Mother-Baby-Toddler Group Guide: A Psychodynamic Approach

This book is a comprehensive guide for leading mother-baby-toddler groups, teaching child development, and providing early intervention. It offers a psychodynamic approach to resolve developmental and mothering difficulties during the first three years of life, activating mothers' childhood memories and providing self-reflection and insight. Group questions are organized by age and psychodynamic theme, with vignettes illustrating the synergies between supportive and educational group-process and psychodynamic interventions. The book aims to extend the infant mental health focus on treatment to prevention, making it practical, informative, and illuminating for experienced clinicians, students, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and others interested in infant mental health and mothers' well-being.

Format: Hardback
Length: 196 pages
Publication date: 07 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive guide serves as a valuable resource for those who lead mother-baby-toddler groups, offering a comprehensive text for teaching child development and serving as a handbook for early intervention. The guidelines provide a detailed psychodynamic approach to address the common developmental and mothering challenges that arise during the first three years of life. As mothers navigate their thoughts about their babies and toddlers, their childhood memories become activated, often influencing their interactions with their children without their conscious awareness. To address these challenges, the book offers specific interventions that encourage mothers to reflect on themselves and gain insight. The group questions are organized by age and psychodynamic theme, fostering a supportive and educational group process. Engaging vignettes illustrate the synergies between the psychodynamic interventions and the group-process, highlighting the positive outcomes for each mother-child dyad. By addressing difficulties early on, the book aims to prevent them from escalating into disorders. This groundbreaking guide is the first psychodynamic group guide to extend the focus on treatment to include prevention, making it an essential resource for experienced clinicians, students, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and anyone interested in infant mental health and mothers' well-being. The specific guidelines provided in this book are practical, informative, and enlightening, offering valuable insights into the complex dynamics of mother-child relationships and early childhood development.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032351384