2012
DOI: 10.1177/1359104512444116
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Intercepting the intergenerational cycle of maternal trauma and loss through mother–infant psychotherapy: A case study using attachment-derived methods

Abstract: Some mothers who have recently lost a significant attachment figure may become mentally incoherent and sporadically even enter a trancelike, dissociative state. Such states of mind have been shown to predict infant attachment disorganization. Infants born close to the time of a parental loss are at a greater risk for intergenerational trauma. A background of maternal substance abuse is also known to increase such risk. We illustrate by way of a case study how a mother-infant group psychotherapy programme aimed… Show more

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“…Most investigations of MIPs are case studies (Baradon, ; Belt et al., ; Downing, Burgin, Reck, & Ziegenhain, ; Keren, ) or quantitative outcome studies (Cohen, Lojkasek, Muir, Muir, & Parker, ; Cooper, Murray, Wilson, & Romaniuk, ; Hayes, Matthews, Copley, & Welsh, ; Letourneau et al., ; Murray, Cooper, Wilson, & Romaniuk, ; Ravn et al., ; Robert‐Tissot et al., ; Santelices et al., ; Winberg Salomonsson, Sorjonen, & Salomonsson, , ). However, studies using qualitative analysis have become more common (Cramer, ).…”
Section: Mother‐infant Psychoanalysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Most investigations of MIPs are case studies (Baradon, ; Belt et al., ; Downing, Burgin, Reck, & Ziegenhain, ; Keren, ) or quantitative outcome studies (Cohen, Lojkasek, Muir, Muir, & Parker, ; Cooper, Murray, Wilson, & Romaniuk, ; Hayes, Matthews, Copley, & Welsh, ; Letourneau et al., ; Murray, Cooper, Wilson, & Romaniuk, ; Ravn et al., ; Robert‐Tissot et al., ; Santelices et al., ; Winberg Salomonsson, Sorjonen, & Salomonsson, , ). However, studies using qualitative analysis have become more common (Cramer, ).…”
Section: Mother‐infant Psychoanalysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many mothers who had experienced a SUID death reported that they would welcome their own death to end their suffering-reuniting them with their lost child. Having other children was protective against suicide, and the mother tried to protect the children from grief (Harper, O'Connor, Dickson, & O'Carroll, 2011), but unresolved grief inhibited the mother's ability to attend to the new infant's needs (Belt et al, 2013). Parents started to question the meaningfulness of their other relationships (e.g., spouse, God) or the meaning of their work and other activities.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Quantitative outcome studies of parent–infant psychotherapy have been numerous (Cohen, Lojkasek, Muir, Muir, & Parker, ; Cooper, Murray, Wilson, & Romaniuk, ; Hayes, Matthews, Copley, & Welsh, ; Letourneau et al., ; Murray, Cooper, Wilson, & Romaniuk, ; Ravn et al., ; Robert‐Tissot et al., ; Santelices et al., ; Winberg Salomonsson et al., , ). Another way of investigating the development of the relationship between mother and child is the single case study of therapy cases (Baradon, Biseo, Broughton, James, & Joyce, ; Belt et al., ; Downing, Burgin, Reck, & Ziegenhain, ; Kächele, Schachter, & Thomä, ; Keren, ; Tuters, Doulis, & Yabsley, ; Willemsen, Della Rosa, & Kegerreis, ). Studies applying a qualitative analysis of interview transcripts have become more common (Levitt, ), and some studies used such methods to investigate changes due to therapy (Paris, Spielman, & Bolton, ).…”
Section: The Infant Studymentioning
confidence: 99%