ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author introduces to the method of infant observation according to Esther Bick. An infant observation seminar does the same thing as that Talmudic school. Each week, a group of students meets with the seminar leader and together they try to reach the meaning and significance of the material gathered by observing a baby in its own surroundings and relationships. The infant observation group serves as a great mental space for the development of meaning. Baby observation is a long-term research process of understanding an unknown personality. The infant observation seminar creates opportunities to deal with immature psychological or mental states, to dive into them and understand them without the responsibility and urgency of an ongoing treatment. Infant observation is a space for experiencing emotional learning. The observation of the infant usually takes place over the first two years of the baby's life.
