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doi: 10.1080/02668734.2022.2078996pmid: N/A
This paper offers a 25-year scoping review of psychoanalytic journal articles on premature birth from 1997 to 2021. Given the prevalence of prematurity and its impact on infant development and parenting, this is an area which requires engagement and research. 28 papers were found in psychoanalytic journals. This review summarizes the extent, range and nature of this research, identifying trends in theorizing about premature infancy and gaps in the literature. The overall lack of articles on the topic of prematurity is highlighted and possible reasons for this are suggested. These include the practical challenges as well as the intensity of emotional pain inherent in working with prematurity. The findings highlight the trauma experienced by both premature infants and their parents. Prematurity may also place the parent-infant relationship at risk. The therapeutic imperative of interacting with the infant as a person is strongly emphasised. Research suggests working in the NICU is emotionally evocative. However, a case is made for the critical role that psychoanalytic practitioners can play in supporting those impacted by premature infancy. The need for exposure to this topic is highlighted. Gaps in the literature appear in relation to sibling experience, experiences of fathers of premature infants, and the intersubjective processes occurring between premature infants and their parents.
Cortezia, Fabíola Scherer; Donelli, T. M. S.
doi: 10.1080/02668734.2022.2130409pmid: N/A
The aim of this study is understanding the psychotherapeutic process in parent-infant psychoanalytic psychotherapy when child development is at risk, focusing on therapeutic interventions. Participants in the research were a 4-month-old baby at the beginning of psychotherapy, whose development was at risk – assessed from the Risk Indicators for Child Development (IRDI) - her parents and a psychotherapist. Thirty parent-infant psychotherapy sessions were carried out over nine months, being recorded in audio and video and subsequently described in detail for classification and intervention analysis by two independent judges. Frequency analysis and qualitative analysis of the collected data were performed. The results showed that there was a change in the types and number of therapeutic interventions used throughout the treatment. The interventions which occurred the most were those specific to parent-infant psychoanalytic psychotherapy when child development is at risk, referred to as prosody. It is known that there is still much to be explored, and further studies would be needed to understand how other interventions in parent-infant psychoanalytic psychotherapy when child development is at risk are characterized, considering that this case may have its specificities, taking into account the history of the family and also the background and personal characteristics of the psychotherapist.
Maroti, Daniel; Hallberg, Henrik; Lindqvist, Karin; Mechler, Jakob
doi: 10.1080/02668734.2022.2124441pmid: N/A
During the last years, a number of trials on internet-delivered psychodynamic treatment (IPDT) have shown promising results. In this article we discuss whether two important facets of psychodynamic therapy, that of the therapeutic relationship (especially the transference) and that of emotional processing, are applicable and useful in IPDT. We argue that the therapist role in IPDT does not need to be mainly a supportive one. In this article we try to illustrate that working with the transference relationship and facilitating deep emotional processing is possible in IPDT, potentially adding to the effect of solely taking a supportive stance in guiding through the self-help material. We argue that unguided treatments might make less sense when based on psychodynamic theory due to the lack of a therapeutic relationship and conclude by stating that future research on IPDT could use dismantling designs to establish what therapeutic techniques that are associated with change.
Jordet, Henning; Kjølbye, Morten
doi: 10.1080/02668734.2022.2130408pmid: N/A
This article is a presentation of mentalization-based supervision with regard to focus, goals and means. The article is based on current theory of mentalization, and clinical practice with mentalization-based supervision. It presents a dimension to be considered in mentalization-based supervision, where the goal of stimulating mentalization is always in focus. This is illustrated in a sequence from a supervision session. It is possible to determine what mentalization-based supervision is and extract what makes it different of other psychotherapy supervision.
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