Developmental Perspectives on Shame

Supervising and Training Analyst in Adult and Child and Adolescent Analysis at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Assistant Professor in Psychiatry PT at the Harvard Medical School at the Cambridge Health Alliance, Core Faculty at the University of Massachusetts Boston Infant Parent Mental Health Program, and CEO of the nonprofit, Supporting Child Caregivers. Her academic interests are in the study of therapeutic action through microanalysis of clinical videotapes. Her clinical interests are in the analytic and analytically informed work with preschool children and their parents, and in young children with autistic spectrum disorder. A major current activity is the nonprofit, which collaborates with local institutions in developing countries to promote methods of supporting the infant-parent relationship for the sake of healthy lives.