1st Edition
Neurodevelopmental Parent-Infant Psychotherapy and Mindfulness Complementary Approaches in Work with Parents and Babies
Foreword by Ajahn Brahmavara
Foreword by Stella Acquarone
Introduction
Chapter 1 What is parent-Infant psychotherapy?
Chapter 2 What is Mindfulness?
Chapter 3 The development of the infant’s brain and nervous system
Chapter 4 Pregnancy
Chapter 5 From unbearable, persecutory guilt to tolerable, reparative guilt in working with severely damaged babies and their parents
Chapter 6 Immigration, Dislocation and Loss
Chapter 7 Parental Mental Illness
Chapter 8 Babies with severe congenital disabilities
Chapter 9 Fathers
Chapter 10 Breaking the cycle
Biography
Maria Pozzi Monzo, born in Italy, trained in London at the Tavistock Clinic, BPF/BAP, where she now lectures. She has worked in CAMHS, PIP-UK and is currently at the School of Infant Mental Health. She is also a trainer in parent-infant psychotherapy in Italy and Switzerland. Her many publications include The Buddha and the Baby (2015). She was winner of the Los Angeles, Frances Tustin Memorial Prize in 1999.
"Maria Pozzi Monzo's many decades of personal meditation practice are clearly providing inspiration in her work as a parent-infant and child psychotherapist. The integration of these two fields offers a unique and valuable contribution to both disciplines, which is to be celebrated." – Ajahn Brahmavara
