| Postpartum depression. |
| Postpartum depression -- Treatment. |
| Depression in women. |
| Postpartum depression -- Patients -- England -- Biography. |
| Watson, Sonya -- Mental health. |
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Summary
From the heart and soul of Sonya Watson comes the heart-breaking journey of how she learnt to love her child.
Combined with the expert insight of the compassionate and talented psychologist Kathryn Whitehead, this book is divided into two helpful parts. In Part I we follow Sonya's desperate struggle with postpartum/postnatal depression and anxiety, leading her to the darkest of places as she struggled to accept her own child. We witness her painful journey as she tried to form a bond that comes so naturally to other young mothers. Meeting Kathryn changed her world forever as she helped Sonya to understand her feelings. Part I also gives us Kathryn's valuable insight into how and why Sonya struggled to bond with her child and outlines exactly what needed to be done to enable her to recover and enjoy life as a mother.Part II is Pullingthetrigger, the definitive survival and recovery approach for overcoming postpartum depression and anxiety. It is a unique, user-friendly self-help approach to support and guide mothers experiencing postpartum depression to a place called recovery and beyond.
Author Notes
Sonya Watson is a mum of two and the Coordinator / Facilitator for PND Canterbury, New Zealand. After recovering from postpartum depression, Sonya now uses her personal journey to inspire, educate and support others in the Canterbury region.
Kathryn Whitehead (MA (dist), PGDipClinPsych, MNZCCP) is a clinical psychologist who has worked for ten years at the South Island Regional Mothers and Babies Inpatient Service in Christchurch, New Zealand. Specialising in acceptance and commitment therapy alongside attachment theory and intervention, Kathryn cares about helping clients, infants, and their families build strong, connected and compassionate lives and relationships.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Part I Sonya's Story | |
| Chapter 1 Who Knew It Would Be So Hard to Get Pregnant | p. 6 |
| Chapter 2 Getting Caught up in Fear | p. 11 |
| Chapter 3 The Stress Was Awful ... But I Still Didn't Want to Ask for Help | p. 17 |
| Chapter 4 The Biggest Baby in Wairau | p. 23 |
| Chapter 5 I Looked at My Baby, and I Felt Nothing | p. 27 |
| Chapter 6 The World's Worst Mum | p. 36 |
| Chapter 7 Pretending Everything Was OK | p. 44 |
| Chapter 8 The Hurricane Was Building | p. 49 |
| Chapter 9 Postnatal Depression, Here's a Website Go Look at It | p. 53 |
| Chapter 10 They Told Me My Little Boy Was Going to Die | p. 58 |
| Chapter 11 Letting Go of the Mask | p. 69 |
| Chapter 12 Devon's Story | p. 75 |
| Chapter 13 The Healing Road | p. 84 |
| Chapter 14 You Are Not Alone | p. 91 |
| Part II Pullingthetrigger™ | |
| Section 1 Balancing the Impossible | p. 95 |
| Section 2 Before You Start ... Stop! | p. 98 |
| Section 3 Where Does It Hurt? | p. 106 |
| Section 4 What Is This About? Some Information about Perinatal Mental Health | p. 117 |
| Section 5 Finding a Direction to Go | p. 127 |
| Section 6 Making Space: Willingness and Acceptance | p. 135 |
| Section 7 Becoming Aware | p. 142 |
| Section 8 Becoming a Soup Mum and Making Space for Yourself with Your Thoughts | p. 155 |
| Section 9 The Even Bigger Picture: Finding a Space from Which to Act | p. 169 |
| Section 10 Making Your Move Again, and Again, and Again | p. 180 |
| Conclusion | p. 202 |
| Further Reading References | p. 206 |