Break Free from Maternal Anxiety: A Self-Help Guide for Pregnancy, Birth and the First Postnatal Year

by Fiona Challacombe, Catherine Green, Victoria Bream

Severe anxiety affects a huge number of women in pregnancy and the postnatal period, making a challenging time even more difficult. You may be suffering from uncontrollable worries about pregnancy and birth, distressing intrusive thoughts of accidental or deliberate harm to the baby, or fears connected to traumatic experiences. This practical self-help guide provides an active route out of feeling anxious. Step-by-step, the book teaches you to apply cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) techniques in the particular context of pregnancy and becoming a new parent in order to overcome maternal anxiety in all its forms. Working through the book you will gain understanding of your anxiety and how factors from the past and present may be playing a role in how you feel. Together with practical exercises and worksheets to move through at your own pace, you will gain the tools you need to help you move forward and enjoy parenthood.

Genres: Parenting

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Published October 13, 2022

Reviews

[Valentine Lin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't find this book particularly helpful or engaging, but maybe I would have benefited more from reading the book rather than listening to the audiobook. Ironically, I found hearing the long lists of example anxieties at the beginning of each section triggering and anxiety-provoking. I wouldn't recommend this book.

[Sophie Walsh-Harrington · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really comprehensive overall. Though missed a trick with not including specific hormonal and biological changes that impact anxiety levels in perinatal period. For example, cortisol levels raised 2-4 times in pregnancy etc.

[Iona Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful read before starting placement.