Treating Parent-Infant Relationship Problems Strategies for Intervention

by Sameroff, Arnold J.; McDonough, Susan C.; Rosenblum, Katherine L.

• ISBN13: 9781593852450
• ISBN10: 1593852452
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-12
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Within a developmental framework, this book guides the clinician to understand the different types of problems that parents have with infants and to determine how a given family might best be served--whether by addressing health concerns that are affecting infant behavior, modifying parental beliefs or expectations, or improving key caregiving skills. Leading interdisciplinary experts detail their respective therapeutic models in a practical, clinician-friendly format, including intervention guidelines and illustrative case material. Special topics covered include working with families of infants with special needs and with those at risk for child maltreatment.

Author Biography

Arnold J. Sameroff, PhD, is a developmental psychologist who specializes in infant mental health. He is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan, where he is also Director of the Center for Development and Mental Health at the Center for Human Growth and Development. Dr. Sameroff's theoretical and empirical writings have been a foundation for the field of developmental psychopathology. After serving as president of the International Society on Infant Studies, he is now president-elect of the Society for Research in Child Development.

Susan C. McDonough, PhD, MSW, is a social worker who specializes in treating relationship problems of parents and infants with special needs. She is an associate research scientist in the School of Social Work and the Center for Human Growth and Development at the University of Michigan. Dr. McDonough directs the University of Michigan Post-Graduate Certificate Training Program in Clinical Work with Infants, Toddlers and Their Families, and is an international consultant for infant and family mental health programs.

Katherine L. Rosenblum, PhD, is a clinical and developmental psychologist who specializes in research on parents' representations of their infants and on infant emotional development. She is an assistant research investigator at the Center for Human Growth and Development at the University of Michigan. Dr. Rosenblum has taught the clinical applications of attachment research to multidisciplinary groups at the University of Michigan and the University of Vienna.

Table of Contents

PART I THEMES
Ports of Entry and the Dynamics of Mother--Infant Interventions	3	(26)
Arnold J. Sameroff
The Motherhood Constellation: Therapeutic Approaches to Early Relational Problems	29	(14)
Daniel N. Stern
Defining Infant Mental Health: A Developmental Relational Perspective on Assessment and Diagnosis	43	(36)
Katherine L. Rosenblum
PART II VARIATIONS
Interaction Guidance: Promoting and Nurturing the Caregiving Relationship	79	(18)
Susan C. McDonough
Child-Parent Psychotherapy: A Relationship-Based Approach to the Treatment of Mental Health Disorders in Infancy and Early Childhood	97	(26)
Alicia F. Lieberman
The Primary Triangle: Treating Infants in Their Families	123	(29)
Elisabeth Fivaz-Depeursinge
Antoinette Corboz-Warnery
Miri Keren
A Sensory Processing Approach to Supporting Infant--Caregiver Relationships	152	(36)
Winnie Dunn
A Multifocal Neonatal Intervention	188	(25)
Nadia Bruschweiler--Stern
Lessons from STEEP™: Linking Theory, Research, and Practice for the Well-Being of Infants and Parents	213	(30)
Byron Egeland
Martha Farrell Erickson
Treating Parent-Infant Relationships in the Context of Maltreatment: An Integrated Systems Approach	243	(24)
Julie A. Larrieu
Charles H. Zeanah
PART III CODA
Therapeutic Relationships in Infant Mental Health and the Concept of Leverage	267	(26)
Robert N. Emde
Kevin D. Everhart
Brian K. Wise
Index	293