K. Sarimski, FOCUSED COUNSELING FOR MOTHERS OF DISCHAR GED PRETERM BABIES, Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie, 42(10), 1993, pp. 363-368
Pre-term birth of a baby means a period of considerable emotional stre
ss for parents. Even after discharge they remain anxious about caring
and future developmental problems. A concept for psychological counsel
ing in the first weeks after home transition is presented which relate
s parental fantasies and anxiousness with early interactional problems
. This approach aims at an enhancement of the intuitive parental behav
iors for compensation of early risk.