Infant-Parent Research and Its Applicability to Adult Treatment: A Dyadic Systems View A Study Group and Online Discussion Group facilitated by JoAnn Ponder, PhD While the Oedipus complex was the centerpiece of classical psychoanalysis, the infant-parent relationship has become the foundation for relational psychoanalysis. This view has been promulgated by findings such as those of Beatrice Beebe, PhD, who is one of the foremost psychoanalysts, researchers, and scholars in the field. Her videotaped microanalyses of infant-mother interactions demonstrate the early origins of attachment, dyadic self- and mutual-regulation, and intersubjectivity. Beebe, in turn, applies her findings to the psychoanalytic treatment process with adult patients. This intermediate-level study group will review her infant research as summarized in several documentary films available online and in her most recent book, and also will consider how the findings apply to adult treatment as described in some of her journal articles. Participation is open to persons who plan to register for the Beebe conferences, as well as those who do not plan to attend. Enrollment for the study group is limited. Participants must obtain Beebe’s book and access the documentaries online. Journal articles will be emailed. August 18 Beebe, B., Cohen, P. & Lachman, F. (2016). The mother-infant interaction picture book: Origins of attachment. New York: Norton. Chapters 1-7. Dougherty, K. (2016). Mother-Infant Communication: The Research of Dr. Beatrice Beebe. Documentary film available on Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing [PEPweb] August 25 Beebe, Cohen & Lachmann (2016), Chapters 8-13. Beebe, B. Decoding the Nonverbal Language of Babies. A 30-minute internet talk on (http://www.aei.org/events/decoding-the-nonverbal-language-of-babies/) September 1 Beebe, B. & Lachmann, F. (1998). Co-constructing inner and relational processes: Self- and mutual- regulation in infant research and adult treatment. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 15: 480-516. Beebe, B. & Lachmann, F. (2002). Organizing principles of interaction from infant research and the lifespan prediction of attachment: Application to adult treatment. Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 2: 61-89. Beebe, B. Internet interview about her work, Part I.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyzy4ShfgFE) September 8 Beebe, B., Rustin, J., Sorter, D. & Knoblauch, S. (2003). An expanded view of intersubjectivity in infancy and its application to psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 13: 805-841. Beebe, B. & Lachmann, F. (2003). The relational turn in psychoanalysis: A dyadic systems view from infant research. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 39: 379-409. Beebe, B. Internet interview, Part II. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N50jY6vWEOM). Learning Objectives
JoAnn Ponder, PhD is a psychologist-psychoanalyst who has a private practice in Austin treating individuals, couples, and families. She is a faculty member at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston, where she completed training in adult psychoanalysis and child psychotherapy. She completed a series of infant-parent observations as part of her child coursework. She subsequently completed the two- year infant-parent mental health intervention program at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, where the founder, Ed Tronick, still teaches. JoAnn previously facilitated a seminar on infant-parent observation for Austin Psychoanalytic. She has presented at national psychoanalytic conferences and published a book chapter on the psychological processes of bonding with an adoptive child. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
(ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and The Center for Psychoanalytic Studies. The American Psychoanalytic Association is
accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 6
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).TM Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. |
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