title: Working with parents and infants: a psycho-soma integrative approach.
abstract: Drawing on a single case of a mother-infant difficult relationship, I shall consider the inseparability of psyche and soma and the embodiment of psychosomatic health and illness. A dualistic perspective prevents acknowledging that the mother's concerns, conflicts and mental state can obstruct the milk flow and affect the infant's feeding pattern, the mother-infant relationship and the infant's health. The aim of psychotherapists and all those with a professional concern for parents and infants should be that of understanding the positive value of a symptom and facilitating the mind integration with the soma.
authors.affiliation: antosanso@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sansone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D011603:Psychophysiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications