Including the infant in family therapy and systemic practice: charting a new frontier

IF 0.7 4区 心理学 Q4 FAMILY STUDIES
Jessica E. Opie, James P. McHale, Peter Fonagy, Alicia Lieberman, Robbie Duschinsky, Miri Keren, Campbell Paul
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Abstract

This position paper from a core group of infant mental health academics and clinicians addresses the conspicuous underrepresentation of the infant in mainstream family therapy. Despite infants' social capacities and clear contributions to family dynamics, they remain largely overlooked within this therapeutic context. We suggest that family therapists have moral and professional responsibilities to support the participation, protection, and well-being of all family members, including the infant. Here, we emphasise the importance of including the infant in the family therapy setting. By highlighting their frequent omission, we aim to amplify infants' often unheard ‘voice,’ role, and contributions to family development, especially recovery from distress. A shift towards infant inclusion as the rule rather than the exception represents a new frontier of integration. We first highlight the relational nature of infant development with a focus on the infants' psychosocial capacities and vulnerabilities. We then consider reasons why the infant may be overlooked in family and systemic therapies and offer a rationale for inviting the infant into these settings, illustrated through the use of a clinical case vignette. To facilitate infant inclusion, we propose a series of guidelines to meaningfully incorporate infants into family therapy practices. We conclude by encouraging shifts in family therapy research, training, and practice to better incorporate and understand the unique contributions of the infant to family life.

包括婴儿在内的家庭治疗和系统实践:绘制新前沿
这是一份由婴儿心理健康学者和临床医生组成的核心小组的立场文件,解决了主流家庭治疗中婴儿明显代表性不足的问题。尽管婴儿的社会能力和对家庭动态的明确贡献,但在这种治疗背景下,他们在很大程度上被忽视了。我们建议家庭治疗师有道德和专业责任来支持所有家庭成员的参与、保护和幸福,包括婴儿。在这里,我们强调包括婴儿在家庭治疗设置的重要性。通过强调他们经常被忽略,我们的目标是放大婴儿经常被忽视的“声音”、角色和对家庭发展的贡献,特别是从痛苦中恢复过来。把包容婴儿作为规则而非例外的转变,代表了融合的新前沿。我们首先强调婴儿发展的关系性质,重点关注婴儿的社会心理能力和脆弱性。然后,我们考虑婴儿在家庭和系统治疗中可能被忽视的原因,并提供邀请婴儿进入这些环境的基本原理,通过使用临床病例插图进行说明。最后,我们鼓励家庭治疗研究、培训和实践的转变,以更好地纳入和理解婴儿对家庭生活的独特贡献。
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CiteScore
1.60
自引率
14.30%
发文量
40
期刊介绍: The ANZJFT is reputed to be the most-stolen professional journal in Australia! It is read by clinicians as well as by academics, and each issue includes substantial papers reflecting original perspectives on theory and practice. A lively magazine section keeps its finger on the pulse of family therapy in Australia and New Zealand via local correspondents, and four Foreign Correspondents report on developments in the US and Europe.
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