Challenges working with infants and their families

Symptoms and meanings—two approaches of infant–parent psychotherapy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11276845
AutoresElizabeth Tuters (autor correspondente), Sally Doulis, Susan Yabsley
Ano2011
Volume32
Fascículo6
Páginas632-649
Data de publicação2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInfant Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0163-9641 • E-ISSN: 1097-0355
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/imhj.20323
PMID28520160
OpenAlexW2091959631
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências 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