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Dyadic psychotherapy for early relationship disorders: a case study
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This case study explores dyadic psychotherapy for early relational disorders, focusing on a mother-infant relationship impacted by biological and psychological risks. The therapy aimed to modify pathological motherhood processes.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Infant and Child Development
- Family Therapy
Background:
- Dyadic psychotherapies address early relational disorders where the parent-infant relationship is the primary focus.
- These disorders often arise from a complex interaction of infant biological and parental psychological risk factors.
Observation:
- Presents a case study of a three-year-old child and their mother undergoing dyadic psychotherapy.
- The case illustrates a relational disorder stemming from combined infant biological and parental psychological vulnerabilities.
Findings:
- The study emphasizes the techniques and progression of dyadic psychotherapy for pathological motherhood.
- Therapy targeted intrapsychic and interpersonal processes contributing to the relational disorder.
Implications:
- Highlights the importance of parent-infant relationship-focused interventions for early relational disorders.
- Demonstrates the application of specific dyadic psychotherapy techniques in a complex clinical case.
- Informs clinical practice regarding the selection criteria for dyadic psychotherapy approaches.
Abstract:
Specific treatment modalities, such as dyadic psychotherapies, have emerged, based on the notion that in cases of very early relational disorders, the patient is the parent-infant relationship. The aim of this paper is to present a case study of such a relational disorder which took place as the result of a complex interplay between the infant's biological risk factors and the parents' psychological risk factors. The emphasis is on the technique and the course of the dyadic psychotherapy of the mother and her three-year-old child, where the main goal was to change some of the intrapsychic and interpersonal processes specifically related to pathological motherhood. The theoretical background is briefly presented, while emphasizing the criteria for choosing one approach among the different kinds of dyadic psychotherapy.