**How can clinicians help vulnerable young families overcome barriers to secure, reciprocal, and joyful parent-infant relationships?*This book provides a flexible framework for promoting reflective parenting "from the ground up." Described are effective ways to support safety and self-regu...

**How can clinicians help vulnerable young families overcome barriers to secure, reciprocal, and joyful parent-infant relationships?*This book provides a flexible framework for promoting reflective parenting "from the ground up." Described are effective ways to support safety and self-regulation in parents with histories of trauma and adversity, giving them a stronger foundation for seeing, hearing, and connecting to their children. The book distills principles of the influential Minding the Baby * (MTB) home visiting program, as well as contemporary attachment and mentalization research. Vivid case material illustrates therapeutic strategies that can be used with parents and children in any clinical context. End-of-chapter "Questions for Clinicians" help readers apply the concepts discussed, with special attention to developing their own reflective capacities.