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The motherhood constellation : a unified view of parent-infant psychotherapy / Daniel N. Stern.

By: Stern, Daniel N.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Karnac Books, 1995Description: viii, 229 p. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1855752018.Subject(s): Infant psychiatry | Parent and infant | Motherhood -- Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 616.89156
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: The clinical system in parent-infant psychotherapy -- An overview of the clinical situation -- The parents' representational world -- The parents' representations enacted -- The parent-infant interaction -- The nature and formation of the infant's representations -- The infant's representations viewed clinically -- The therapist -- Part II: Therapeutic approaches in parent-infant psychotherapy and their commonalities -- Approaches that aim to change the parents' representations -- Approaches that aim to change the interactive behaviors -- Commonalties among the different approaches -- Part III: Synthesis -- The motherhood constellation -- Some wider implications for other clinical situations.
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General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 616.89156 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00090140
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-220) and index.

Introduction -- Part I: The clinical system in parent-infant psychotherapy -- An overview of the clinical situation -- The parents' representational world -- The parents' representations enacted -- The parent-infant interaction -- The nature and formation of the infant's representations -- The infant's representations viewed clinically -- The therapist -- Part II: Therapeutic approaches in parent-infant psychotherapy and their commonalities -- Approaches that aim to change the parents' representations -- Approaches that aim to change the interactive behaviors -- Commonalties among the different approaches -- Part III: Synthesis -- The motherhood constellation -- Some wider implications for other clinical situations.