ABSTRACT
Mother and infant group analytic psychotherapy draws from the theories of group analysis (Foulkes, 1948, 1964) and the psychoanalytic model of intervention developed for individual mothers and babies described in this book. Individual and group perspectives are integrated to offer a therapeutic experience in the group, of the group and by the group, to include the therapists. In-depth explorations with individual mother and baby dyads are generalised into their meaning for the whole group. Co-therapists support and reinforce behaviours and attitudes that help mothers and babies to join into the group’s shared psychic life. Interventions are framed to develop an intimate network of communications, so that the group becomes an attachment object for vulnerable mothers and babies.
