Art of Holding in Therapy - An Essential Intervention for Postpartum Depression and Anxiety

Written by a pioneer in the field, this second edition provides updated skill-building tools and a more developed, comprehensive understanding of how therapists can use the holding approach when treating perinatal distress.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Postpartum Women and Therapy
Chapter 2 Preparing to Hold
Chapter 3 Theories Behind the Concept
Chapter 4 Postpartum Mamas
Chapter 5 Mother and Therapist: On Being Good Enough
Chapter 6 The Practice of Holding
Chapter 7 Authentic Suffering and the Holding Elements
Chapter 8 The Postpartum Voice of Depression
Chapter 9 Hands On: How to Hold Better
Chapter 10 Hard-to-Hold
Chapter 11 The Anatomy of Holding
Chapter 12 Your Professional Identity
Chapter 13 Holding Diverse Parents
Chapter 14 Clinical Challenges and FAQs
Chapter 15 Holding and Letting Go
Epilogue: Therapist, Hold Thyself

About the author

Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and internationally recognized expert on maternal mental health. With over three decades of experience in the field, she is the author of several books on postpartum depression and anxiety and is the founder of The Postpartum Stress Center and The Karen Kleiman Training Center.
Hilary Waller, MS, LPC, is a psychotherapist in private practice and provides training to perinatal providers and women and their families.

Summary

Written by a pioneer in the field, this second edition provides updated skill-building tools and a more developed, comprehensive understanding of how therapists can use the holding approach when treating perinatal distress.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Kleiman, Karen Waller Kleiman, Kleiman Karen, Hilary Waller
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032514215
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3251421-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, MEDICAL / Emergency Medicine, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, Trauma & shock, Family psychology, Psychotherapy, Trauma and shock, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis