Question

Dr. Laos gets a referral for a 6 month old who has become listless and stopped eating lately. Her pediatrician wanted her to be seen by an infant mental health professional. The parents are surprised with Dr. Laos asks to only see them (without the baby) for the first four sessions. Provide a strong rationale for Dr. Laos' decision (not necessarily something she would tell them, but the reasons she might choose to do this). HTML EditorKeyboard Shortcuts

Answer 1

He wants to focus on the parent infant relationship.

Step-by-step explanation:

The reasons that Dr. Laos has asked to meet only the parents for the first four sessions is to see if there´s something in the relationship between them and the child that could be affecting the baby, most of the times the only interaction that the infants have with the world is through their parents, so the first relationship that they need to check out is the one that they have with the baby.