Therapy and the Postpartum Woman

by Kleiman, Karen (NA)

• ISBN13: 9780415989961
• ISBN10: 0415989965
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-24
• Publisher: ROUTLEDGE

Summary

This bookprovides a comprehensive look at effective therapy for postpartum depression. Using a blend of professional objectivity, evidence-based research, and personal, straight-forward suggestions gathered from years of experience, this book brings the reader into the private world of therapy with the postpartum woman. Based on Psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioral theories, and on D.W. Winnicott's "good-enough mother" and the "holding environment" in particular, the book is written by a therapist who has specialized in the treatment of postpartum depression for over 20 years. Therapy and the Postpartum Woman will serve as a companion tool for clinicians and the women they treat.

Author Biography

Karen Kleiman, MSW, author of This Isn't What I Expected, The Postpartum Husband, and What Am I Thinking? founded The Postpartum Stress Center where she provides treatment for prenatal and postpartum depression and anxiety

Table of Contents

The Author	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
The Framework: Women, Babies, and Therapy
Masquerade: Clinical Profile	p. 3
Everything Gets in the Way: Resistance
Don't Call It Therapy: Reframing	p. 21
Anatomy of a Postpartum Depression Therapist	p. 27
The Holding Environment	p. 37
Making a Diagnosis	p. 45
The Voice of Depression	p. 55
Therapeutic Models for Women at Rick	p. 63
Perfectly Postpartum	p. 71
The Tools: Doing What Works
The Phone Call: Initial Assessment	p. 81
First Things First	p. 87
Asking the Right Questions: Screening	p. 97
Listening to Symptoms: Assessment	p. 107
Collaboration	p. 115
Sharing the Session	p. 119
Medication: Clinician's Perspective	p. 125
Medication: Client's Perspective	p. 135
Alternative Therapies	p. 141
The Work: Clinical Challenges
Scary thoughts	p. 155
Help-Resistant Complainer	p. 163
A Good Girl	p. 171
Breastfeeding to Death	p. 181
Countertransference: When Is Yours Mine?	p. 187
Sleeplessness	p. 193
The Married State	p. 201
Bonding	p. 211
Suicidal Thoughts	p. 219
Psychosis	p. 225
Motherself	p. 233
Prevention?	p. 239
Burnout, Boundaries, and Other Pitfalls	p. 247
The Healing
The Umbilical Factor	p. 255
The Bracelet	p. 261
Therapy Exposed	p. 267
Finding the Power to Heal	p. 273
Recovery Revealed	p. 283
The Search for Meaning	p. 291
The Quintessential Mother	p. 297
Appendices	p. 301
Our Postpartum Pact	p. 301
PPSC Suicide Assessment for a Positive EPDS Screen	p. 306
PPSC Symptom List	p. 308
PPSC Initial Session Instructional Pad	p. 310
PPSC Phone Assessment	p. 311
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)	p. 312
References	p. 315
Index	p. 327
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