Working With Fathers in Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy interfaces theoretical ideas about fatherhood and their incorporation into the clinical practice of psychoanalytic parent-infant psychotherapy. Often, when a family attends parent-infant psychotherapy, issues of the father are eclipsed by attention to the mother, who is usually the identified patient. This book attends to both the barriers to psychological work with the father and ways in which he can be engaged in a therapeutic process.
Key Features
- Brings together eminent clinicians and academics in the field of parent-infant psychotherapy.
- Includes a layered collection of theoretical and clinical contributions.
- Explores the integration and critique of themes presented by contributors.
- Offers insights for mental health practitioners working with infants.
Additional Information
Tessa Baradon, along with her co-discussants Björn Salomonsson and Kai von Klitzing, conclude with an integration and critique of the themes presented, expanding on the central themes of the work. Working With Fathers in Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy will be of interest to mental health practitioners, who will learn that each individual and the family as a system can benefit from such an inclusive approach.
