Enhancing Attachment and Reflective Parenting in Clinical Practice: A Minding the Baby Approach

Clinicians can help vulnerable young families overcome barriers to secure, reciprocal, and joyful parent-infant relationships by promoting reflective parenting and supporting safety and self-regulation in parents with histories of trauma and adversity. The book distills principles of the Minding the Baby (MTB) home visiting program and contemporary attachment and mentalization research, with vivid case material illustrating therapeutic strategies. End-of-chapter Questions for Clinicians help readers apply the concepts and develop their reflective capacities.

Format: Hardback
Length: 436 pages
Publication date: 09 August 2023
Publisher: Guilford Publications

This comprehensive book offers a flexible framework for promoting reflective parenting from the ground up. It provides effective strategies to support safety and self-regulation in parents with histories of trauma and adversity, enabling them to establish stronger connections with their children. The book draws from principles of the influential Minding the Baby (MTB) home visiting program and contemporary attachment and mentalization research. Vivid case material showcases therapeutic approaches that can be applied in various clinical contexts, with end-of-chapter Questions for Clinicians aiding readers in developing their reflective capacities. By addressing barriers to secure, reciprocal, and joyful parent-infant relationships, this book empowers clinicians to enhance the well-being of vulnerable young families.

Weight: 748g
Dimension: 158 x 236 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781462552511