Elisabeth Fivaz-Depeursinge - The Baby and the Couple: Understanding and treating young families

The Baby and the Couple provides an insiders view on how infant communication develops in the context of the family and how parents either work together as a team or struggle in the process. The authors present vignettes from everyday life as well as case studies from a longitudinal research project of infants and their parents interacting together in the Lausanne Trilogue Play (LTP), an assessment tool for very young families.

Divided into three sections, the book focuses not only on the parents but also on the infants contribution to the family. , prevention and intervention models based on the LTP are presented. In addition to an overview of these programs, chapters are devoted to the Developmental Systems Consultation, which combines use of the LTP and video feedback, and a new model, Reflective Family Play, which allows whole families to engage in treatment.

The Baby and the Couple is a vital resource for professionals working in the fields of infant and preschool mental health, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, family therapists, and educators, as well as researchers.

Elisabeth Fivaz-Depeursinge is a former professor of clinical ethology at the University of Lausanne School of Medicine, where she was president of the Centre for Family Studies and head of its research department. She was a practicing child analyst and family therapist before moving into clinical research.

Diane A. Philipp is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto Medical School and a member of the faculty at the Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, where she is part of the infant and preschool assessment and treatment team.

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Fivaz-Depeursinge, Elisabeth.
The baby and the couple : understanding and treating young families / Elisabeth Fivaz-Depeursinge and Diane Philipp.

pages cm

1. Parent and infant. 2. Infants. 3. Infant psychology.

I. Philipp, Diane. II. Title.

BF720.P37.F58 2014

155.422dc23

2013047752

ISBN: 978-0-415-84495-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-415-84496-3 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-77977-5 (ebk)

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