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Treating Parent-Infant Relationship Problems: Strategies for Intervention

Treating Parent-Infant Relationship Problems: Strategies for Intervention

by Arnold J. Sameroff (Editor), Katherine L. Rosenblum (Editor), Susan C. McDonough (Editor)

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Synopsis

Within a developmental framework, this book presents a range of effective approaches for treating early relationship difficulties and promoting more sensitive and responsive parenting. Clinicians are guided 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 behaviour, modifying parental beliefs or expectations, or targeting key caregiving skills. Leading 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.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 304
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 15 Apr 2004
ISBN 10: 1572309571
ISBN 13: 9781572309579

Media Reviews
This is the first integration of therapeutic approaches to problematic parent-infant relationships, and I am sure it will be the best for many years to come. The book is a definitive guide to techniques of prevention and intervention, and it is exemplary in its combination of readability and clinical sophistication... Essential reading not only for those psychotherapists working with parents and infants, but also for the many others whose technique is influenced by contemporary understandings of early relationships. - Peter Fonagy, University College London; This is an important and thought-provoking book that carries the field of infant mental health to a new level of synthesis and discovery. The research and practice described in this volume will help students, practitioners, and researchers recognize the challenges inherent in relationship-based activities, integrate the various strands that form the theoretical framework of infant-parent mental health practice, and explore novel methodologies and approaches that will enhance the lives of caregivers and their infants. - Samuel J. Meisels, President, Erikson Institute; Provides state-of-the-science knowledge for working with parents and infants... The authors are all experts in dealing with relationship issues, and bring their evolving theoretical and clinical thinking to the chapters... An ideal text for infancy-related graduate courses in psychology, social work, nursing, psychiatry, education, and occupational and physical therapy. - Kathryn E. Barnard, University of Washington School of Nursing; The gap between what we know about early relationship problems and what we do to help parents and their young children is unacceptably wide. This book offers a wealth of
Author Bio
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.