C. Malone & J.C. & Dayton, C.J. (2015). What is the Container/Contained When There are Ghosts in the Nursery?: Joining Bion and Fraiberg in Dyadic Interventions with Mother and Infant. Infant Mental Health Journal. (Vol. 36 No. 3). Pp.262-274.
In the most recent issue of the Infant Mental Health Journal, Johanna C. Malone (Harvard Medical School) and Michigan’s own Carolyn Joy Dayton (Wayne State University) explore W.R. Bion’s elaboration on Selma Fraiberg’s concept of how “ghosts in the nursery” impact the infant-parent relationship. The authors unpack Bion’s understanding of how the therapeutic relationship plays a role in emotional containment cycles between mother and infant.
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A Resource from the Infant Mental Health Journal
Authors
Malone, C. & J.C. & Dayton, C.J.
United States
