ABSTRACT
The clinical psychologist Susan Hart was one of the first in Denmark to link developmental psychology and recent neurological studies of emotions, forming a field that she has labelled developmental neuroaffective psychology. Susan Hart has watched the video of Adam’s therapy and her comment was, “It’s not the words that bring about the release; it is the present moments that are created by the therapist’s ability to synchronise with Adam that generate the change”. There are indications that when the qualities that are found in healthy parent–child interactions are achieved in the healthy therapist-client contact, the experience generates change, driven by the mutual emotional attunement between client and therapist. Daniel Stern’s interest in present moments and moments of meeting was inspired by his early video recordings of interactions between mothers and the infants. In the therapy room, changes also occur as a result of tacit knowledge in the present moment.
