When Mothers Talk

When Mothers Talk is an intimate book about early child development and motherhood which offers an extraordinary view of the first three years of life and practical information that rarely gets talked about.

Ilene S. Lefcourt established the Sackler Lefcourt Center for Child Development in 1982. She was the director, led the mother-baby-toddler groups, and provided developmental consultation to parents for over 35 years. She taught child psychiatry residents and parent-infant psychotherapy trainees about her work. She has been a faculty member at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research Parent-Infant Program since 1995. Ms. Lefcourt is currently in private practice in New York City. She is the author of Parenting and Childhood Memories: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Reverberating Ghosts and Magic and Mother-Baby-Toddler Group Guide: A Psychodynamic Approach.

1. Becoming A Mother 2. A Baby Is Born 3. Childhood Memories 4. Mother-Baby and Mother-Toddler Intersubjectivity 5. Child Development Information and Self-Reflective Questions 6. Describing Your Baby and Toddler 7. Child Development Themes and Subthemes 8. Birth to 6 Months 9. 6 to 12 Months 10. 12 to 18 Months 11.18 to 24 Months 12. 24 to 30 Months 13. 30 to 36 Months 14. Growing Up