The Existential Crisis of Motherhood 1st Edition

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Product details:

• ISBN-10: 3030564991
• ISBN-13: 9783030564995
• Author: Claire ArnoldBaker

This book offers a new perspective on the motherhood experience. Drawing on existential philosophy and recent phenomenological research into motherhood, the book demonstrates how motherhood can be understood as an existential crisis. It argues that an awareness of the existential issues women face will enable mothers to gain a deeper understanding of the multifaceted aspects of their experience. The book is divided into four sections: Existential Crisis, Maternal Mental Health Crisis, Social Crisis and Working with Existential Crisis, where each section. Each chapter is based on either experiential research or the author’s extensive therapeutic experience of working with mothers and reflects different aspects of the motherhood journey, all through the lens of a philosophical existential approach. The book is essential reading for mental health practitioners and researchers working with mothers, midwives and health visitors, but it is also written for mothers, with the aim to offer new insights on this important life transition.

Table contents:

Part I. Existential Crisis: The Philosophical Tensions of Being a Mother
1. Introduction: The Existential Crisis of Motherhood
2. Confronting Existence: The Existential Dimensions of Becoming a Mother
3. The Corporeal Dimensions of Motherhood
4. Existential Responsibility of Motherhood
5. The Existential Freedom of Mothers
6. Engaging with Uncertainty and Unresolved Meanings During the Transition to Motherhood
Part II. Maternal Mental Health Crisis: Understanding Maternal Mental Health from an Existential Perspective
7. Through the Lens of Trauma: The Experience of Mothering a Very Premature Infant in the First Year After Hospital Discharge
8. Postnatal Depression: An Existential Crisis?
9. Maternal Postnatal Depression: The Fathers’ Experience
Part III. Social Crisis: An Existential Understanding of the Impact on Motherhood of Social and Cultural Aspects
10. Identity and Mothering: The Second Generation of Ghanaian Migrants
11. Motherhood and the Traumatic Death of One’s Child
12. Trying to “Have-It-All” at 30; Timing Motherhood
13. The Experience of Being a Childfree Woman
Part IV. Working with Existential Crisis in Clinical Practice
14. Exploring the Moods of First Time Mothers Through Imagery
15. Existential Group Work with Mothers
16. Conclusion: The Courage to Be

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