Main description:

When a child without a fully developed language experiences physical and psychological stress that exceeds the child's capacity to cope, the experience can leave lasting marks, unless the child receives treatment.Infant therapy is a method inspired by the work of the French pediatrician and psychoanalyst Francoise Dolto and her student Caroline Eli

Contents:

Foreword -- Part I -- Presentation of Francoise Dolto and Caroline Eliacheff -- Infant therapy in practice at Skodsborg treatment centre for infants -- Therapy with infants as it is practiced at The Family House in Horsens -- Case: Adam -- Affective attunement and special moments -- Attachment as the foundation of the child's development -- Attachment and separation: abandonment syndrome -- A theoretical model -- Transitional objects and phenomena and their role as protective measures -- Therapy with infants: how is it possible? -- Infant therapy as a preventive measure -- Part II -- Using the method of infant therapy with older children -- The method of infant therapy and other professions -- Infant therapy with adopted children -- The method of infant therapy in adult therapy -- National and international interest in identifying and treating trauma in infants