ABSTRACT
Seminal and representative papers have been chosen to illustrate the vital importance of infant observation in psychoanalytic training, tracing influences on the practice of infant observation and contemporary developments. The book outlines the thinking that has evolved since Esther Bick's introduction of this innovative component in Tavistock child psychotherapy and British Psychoanalytical Society training.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|70 pages
Infant Observation
part 2|62 pages
Significant Developments of Infant Observation as a Method within Psychoanalytic Training
part 3|30 pages
Research in Infant Observation
part 4|55 pages
Problematic Aspects of Infant Observation
part 5|66 pages
Developments of the Infant Observation Model