Therapy and the Postpartum Woman: Notes on Healing Postpartum Depression for Clinicians and the Women Who Seek their Help

By Karen Kleiman

Book Overview

This book provides 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415989965
• ISBN13: 9780415989961
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"