The Baby as Subject New Directions In Infant-parent Psychotherapy From The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Synopsis
This book is a collection of papers by clinicians united in their conviction about the importance of directly engaging and interacting with the baby in the presence of the parents whenever possible. This approach, which draws on the work of Winnicott, Trevarthen and Stern, honours the baby as subject. It re-presents the baby to the parents who may in that way see a new child, in turn shaping the infant's implicit memories and reflective thinking. Recent neurobiological, attachment and developmental psychology models inform the work. The book describes the underpinning theoretical principles and the settings and forms of direct clinical practice, ranging from work with acutely ill babies, to more everyday interventions in crying, feeding and sleeping difficulties, as well as infant-parent psychotherapy. Clinicians at The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne from the disciplines of psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychology, nursing, speech pathology, child psychotherapy, paediatrics, and music therapy describe their work with ill and suffering babies and their families.Book details
- Author:
- Campbell Paul, Frances Thomson-Salo
- ISBN:
- 9780429920172
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780429481178, 9780367101473, 9781780491165
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Pages:
- 336
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2023-07-15
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Copyright by:
- to Campbell Paul and Frances Thomson-Salo for the edited collection, and to the individual authors for their contributions
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology