1st Edition
Couples and Pregnancy Welcome, Unwelcome, and In-Between
By Barbara Jo Brothers
Copyright 2000
108 Pages
by
Routledge
112 Pages
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Routledge
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From Couples and Pregnancy: Welcome, Unwelcome, and In-Between, therapists will gain valuable insight into the profound psychological effects that pregnancy and birth have on a couple's relationship, especially on their experience of intimacy. However, as this unique book discusses, the nature of the impact on couples depends on the developmental stage of each person and the couple's ability to... Read more
- “We Are Only Activators”—Virginia Satir and the Mystery of Human Life: A Reflection (edited by Barbara Jo Brothers)
- Pregnancy, Intimacy, and the Family Constitution (Andrew I. Schwebel)
- Infertility, “Experientially Oriented” Couples Therapy and Subsequent Pregnancy (Peggy J. Kleinplatz)
- Catastrophic Conditions in Couple Systems: Managing an Unwelcome Pregnancy (Barbara J. Lynch)
- When Your Client’s Baby Dies (Deborah E. Rich)
- Men and Post-Abortion Grief: Amendment, Resolution and Hope (E. Mark Stern)
- Of Breasts and Men: Three Generations of Vampire Coupling (Gerald Schoenewolf)
- Comment: “Of Breasts and Men”...and Use of Psychoanalytic Theory (Barbara Jo Brothers)
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Barbara Jo Brothers
"...provides practical guidance the therapists working with couples and individuals around issues of fertility. I would recommend this book to counselors, social workers, and psychologists..." - Gina Wong-Wylie, Ph.D., Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering
