Infant Mental Health

Establishing a secure parent-child attachment relationship during the first three years of a child’s life is fundamental for lifelong emotional wellbeing and essential for enjoying satisfying relationships throughout the lifespan. This one-day workshop will delve into:

• The development of the baby’s first attachment relationship to his most important caregiver

• The impact of early caregiving on the baby’s developing brain

• Infant and toddler distress and how parents respond to them

• Why parental reflective capacity is so important for secure attachment

• How you can incorporate of the tenets of attachment theory into your clinical practice.

• Ways to develop parents’ capacity to understand and care for their baby that promote secure infant attachment.

The course delivery provides a mixture of evidence-based information, group-work, videos and interactive work.

• Do you want to help infants develop secure relationships with their caregivers?

• Do you want to help caregivers share a sensitive, affectionate and empathic relationship with their babies?

Then this is the workshop for you.