Challenges working with infants and their families

Symptoms and meanings—two approaches of infant–parent psychotherapy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11276845
AutoresElizabeth Tuters (autor de correspondencia), Sally Doulis, Susan Yabsley
Año2011
Volumen32
Número6
Páginas632-649
Fecha de publicación2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInfant Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-9641 • E-ISSN: 1097-0355
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/imhj.20323
PMID28520160
OpenAlexW2091959631
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas16

In this article, the authors describe the rationale for the way they work with troubled infant–parent relationships. They focus on two approaches developed at the Hincks‐Dellcrest Children's Mental Health Centre (Toronto, Canada), a publically funded agency where they work and teach. One approach is Watch, Wait and Wonder, and the other is Infant–Parent Psychotherapy. The authors share a common philosophy that directs the way they think about the way they work. Two clinical case studies are presented to illustrate the treatment process of each approach. The presenting symptoms in both cases are similar (sleep difficulties), but the meaning, ages, and family compositions are different. The interventions unlocked the difficulties that each relationship was experiencing in a brief period of time

Developmental psychology · Infant mental health · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociology · Wonder · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child Welfare and Adoption · Psychology · Social Psychology