Integrative Perinatal Counselling

This book presents "the Becoming Model," an integrative perinatal counselling model that provides a practical clinical framework to therapists working with those for whom the question of becoming a parent seems central.

Mou Sultana, PhD, works as a Counselling Psychologist (CPsychol, BPS) and Psychotherapist (UKCP, MICP) in private practice Need2talk and with Vhi. She is a lecturer and supervisor at the Irish College of Humanities and Applied Sciences. She specialises in perinatal mental health, sexuality, domestic violence, trauma and neuroscience.

1. Definition and Scope 2. Distinct Features of Integration 3. Becoming Model 4. Identity 5. Idea of motherhood/fatherhood - femininity/masculinity 6. Loss (symbolic) 7. Experience of conception, pregnancy and birth 8. Couple and/or co-parent relationship 9. Experiences of being parented 10. Socio-economic background 11. History of previous diagnosis 12. Ongoing risks 13. Support system 14. Closing remarks