Daniel Stern

Daniel N. Stern (1934-2012), a distinguished American psychiatrist, conducted research for five decades on the psychological development of infants and the early emotional relationship between mother and infant. He taught at Cornell University Medical School, where he also directed the Laboratory for Developmental Processes. From 1992 until his death, he was a professor at the University of Geneva. His restless and multifaceted spirit led him at a young age to activism for the abolition of racial discrimination, and during the last two decades of his life, he was a founding member and active leader of the Watermill Art Science Workshop, a research center for consciousness and creativity, which continues to be directed by his close friend, director Robert Wilson. His most influential books, which have had an international impact, include: "The First Relationship: Infant and Mother" (1977), "The Interpersonal World of the Infant: A View from Psychoanalysis and Development Psychology" (1985, 1998), "Diary of a Baby" (1990), "The Motherhood Constellation: A Unified View of Parent-Infant Psychotherapy" (1995), and "The Present Moment: In Psychotherapy and Everyday Life" (2004).