The Motherhood Constellation

Daniel N. Stern, M.D., is Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the Cornell Medical School. He is author of the acclaimed 'The Interpersonal World of the Infant', among other notable titles.

Introduction -- The Clinical System in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy -- An Overview of the Clinical Situation -- The Parents' Representational World -- The Parents' Representations Enacted -- The Parent-Infant Interaction -- The Nature and Formation of the Infant's Representations -- The Infant's Representations Viewed Clinically -- The Therapist -- Therapeutic Approaches in Parent-Infant Psychotherapy and Their Commonalities -- Approaches That Aim to Change the Parents' Representations -- Approaches That Aim to Change the Interactive Behaviors -- Commonalities Among the Different Approaches -- Synthesis -- The Motherhood Constellation -- Some Wider Implications for Other Clinical Situations