Course: Babies in Mind: Why the Parent's Mind Matters

In this interview we talk to Tessa Baradon who is a parent-infant psychotherapist and Clinical Director of the Anna Freud Centre. Tessa begins by describing the way in which the …

In this video we examine some of the different methods of working in the postnatal period that are explicitly aimed at promoting the parent’s relationship with the born baby or …

This article describes the long-term effects of the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program on children’s criminal and antisocial behaviour when the participating children are 15 years of age. The article describes …

In this video we examine some of the different methods of working in the antenatal period that are explicitly aimed at promoting the parent’s relationship with the unborn baby or …

In this video we define some of the key methods of working in terms of whether they are offered to all parents (universal); target specific groups of parents who may …

Recent research has begun to identify the importance of the mother’s capacity for mental representations, or her imagined relationship with her baby, in pregnancy. Maternal representations in pregnancy can be …

During the past week we have examined the way in which the mother’s mind in pregnancy can have both a direct and indirect impact on foetal development. For example, it …

Last week we spent some time thinking about the concept of reflective functioning, and its impact on infant attachment as a result of the way in which it influences the …

In this interview Dr Vivette Glover, Professor of Perinatal Psychobiology at Imperial College London, describes the concept of ‘foetal programming’, and research about the impact of stress during pregnancy on …

The mother’s emotional mind in pregnancy may alternate between feelings of happiness and relaxation, and other less optimal feelings such as anxiety and depression. Anxiety during pregnancy is common, and …

Bonding can be defined as an emotional tie from parent to infant. Bonding and attachment are often used interchangeably but they are different. Mothers ‘bond’ with their babies but the …

In this video we examine the three key stages of foetal development (i.e. the three trimesters of pregnancy). We describe the concept of ‘foetal programming’ and the implications of such …

In this part of the course we have examined the role of attachment in both enabling the infant to regulate their emotional states and in terms of internal working models …

The research has consistently shown that the parent’s attachment status is a significant predictor of the infant’s attachment status. For example, a review of studies that had measured adult attachment …

In this interview Jane talks to Arietta Slade, who is Clinical Professor at the Yale Child Study Center, Co-director of Minding the Baby and an internationally recognised theoretician, clinician, researcher, …