatest qualification is also her greatest blessing -- being the mother of Ian and Eve, both flourishing in their twenties. She invites you to join her at marcyaxness.com.