Introductory remarks by the issue editors: The multiple dimensions of the parent–baby story

Abstract

In their introductory remarks, the guest editors, themselves presenters at the conference “Parent–Infant Disturbance: Theory and Therapy,” introduce the philosophy and methodology underlying this interdisciplinary psychoanalytic conference and outline the multiple dimensions of the issue at hand, as they are addressed by the individual contributions to this volume. The paper concludes with a remembrance of and dedication to the victims of the Paris terrorist attack of November 13, 2015.

Key words:

• inter-disciplinary psychoanalytic conference
• translation of the varied data into the “language of psychoanalysis”
• representation of multiple perspectives

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Eva D. Papiasvili

Authors

Eva D. Papiasvili, PhD, ABPP, is a is co-chair for North America (USA, Canada, Japan) of the IPA Encyclopedic Dictionary of Psychoanalysis, and senior clinical faculty and supervisor on the doctoral program of clinical psychology, Columbia University, New York. She is past executive director and dean of the Institute of the Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Society of New York, where she has been a training, teaching and supervising analyst, and is also a teaching and supervising analyst of the Object Relations Institute in New York.

Linda A. Mayers

Linda A. Mayers, PhD, is past director of training, and a training and supervising analyst of the Institute of the Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Society (International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies). She is an adjunct associate professor at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, and former adjunct clinical professor at City University, Teachers College-Columbia University and Yeshiva University, New York. She is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, and an editorial reader for the International Forum of Psychoanalysis.