Parent Infant Psychodynamics: Wild Things, Mirrors and Ghosts - Softcover
This book focuses on the interweaving psychic realities and unconscious dynamics between family members. These are set in the context of changing patterns of socio-cultural expectations, ethical considerations and biological realities. The broad spectrum of topics encourage self-reflective thinking about the role of health-care professionals working with families at various phases of the life cycle, in illness and health. In particular, recognition of risk factors relating to areas of emotional vulnerability in clients and their impact on the practitioner. It is intended for interested parents, students on a variety of training courses and professionals such as midwives; health visitors; social workers, couple counsellors; child therapists; parent-infant or family therapists; General Practice nurses and doctors, psychiatric nurses; fertility experts; obstetricians and gynaecologists, etc. working with expectant parents, babies and their families. Contributors include: Acquarone, Balint, Bick, Bion, Bourne, Brazelton, Bryan, Daws, Fraiberg, Green, Grier, Hawthorne, Hopkins, Lewis, Murray, Spitz, Trevarthen, Tronick, Winnicott, Wittenberg, Wright.
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About the Author:
Joan Raphael-Leff is a practicing psychoanalyst specializing in treating problems related to reproductivity. She is Professor of Psychoanalysis at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex and was Chair of the International Psychoanalytical Association's Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis (1998-2001). She is author of over 60 publications and seven books, including Psychological Processes of Childbearing an Pregnancy: The Inside Story, Female Experience, and Spilt Milk: Perinatal Loss and Breakdown.
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- PublisherWiley
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1861563469
- ISBN 13 9781861563460
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages156
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