The Primary Triangle: A Developmental Systems View Of Fathers, Mothers, And Infants

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In the spirit of Daniel Sterns landmark Interpersonal World of the Infant, this is the first book to extend the model of mother-infant dialogue to the larger family system.. Integrating developmental and systems theories, the authors propose an original scenario by which to understand and treat the family unit. Under study here is the primary triangle of mother-father-infant. The authors provide a complex research paradigm for examining the interactional triangles formed in the family during the early years.

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Elisabeth Fivaz-Depeursinge, Ph.D., is professor of clinical ethology at the University of Lausanne Medical School. She is the co-founder and co-director of the centre for Family Studies at the university.Antoinette Corboz-Warnery, M.D., psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and family therapist, is co-director of the centre for Family Studies at the University of Lausanne.