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

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 onD.W. Winnicott's good-enough mother and the holding environment in particular, the book is writtenby a therapist who has specialized in the treatment of postpartum depression for over 20 years. Therapy and the Postpartum Womanwill serve as a companion tool for clinicians and the women they treat.