one-year infant observation seminar
This infant observation seminar is offered yearly during the academic calendar:
- As an elective course to candidates in IPTAR’s Adult Program;
- As a required course in IPTAR’s and CFS’s Adult and Child Integrated Track;
- To candidates and members of psychoanalytic institutes and programs;
- To professionals in the field of parent-infant work;
- To professionals considering psychoanalytic training
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The close observation of a parent and baby in their home provides a powerful learning experience and has formed the basis for further psychoanalytic training and work in many psychoanalytic institutes around the world. Infant observation offers a unique opportunity for understanding primitive mental states, the origins of the development of the mind and relationship, the nuances and complexities of preverbal communication, and the intensity and intimacy of transference and countertransference phenomena. There are parallels between the observer's and the parent’s roles in processes of containment, affect regulation, and timing, and these elements can be further thought of as they apply to the analytic situation. The model of infant observation follows the one originated by Esther Bick at the Tavistock Clinic and also is informed by the observation method developed by Margaret Mahler, Fred Pine, and Anni Bergman at the Masters Children’s Center.
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For this class, each candidate will observe a parent–baby dyad for one hour each week in the family’s home, write detailed process notes on the observations, and present the notes for discussion on a rotating basis in the weekly seminar. Observing the evolution of development during the first year of life in the context of the family, and finding ways to think about this with colleagues, offers a unique and compelling learning experience.
The seminar is led by Suzan Sayder and held on Tuesdays from 6:30-8:00pm starting September 17, 2024
Tuition for 32 weeks is $1800.
Tuition for 32 weeks is $1800.
Infant capacity at birth is observed in these videos:
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