Parent-Infant Psychotherapy for Sleep Problems: Through the Night

ISBN-13: 9780367187828 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str.

Dilys Daws; Sarah Sutton

Opis

Sleep problems are among the most common, urgent and undermining troubles parents meet. This book describes Dilys Daws' pioneering method of therapy for sleep problems, honed over forty years of work with families: brief psychoanalytic therapy with parents and infants together.

Spis treści

Preface Acknowledgements 01. What is a Sleep Problem? PART I 02. Brief Psychoanalytic Therapy for Sleep Problems 03. A Case Study: The Armitage Family PART II 04. The Physiology of Sleep States 05. Babies’ Physiological States and Parenting 06. Dreams and Nightmares 07. The Development of Separateness of Self 08. Separation and Attachment Problems 09. The Connections of Sleep Problems with Feeding and Weaning 10. Parents’ Own Childhood Experiences 11. Father’s Role, the Parents’ Relationship, Single Parents and Returning to Work 12. Disturbed Sleep as a Psychosomatic Problem 13. Mother’s mental health and wellbeing 14. Children with particulat needs and abilities CONCLUSION Bibliography Index