ENHANCING ATTACHMENT AND REFLECTIVE PARENTING IN CLINICAL PRACTICE : a minding the baby approach

How can clinicians help vulnerable young families overcome barriers to secure, reciprocal, and joyful parent–infant relationships? This book provides a flexible framework for promoting reflective parenting "from the ground up." Described are effective ways to support safety and self-regulation in parents with histories of trauma and adversity, giving them a stronger foundation for seeing, hearing, and connecting to their children. The book distills principles of the influential Minding the Baby (MTB) home visiting program, as well as contemporary attachment and mentalization research. Vivid case material illustrates therapeutic strategies that can be used with parents and children in any clinical context. End-of-chapter "Questions for Clinicians" help readers apply the concepts discussed, with special attention to developing their own reflective capacities. Cover Half Title Page Title Page Copyright Dedication About the Authors Preface Acknowledgments Contents Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations 1. Minding the BabyTM and Reflective Parenting: An Introduction I. Theoretical and Scientific Bases for Minding the Baby Parenting 2. The Foundations of Attachment Theory and Research 3. Pathways to Secure Attachment: Caregiver Sensitivity 4. Pathways to Secure Attachment: Parental Mentalizing 5. Impaired Mentalizing and Trauma 6. Adversity, Toxic Stress, and Resilience II. Establishing the Relational Foundations of Reflection 7. The Relational Foundations of Reflection 8. The Relational Foundations of Reflection in the Clinician 9. The Relational Foundations of Reflection in Parents and Children III. Building Reflective Capacities 10. Enhancing Parental Reflective Functioning: General Considerations 11. Reflective Nursing 12. Parental Mental Health 13. Clinical Applications of the Pregnancy and Parent Development Interviews IV. Clinical Applications of Minding the Baby Parenting 14. Brenda, Aidan, and Allie 15. Yolanda, Manny, and Mildred 16. Genevieve, Jared, and Jimmy 17. Embracing Complexity Appendix I. The Pregnancy Interview Appendix II. The Parent Development Interview—Short Version (2004) References Index