Parent-infant therapy as an application of the Esther Bick method of infant observation

Abstract

In this paper the author explains how, besides her psychoanalytic experience, the practise of baby-observation following Mrs Bick's method allowed her to construct her technique in therapies of parents-baby relationship. After a short description of this method, the author details every aspect of the observation and her application in the therapies. Some clinical vignettes are included.

Keywords:

• baby
• observation
• therapies of parent-infant relationship
• importance of babies' participation in this work