When a baby dies : psychotherapy for pregnancy and newborn loss

This is the first full-length exploration of psychotherapy for those who have experienced the loss of a baby during pregnancy or in the first few weeks of life. Using many case reports, Irving G. Leon integrates recent work on narcissism, mourning, and short-term therapy with more traditional psychoanalytic theory and treatment. 1. Psychology Of Pregnancy: -- Pregnancy As A New Development Stage -- Pregnancy As Instinctual Process -- Pregnancy As Object-seeking -- Pregnancy As Self-enhancement -- An Integrative Summary -- 2. The Psychology Of Perinatal Loss: -- A Mother's Need For Her Baby -- Intrapsychic Meanings Of Perinatal Loss -- Interpersonal Responses To Perinatal Loss -- Contrasting Perinatal Losses -- Perinatal Death Compared To Other Reproductive Casualties And Losses -- Typical Outcomes -- 3. Psychotherapy For Perinatal Loss: -- Technical Aspects Of Treating Perinatal Loss -- The Clinical Sample -- The Immediate Grief : Psychotherapy For Recent Perinatal Loss -- Unresolved Grief : The Timeless Aftermath Of Perinatal Loss -- The Refusal To Grieve : Bolting Psychotherapy -- The Inability To Grieve : Mixed Results In Psychotherapy -- Supportive Psychotherapy For Perinatal Loss -- 4. Psychotherapy For Perinatal Sibling Loss: -- Childhood Bereavement -- Perinatal Sibling Loss Treated During Childhood -- The Scapegoated Child -- A Child's Fantasy Of Infanticide -- Perceived Vulnerability -- Replacement Dynamics -- Psychotherapy For Adult Survivors Of Perinatal Sibling Loss -- The Internalization Of Scapegoating And Replacement Dynamics -- Magical Thinking And The Conviction Of Guilt -- The Dangers Of Overprotective Indulgence -- The Resolution Of Perinatal Sibling Loss -- 5. Future Research: -- Methodogical Considerations -- Selected Observations And Questions. Irving G. Leon ; Foreword By Erna Furman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 201-223) And Index.