Infant Observation at the Heart of Training

The study of infant observation is widely used as part of training to become a psychoanalytic psychotherapist; the skills learned through infant observation can be widely applied to practicing analysis with all ages. Through the delineation of the views of writers and teachers of infant observation and her own empirical research, Janine Sternberg addresses the reasons why infant observation is a vital part of training for all analysts. Preface , Prelude , Introduction , Design of the research , Conceptual Research , The therapist’s inner instruments , From instrument to melody , Feel the music: how infant observation develops the equipment for clinical practice , Empirical Research , Data organization , Anticipations: initial interviews , Delivery: the narrative of the end interviews , Comparing the results of the initial and end interviews , Conclusions , Integrating the issues , Implications and validity of the findings