Finding my voice again” - women’s experiences of psychological therapy in perinatal secondary care settings
A qualitative study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15519339 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jayne O’Brien (University of Manchester), Lynsey Gregg (0000-0001-5683-5574, University of Manchester), Anja Wittkowski (0000-0003-3806-0183, Mental Health Foundation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Pages | 1240855-1240855 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1240855 |
| PMID | 38863602 |
| OpenAlex | W4399083452 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 76 |
Sensitivity, engagement and responsivity experienced in the therapist-woman relationship was reported to be mirrored in the mother-infant relationship. Developing a coherent sense of self and self-regulation skills both appeared to heighten women's self-compassion and empathy for their infants, which also seemed to improve their ability to tolerate uncertainty and mixed emotions within themselves and their infants. The mechanisms of change in the perinatal period are important to consider at a stakeholder, therapist and service management level to parsimoniously and best meet the needs of women and the mother-infant relationship
Blame · Feeling · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Reflexivity · Sense of agency · Shame · Thematic analysis · Therapeutic relationship · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Childbearing and the Changing Nature of Parenthood
Therapeutic alliance as a mediator of change
Qualitative evaluation and research methods
Effects of perinatal mental disorders on the fetus and child
Anxiety, depression and stress in pregnancy
Maternal Guilt and Shame
Subjectivity in psychological science
Mechanisms of Change in the Relationship between Self‐Compassion, Emotion Regulation, and Mental Health
The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds
Perinatal mental health
Feeling Pressure to Be a Perfect Mother Relates to Parental Burnout and Career Ambitions
Supermum, superwife, supereverything
Ghosts in the Nursery
Emotional Coregulation in Close Relationships
What can “thematic analysis” offer health and wellbeing researchers?
The association between therapeutic alliance and outcome in internet-based psychological interventions
Transitional objects and transitional phenomena 1 —a study of the first not-me possession 2
Successful Qualitative Research
To saturate or not to saturate? Questioning data saturation as a useful concept for thematic analysis and sample-size rationales
Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis
Thematic Analysis
The Impact of Perinatal Depression on Children’s Social-Emotional Development
Intimacy, rapport, and exceptional disclosure
The happiness imperative
Defining and Measuring Mechanisms of Change in Psychological Therapies
Facilitators and Regulators
Facilitators and Regulators
Attachment and loss
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Interpersonal emotion regulation
Some implications of critical realism for mental health research
Purposeful Sampling in Qualitative Research Synthesis
Sample Size in Qualitative Interview Studies
A love/hate relationship
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |