ISBN Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health : Core Concepts and Clinical Practice

Contents: Core concepts in infant-family mental health. The neurosequential model of therapeutics (NMT). Typical and a-typical development. Brazelton's neurodevelopmental and relational touchpoints. The neurorelational framework (NRF) in infant mental health. Attachment theory. Psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theory: play therapy. Interpersonal neurobiology, mindsight, and integration. Basics of counseling in infant-parent mental health. Behavioral epigenetics. D-C: 0-3R: A diagnostic schema for infants and their families. Fussy babies: early challenges in regulation. Developmental and dyadic implications of challenges with sensory processing. Autism spectrum disorders. Touch in parent-infant mental health. Developmental psychopathology. The basics of video intervention therapy (VIT). Evidence-based treatments and evidence-based practices. Transforming clinical practice through reflection work. The trilogy of attachment, intersubjectivity and mentalization. Index.