Research Interests

Early social and emotional development; The development of a sense of others and self, and the capacity to understand others; The application of ecological ideas to the above; Implications for Psychotherapy.

Research Collaborations

Development

Emotions

Psychotherapy

Publications

Hamlyn-Wright, S., Draghi-Lorenz, R., & Ellis, J. (in print). Locus of control fails to mediate between stress and anxiety and depression in parents of children with a developmental disorder. Autism.

Farsimadan, F., Draghi-Lorenz, R., & Ellis, J. (in print). Process and outcome of therapy in ethnically similar and dissimilar therapeutic dyads. Psychotherapy Research.

Miller, C.D., & Draghi-Lorenz, R. (2005). 'Elephant' in the consulting room: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of therapists accounts of their own shame activated in the therapeutic relationship. Counseling Psychology Review, Vol 20 (3).

Draghi-Lorenz, R., Reddy, V., & Morris, P. (2005). Young infants can be perceived as shy, coy, bashful, embarrassed. Infant and Child Development, 14, 63-83.

Draghi-Lorenz R., Reddy, V., & Costall, A. (2001). Re-thinking the development of "non-basic" emotions: A critical review of existing theories. Developmental Review, 21, 263-304.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (2000). Le origini dell'intersoggettivita' e lo studio delle prime relazioni. (The origins of intersubjectivity and the study of early relationships). In M. L. Genta (ed.), Il rapporto madre-bambino, (pp. 55-105). Roma: Carocci.

Draghi-Lorenz R. (1995). Stimoli espressivi e situazionali nella determinazione di risposte empatiche di bambini nel terzo anno di vita. (Situational and expressive cues in the determination of empathic reactions of children in the third year). Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 4, 577-603.

Affiliations

Chartered Counselling Psychologist (BPS).

Presentations

Conference Presentations

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (2004). What (other than representation) could explain early interpersonal awareness? Perception, action and emotion. Paper presented in a symposium titled ‘Infant emotional awareness of self in relationships’ (papers by: I. De Koeyer and A. Fogel; R. Draghi-Lorenz; V. Reddy; discussed by C. Trevarthen) at the 18th Biennial Meeting of the International Society of Social Behavior and Development (ISSBD), July 11-15, Ghent, Belgium.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (2003). Principles and issues of attitude towards different theories. Paper presented at the Division of Counseling Psychology Annual Conference, 16-18 May, Stratford Upon Avon, UK.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (2002). Jealousy, pride, empathic concern and other complex emotions in young infants: Relational ways of understanding self and others. Invited paper presented at the conference on Early Signs of Alarm and What Can Be Done, organised by the Centre for Child Mental Health, May 31-June 1, London, UK.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (2001). Parental reports of complex emotions in young infants: Towards a socio-ecological account of emotional development. Paper presented at the Xth European Conference on Developmental Psychology, 22-26 August, Uppsala, Sweden.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (2000). Five-month-old infants can be jealous: Against cognitivist solipsism. Paper presented in a symposium convened for the XIIth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS), 16-19 July, Brighton, UK.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (2000). Recent developments in infant psychology: Implications for psychotherapy and counseling. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the BPS Conference of the Division of Counseling Psychology, 19-21 May, Liverpool, UK.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (1999). La natura affettivo-relazionale del giudizio etico (The affective-relational nature of ethical judgment). Paper presented at a round table on empathy and ethics at the Conference of the Associazione Internazionale Counseling (AICO), 25-28 November, Rome, Italy.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (1999). Are young infants capable of all emotions? Maybe parents are right and experts wrong. Paper presented at the IXth European Conference on Developmental Psychology, September 1-5, Spetses, Greece.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (1998). Non-basic emotions in the first year: Evidence of concept-free awareness of others' emotional states. Paper presented in a symposium convened for the XVth Biennial Meeting of the International Society of Social Behaviour and Development, July 1-4, Berne, Switzerland.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (1998). The effect of the denial of early intersubjectivity: The case of early jealousy. Paper presented in a symposiu titled ‘Infants and other ‘animals’: The problematic study of subjectivity’ (papers by: K. Bard; R. Draghi-Lorenz; P. Morris and A. Costall; V. Reddy; discussed by A. Fogel) at the XIth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS), April 2-5, Atlanta, Georgia.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (1998). Jealousy in the first year: evidence of early interpersonal awareness. Poster presented at the XIth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS), April 2-5, Atlanta, Georgia.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (1997). Jealousy in the first year: Evidence of interpersonal awareness. Paper presented at the BPS Annual Conference of the Developmental Psychology Section, September 12-15, Oxford, UK.

Draghi-Lorenz, R., & Reddy, V. (1997). Adult recognition of shyness, coyness and embarrassment in young infants. Paper presented at the International Conference on Shyness and Self-Consciousness, July 14-17, Cardiff, UK.

Costall, A., Reddy V., Williams, E., & Draghi-Lorenz, R. (1997). Unexplaining social development. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, June 19-21, Santa Monica, California.

Draghi-Lorenz, R., & Reddy, V. (1996). Adult perceptions of shy expressions in infants. Paper presented in a symposium entitled "Reading Emotion in Expressions: problems and assumptions", at the BPS Annual Conference of the Developmental Psychology Section, September 11-13, Oxford, UK.

Draghi-Lorenz, R., & Reddy, V. (1996). Expressions of shyness in infancy. Poster presented a the II European Research Conference in Psychology ‘The development of sensory, motor and cognitive abilities in early infancy: Antecedents of language and the symbolic function’, San Feliu de Guixols, April 10-15, Spain.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (1995). The effect of situational versus expressive cues upon three-years-olds empathic responses. Poster presented at the VIIth Conference on Developmental Psychology, August 23-27, Krakow, Poland

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (1995). The effect of situational vs expressive cues of distress upon toddlers' empathy, personal distress and prosocial behaviour. Poster presented at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference, September, Warwick, UK.

Reddy, V., Costall, A., Williams, E., & Draghi-Lorenz, R. (1995). Unexplaining social development. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference, September, Warwick, UK.

Draghi-Lorenz, R. (1992). A naturalistic study of preschoolers' empathic behaviours in response to the distress of their peers and their relations to friendship and group belonging. Poster presented at the Vth Conference on Developmental Psychology, September, Seville, Spain.

Invited Papers and Seminars

(2002). Jealousy, pride, empathic concern and other complex emotions in young infants: About the origins and nature of knowing self and others. Paper to be presented at a Conference on Early signs of alarm and what to do about them, by the Adult training and Child Mental Health Center, at the Institute of Art and Education in Psychotherapy, London.

(2002/2001). Complex emotions in young infants and relational ways of understanding others. Research Seminar presented at the Departments of Psychology of the Universities of: Middlesex (UK), Rome (Italy).

(2000/2001). Young infants can be jealous: Evidence of early interpersonal awareness. Research Seminar presented at the Departments of Psychology of the Universities of: Oxford (UK), Reading (UK), Bologna (Italy), Rome (Italy).

Media Coverage

Media Coverage

(2004). Interviewed on early sympathy and altruistic interventions for the second 7-episode series on emotions produced by BBC Radio 4.

(2003). Replay of the program below.

(2002). Interviewed on early jealousy and guilt for a first 7-episode series on emotions produced by BBC Radio 4.

(2000). Work on early jealousy was briefly reported on many national newspapers (e.g., The Guardian, Birmingham Post, Daily Mirror, The Sun), international newspapers and magazines (e.g., The Canadian Post, Il Giornale di Sicilia) and magazines (e.g., L’Espresso), internet news (e.g., News from the World, Babyworld). Interviewed live on several radio channels (e.g. Radio 5, BBC Southern Counties), on a national German TV channel (RTL) and on the BBC1 One O’Clock News.