ABSTRACT

This book explores the nature of parent-infant psychotherapies, therapies that are a major segment of the rapidly growing, sprawling field of infant mental health. It examines the different elements that make up the parent-infant clinical system.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

part I|107 pages

The Clinical System in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy

chapter 1|7 pages

An Overview of the Clinical Situation

chapter 2|23 pages

The Parents' Representational World

chapter 3|18 pages

The Parents' Representations Enacted

chapter 4|20 pages

The Parent-Infant Interaction

chapter 7|5 pages

The Therapist

part II|51 pages

Therapeutic Approaches in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy and Their Commonalities

part III|35 pages

Synthesis

chapter 11|20 pages

The Motherhood Constellation