ABSTRACT
This text focuses on the interweaving psychic realities and unconscious dynamics between family members in the context of changing patterns of socio-cultural expectations, ethical considerations and biological realities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|3 pages
Face to Face – Containment and Early Exchange
part II|4 pages
Unprocessed Residues1
chapter Chapter 9|13 pages
Therapeutic interventions in infancy: two contrasting cases of persistent crying 1
part III|2 pages
Representations and Reality
chapter Chapter 15|24 pages
Parenting an infant with a birth defect – the regulation of self-esteem 1
chapter Chapter 16|22 pages
Amanda: observations and reflections of a bottle-fed baby who found a breast mother 1
part IV|4 pages
Management Issues