Infant observation : creating transformative relationships / by Frances Thomson-Salo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomson Salo, Frances, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infant psychology--Research.

Infant psychology.

Observation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Seminal and representative papers have been chosen to illustrate the vital importance of infant observation in psychoanalytic training, tracing influences on the practice of infant observation and contemporary developments. The book outlines the thinking that has evolved since Esther Bick's introduction of this innovative component in Tavistock child psychotherapy and British Psychoanalytical Society training.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; PART I INFANT OBSERVATION; CHAPTER ONE Introduction to infant observation: an infant's inner world; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER TWO Infant observation in psycho-analytic training; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER THREE Three years infant observation with Esther Bick; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FOUR A feeding observation: from breast to finger food!; PART II SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS OF INFANT OBSERVATION AS A METHOD WITHIN PSYCHOANALYTIC TRAINING

INTRODUCTION TO SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS OF INFANT OBSERVATION INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER FIVE The dangers and deprivations of too-good mothering; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SIX Premature twins on a neonatal intensive care unit; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER SEVEN A therapeutic application of infant observation in child psychiatry; PART III RESEARCH IN INFANT OBSERVATION; INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH IN INFANT OBSERVATION; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER EIGHT The shadow of ending: a retrospective qualitative research study of mothers' experience of infant observation PART IV PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS OF INFANT OBSERVATION; INTRODUCTION TO PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS OF INFANT OBSERVATION; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER NINE On-going physical trauma in an infant observation; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER TEN The mother-observer relationship: an examination of the participant role of the observer in mother-infant observation; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN Maternal disavowal in the face of abuse of an infant by her sibling PART V DEVELOPMENTS OF THE INFANT OBSERVATION MODEL; INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPMENTS OF THE INFANT OBSERVATION MODEL; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER TWELVE Multiple mothering in an Indian context; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Representations of mother in the daughter of a single, gay father; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Struggling with cultural prejudice while observing babies: socio-centric and egocentric positions; AFTERWORD; SELECTED MAJOR PAPERS AND BOOKS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 27, 2014).

ISBN:

0-429-91486-5

0-429-90063-5

0-367-10239-0

0-429-47586-1

1-78241-204-2

OCLC:

879947326