Microanalysis of parent-infant communication - Dr Beatrice Beebe

Microanalysis of Parent-Infant Communication with Dr Beatrice Beebe
Early Relationships and Mental Health Series: Session One

With Dr. Beatrice Beebe

Dr Beebe’s lecture and discussion is the first in our series of talks designed for a wide range of professionals, including parent-infant psychotherapists, child and adolescent psychotherapists, adult and couple psychotherapists, as well as those working with parents and infants in other settings. 

Dr Beatrice Beebe is a developmental/clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst researching mother-infant communication. Beebe did her dissertation and postdoctoral research fellowship with Dr. Daniel Stern. She is known for her research on the microanalysis of early infant-parent communication and its implications for attachment and cognition. She is a Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, and the director of the Communications Science Lab at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI). 

Her work has helped establish the importance of nonverbal communication in infant development and along with Lachmann its relevance to therapist-patient communication in adult treatment too, a unique and fundamental contribution to the field.

Through the use of video and audio microanalysis of mother-infant face-to-face communication, Beebe directs investigations into the dyadic organisation of mother-infant social communication, the role that maternal distress plays in this communication, the effects of early mother-infant communication patterns on emerging infant attachment styles and cognitive development, and the long-term continuity of communication and attachment styles from infancy to young adulthood. A new focus of the lab is the examination of how prenatal toxic exposures may affect mother-infant communication. 

If you are interested in attending the entire Early Relationships and Mental Health Series please visit the webpage Early Relationships and Mental Health Series-Courses.

This series is developed in collaboration with the National Centre for Supervision of Parent-Infant Relationships (NCSPIR). NCSPIR offers clinical supervision to practitioners and their supervisors working with parents and infants as part of the UK government’s Family Hubs and Start for Life program, which aims to improve early years services for families with children aged 0 to 2.

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For information about Tavistock Relationships visit https://tavistockrelationships.org

For information about NCSPIR visit https://ncspir.org.uk