Infant Observation at the Heart of Training

by Janine Sternberg

Overview

The study of infant observation is widely used as part of training to become a psychoanalytic psychotherapist; the skills learned through infant observation can be widely applied to practicing analysis with all ages. Through the delineation of the views of writers and teachers of infant observation and her own empirical research, Janine Sternberg addresses the reasons why infant observation is a vital part of training for all analysts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781855753600
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/02/2005
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Janine Sternberg trained as a child psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic and subsequently as an adult psychotherapist with the BAP. She is involved with the training of child psychotherapists at both institutions and also at the Anna Freud Centre. She has taught infant observation to candidates training as adult psychotherapists. She has extensive experience of teaching infant observation and together with Asha Phillips edited an edition of the International Journal of Infant Observation focused on early weeks. She is Consultant Child Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Mulberry Bush Day Unit.

Table of Contents

Preface , Prelude , Introduction , Design of the research , Conceptual Research , The therapist’s inner instruments , From instrument to melody , Feel the music: how infant observation develops the equipment for clinical practice , Empirical Research , Data organization , Anticipations: initial interviews , Delivery: the narrative of the end interviews , Comparing the results of the initial and end interviews , Conclusions , Integrating the issues , Implications and validity of the findings

Editorial Reviews

"This book offers a valuable exploration of the relevance of infant observation experiences in the practice of psychiatrically oriented psychotherapy….Very easy to follow…this book will be a valuable resource for those interested in infant research and its relation to the therapeutic milieu. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.

Choice

"This book offers a valuable exploration of the relevance of infant observation experiences in the practice of psychiatrically oriented psychotherapy….Very easy to follow…this book will be a valuable resource for those interested in infant research and its relation to the therapeutic milieu. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.

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