Mothers Accused and Abused - Addressing Complex Psychological Needs

List of contents

List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Angela Foster
PART ONE
Setting the scene: Reflections on a ground-breaking book

1. Mother, madonna, whore: understanding perverse mothering: Reflections on a ground-breaking book
Estela V. Welldon


2. Caring for the mother and as well as her children
Angela Foster


3. Mothers and the law: Mythologies and stereotypes - a woman’s lot?
Helena Kennedy

PART TWO
The pain of relationships lived and re-lived


4. Infanticide, matricide or suicide
Carine Minne


5. Treating violent men: The significance of the mother-son relationship
Celia Taylor


6. Staff accused and abused: Managing anxiety, pain and distress in systems of care
Angela Foster

PART THREE
Mothers in prison


7. Transition to motherhood and becoming a child-less mother in prison
Laura Abbott


8. Therapy with a mother and baby in prison
Pamela Windham Stewart


9. Cover stories: Art psychotherapy with mothers in prison who have killed or harmed their children
Jessica Collier

PART FOUR
Interventions following child care proceedings


10. Last chance saloon: From repetition to growth, a young mother's journey in brief psychotherapy
Fiona Henderson


11. Better outcomes and better justice: The Family Drug and Alcohol Court
Steve Bambrough, Nicholas Crichton & Sheena Webb


12. The mother in mind: A therapeutic group for mothers who have had a child removed from their care
Gwen Adshead & Anna Williams


13. Taking a break: The work of Pause

Content provided by Pause
PART FIVE
Ways forward
Ways forward
Angela Foster, Beate Schumacher & Davina Jhummun
Glossary of psychoanalytic terms
Robert D. Hinshelwood
Index

About the author

Angela Foster is a psychiatric social worker, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, supervisor and consultant working with clinical teams and individuals in mental health, forensic, substance misuse and child care services. She has published many papers and co-edited a number of books.

Summary

Mothers Accused and Abused: Addressing Complex Psychological Needs brings together stories about women who are accused of harming, and in some cases killing, their children, children who subsequently harm or kill others and the challenges to professionals who work with them.

Product details

• Authors: Angela Foster
• Assisted by: Angela Foster (Editor), Foster Angela (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781138095809
• ISBN: 978-1-138-09580-9
• No. of pages: 194
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Criminal or forensic psychology