DEALING WITH PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
The feelings that accompany pregnancy and postpartum depression are often difficult to deal with alone. Fewer experiences in life are more transformative than pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood.
The psychodynamic approach to postpartum depression focuses on the experiences that have shaped maternal identity. This approach helps a new mother to understand her maternal voice by exploring her past and her relationship with her own mother.
"Childbearing requires an exchange of a known self in a known world for an unknown self in an unknown world." (Rubin, 1984).
The goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy for postpartum depression is for the new mother to welcome her new self in her new world.
RESOURCES
Postpartum Support International
The psychodynamic approach to postpartum depression focuses on the experiences that have shaped maternal identity. This approach helps a new mother to understand her maternal voice by exploring her past and her relationship with her own mother.
"Childbearing requires an exchange of a known self in a known world for an unknown self in an unknown world." (Rubin, 1984).
The goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy for postpartum depression is for the new mother to welcome her new self in her new world.
RESOURCES
Postpartum Support International