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Group Therapy with Mothers and Babies in Postpartum Crises: Preliminary Evaluation of a Pilot Project

Limmatstr. 65, CH-8005, Zürich, Switzerland

Postpartum psychic crises are common and have an extremely adverse effect on the lives of those mothers concerned. Furthermore in cases of postpartum depression the mothers’ dysfunction has a long-term effect on both the child’s development and family interaction. Offering a psychoanalytically oriented group therapy for mothers and babies is an attempt to facilitate early recognition and treatment of mothers who are emotionally troubled. The inclusion of babies in the group setting is not yet well documented in relevant literature: this study is especially concerned with the question of whether the baby’s presence has a similarly positive effect on the therapeutic process as in the more familiar parent (mother)-infant-therapy. This paper will present an initial evaluation of the group process.

Key Words: mother • babies • group process • therapeutic group

Group Analysis, Vol. 37, No. 1, 137-151 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0533316404041000


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