Parent – infant psychotherapy, the transition to parenthood and parental narcissism: Implications for treatment

Espasa, Francisco Palacio

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“…In particular, we argue that Blum has underestimated the contribution of psychoanalytic theory, research and treatment of PPD because these contributions have generally not been based on descriptive categorical diagnostic labels such as PPD, but on developmental analyses of adaptive and maladaptive outcomes in the transition to motherhood (e.g., Besser, Priel, & Wiznizer, 2002; Priel & Besser, 2000a, 2001, 2002; Raphaël-Leff, 1986, 2001; Stern, 1995); outcomes that include, but are not limited to, the clinical disorder of postpartum depression (Besser & Priel, 2003a; Besser, Priel, Flett, & Wiznizer, 2007; Priel & Besser, 1999, 2000a; Vliegen, Luyten, Meurs, & Cluckers, 2006). Likewise, we discuss psychoanalytically based treatment for mothers in postpartum psychological distress (e.g., Beebe, 2003; Cramer, 1997; Espasa, 2004; Fraiberg, 1980; McDonough, 2000; Shirilla & Wheatherston, 2002; Tracey, 2000). Much of this more recent research derives from a comprehensive theoretical framework proposed by Blatt concerning the psychodynamics of depression (Blatt, 1974, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2004) that is part of a broader theory of normal and pathological personality development (Blatt, 2006, 2008; Blatt & Blass, 1990, 1996; Blatt & Shichman, 1983).…”

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Systematic empirical investigation of vulnerability to postpartum depression from a psychodynamic perspective: Commentary on issues raised by Blum (2007).

Besser¹,

Vliegen²,

Luyten³

2008

Psychoanalytic Psychology

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In a recent paper, Lawrence Blum (2007) identified emotional conflicts in three areas typical in postpartum depression: (1) dependency, (2) aggression, and (3) motherhood. In this commentary, the authors consider agreements and disagreements with Blum's views on the psychodynamics of postpartum depression. In contrast to Blum's assertion, a theoretically derived extensive empirical psychoanalytic database exists which confirms and extends Blum's analysis of the core dynamics involved in this disorder. This recent research derives primarily from the comprehensive theoretical framework proposed by Blatt (1974Blatt ( , 2004Blatt ( , 2006Blatt ( , 2008 on the psychodynamics of depression that are part of a broad theory of normal and pathological personality development which Blum (2007), in his otherwise thorough search of the literature, seems to have overlooked. The authors close with reflections on how psychoanalysis and psychodynamically inspired research might increasingly influence mainstream clinical practice and research.

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Systematic empirical investigation of vulnerability to postpartum depression from a psychodynamic perspective: Commentary on issues raised by Blum (2007).

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Vliegen²,

Luyten³

2008

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“…Though he trained for a decade in the U.S., the major clinical works by him and his associate Francisco Palacio Espasa were published in French (Cramer & Palacio Espasa, 1993;Manzano, Palacio Espasa, & Zilkha, 1999). Some papers and a book (Cramer, 1997(Cramer, , 1998Espasa & Alcorn, 2004) as well as a succinct introduction (Zlot, 2007) were published in English.…”

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Psychodynamic Therapies with Infants and Parents: A Critical Review of Treatment Methods

Salomonsson¹

2014

Psychodynamic Psychiatry

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The theory of psychoanalysis has always relied on speculations about the infant's mind, but its clinical practice was slow in taking an interest in babies and their parents. The therapy methods that nevertheless have evolved during the last 50 years differ in their emphasis on support or insight, which roles they attribute to mother and baby in therapy, and to what extent they focus on the unconscious influences in mother and baby, respectively. They also differ to what extent their theories rely on classical psychoanalysis, attachment psychology, developmental psychology, and infant research. Each method also contains assumptions, most often tacit, about which kinds of samples for which they are most suited. The article describes the most well-known modes of psychodynamic therapy with infants and parents (PTIP). There is a certain emphasis on methods that are less known to the U.S. readership, such as the French and Scandinavian traditions. It submits them and the other methods to a critical review.

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“…Según Espasa (2004) las identificaciones proyectivas de los padres con respecto al recién nacido llevan no sólo a las representaciones del pasado de los propios padres como niños sino, también, a representaciones de sus propios padres y de otras personas significati vas de su infancia. Sin embargo, en este contexto de las relaciones padres -hijos, el térmi no de identificación proyectiva no nece sa riamente tiene implicaciones patológicas (Palkovitz & Palm, 2009).…”

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“…Por el contrario, en las identificaciones proyectivas de los padres es donde el niño a menudo desempeña un papel positivo en el desarrollo y estructuración psíquica de éste. Esto está estrechamente relacionado con el hecho de que la llegada de un bebé ofrece a los padres la oportunidad de revivir y / o corregir, en su relación con el bebé, ciertas ex-periencias y relaciones (Bouchard, 2012;Espasa, 2004).…”

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Transición y construcción de la paternidad

Nieri¹

2017

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Algunos hechos históricos trajeron aparejadas consecuencias sociales y psicológicas que llevaron a replantear las funciones de los padres. Esto lle vó a que las investigaciones centraran su interés en estudiar qué le ocurría al padre ante su paternidad. Por lo tanto el trabajo que se informa tuvo como objetivo realizar una revisión bibliográfica relacionada con la transición de la paternidad. En el mismo se pueden evidenciar diversas investigaciones que dan cuenta de distintos procesos emocionales que atraviesa el padre y cómo estos influyen en la relación con su familia de origen, pareja e hijo. Se observó que factores tales como la relación matrimonial, las demandas de trabajo, las relaciones tempranas con su familia de origen influyen en la construcción de la identidad paterna. Los estudios revisados destacan la importancia de entender qué le ocurre al padre durante ese período, ya que como lo viva incidirá en la relación con su hijo.

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Parent – infant psychotherapy, the transition to parenthood and parental narcissism: Implications for treatment

Cited by 20 publications

References 6 publications

Systematic empirical investigation of vulnerability to postpartum depression from a psychodynamic perspective: Commentary on issues raised by Blum (2007).

Systematic empirical investigation of vulnerability to postpartum depression from a psychodynamic perspective: Commentary on issues raised by Blum (2007).

Psychodynamic Therapies with Infants and Parents: A Critical Review of Treatment Methods

Transición y construcción de la paternidad

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