1st Edition
Working with Parents and Infants A Mind-Body Integration Approach
By Antonella Sansone
Copyright 2007
178 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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Working with Parents and Infants is aimed at understanding the process of psychosomatic illness, exploring the embodiment of psychosomatic health and illness, and the inseparability of psyche and soma. Within this book, the author highlights the beneficial function of psychosomatic symptoms, such as mastitis, in signalling to the counsellor or therapist as well as the patient the need for... Read more
Introduction -- A historical examination of the psyche-soma -- The psyche-soma within an object-relations framework -- The “bodyself” in early relationship -- Touch, movement, and integration of the psyche-soma -- Case illustration -- An east/west approach to working with parents and infants and the healing relationship -- Emotions and the primal brain -- The effectiveness of early support -- Infant observation -- Conclusions
Biography
Antonella Sansone
