Motherhood and Mental Illness

Motherhood and Mental Illness offers an in-depth, comprehensive relational psychotherapeutic framework to provide effective treatment for those experiencing maternal mental illness.

Emma Haynes, PhD, is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst and UKCP-registered psychotherapist who has dedicated her professional life to researching and treating maternal mental illness and developmental trauma. She is a lecturer in psychotherapy at Metanoia Institute, London.

PART I Hear Us Speak 1. Transitions 2. A Silent Problem 3. Historical Aspects of Maternal Mental Illness 4. Pre-conception, Common Conditions & Confounders 5. Maternal Trauma 6. Postpartum Psychosis 7. Narratives of Maternal Mental Illness 8. Barriers to Treatment PART II Listening Beyond Words 9. A Relational Approach 10.Ethical Dilemmas in Motherhood 11. Treating the Cause of Maternal Mental Illness 12. Affect Regulation 13. The Therapeutic Role 14. Using Creativity and Creative Methods in Psychotherapy 15. Neurodivergence and Motherhood 16. Couples Work 17. Conventional Treatment of Maternal Mental Illness 18. A Lifetime Reduction in Mental Illness