Pregnancy : the inside story / Joan Raphael-Leff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raphael-Leff, Joan, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pregnancy--Psychological aspects.

Pregnancy.

Childbirth--Psychological aspects.

Childbirth.

Parenthood--Psychological aspects.

Parenthood.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

Reprinted with rev.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac Books, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Utilising her wealth of material and experience, Raphael-Leff explores various aspects of 'the inside story' of pregnancy. She answers such questions as: What meanings does childbearing have in the internal world? How does a pregnant woman live with two people under her skin? What is the expectant partner's experience? Which dreams, fears and fantasies proliferate around pregnancy and birth?"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

COVER; Contents; Introduction; Conceived Fantasies; Pandora's Box; The Placental Paradigm; The Place of Paternity; A Model of Differing Orientations; Changing Relationships; Conceived Realities - Technologicul Gains - and Loss; The Birth; Different Approaches to Parenting - Facilitators, Regulators and Reciprocators; Journey to the Interior - Pre- and Perinatal Psychotherapy; Therapy in Early Parenthood; Epilogue; Appendix - Vulnerability During Childbearing; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-211) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91748-1

0-429-90325-1

0-429-47848-8

1-283-06885-0

9786613068859

1-84940-322-8

9780429478482

OCLC:

723945272