Maternal Reflective Functioning, Mother-Infant Affective Communication, and Infant Attachment: Implications for Psychodynamic Treatment with Children and Families By John Grienenberger, Ph.D. and Arietta Slade, Ph.D. Prepared for the newsletter of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association
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John Grienenberger, Ph.D. is a recent graduate of the doctoral program in clinical psychology at the City University of New York. He is currently Child Program Coordinator at the Wright Institute Los Angeles and in private practice as a psychological assistant in West Los Angeles. Dr. Grienenberger would like to thank Gary Cox-Steiner, Ph.D. and the Center for Mental Health Promotion for the generous grant support of this research.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010