Existential Crisis of Motherhood

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Drawing on existential philosophy and recent phenomenological research into motherhood, the book demonstrates how motherhood can be understood as an existential crisis. The book is divided into four sections: Existential Crisis, Maternal Mental Health Crisis, Social Crisis and Working with Existential Crisis, where each section.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-12-20
Mått148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt451 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor309
Upplaga21001
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030565015

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Part I Existential Crisis: The philosophical tensions of being a mother.- 1 Introduction; Claire Arnold-Baker.- 2 Motherhood is a confrontation with existence; Claire Arnold-Baker.- 3 The corporeal dimensions of motherhood; Julie McCarthy.- 4 Existential responsibility of motherhood; Victoria Garland.- 5 The existential freedom of mothers; Naomi Stadlen.- 6 Engaging with uncertainty and unresolved meanings during the transition to motherhood; Elizabeth Simmons.- 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 baby in the first year after hospital discharge; Romy Shulman.- 8 Postnatal depression: An existential crisis?; Miriam Donaghy.- 9 Maternal postnatal depression: The father’s experience; Farasat Sadia.- 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; Jennifer Ofori.- 11 Motherhood and the traumatic death of one’s child; Susan Harris.- 12 Trying to ‘have-it-all’, the choice of motherhood; Naomi Magnus.- 13 The experience of being a childfree woman; Josephine Coates-Davies.- Part IV Working with existential crisis in clinical practice.- 14 Exploring the moods of first-time mothers through imagery; Aoife Gaffney.- 15 Existential group work with mothers; Claire Arnold-Baker and Victoria Garland.- 16 Conclusion: The courage to be; Claire Arnold-Baker.