Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and internationally recognized expert on maternal mental health. With over three decades of experience in the field, she is the author of several books on postpartum depression and anxiety and is the founder of The Postpartum Stress Center and The Karen Kleiman Training Center.
Hilary Waller, MS, LPC, is a psychotherapist in private practice and provides training to perinatal providers and women and their families.
Chapter 1 Postpartum Women and Therapy
Chapter 2 Preparing to Hold
Chapter 3 Theories Behind the Concept
Chapter 4 Postpartum Mamas
Chapter 5 Mother and Therapist: On Being Good Enough
Chapter 6 The Practice of Holding
Chapter 7 Authentic Suffering and the Holding Elements
Chapter 8 The Postpartum Voice of Depression
Chapter 9 Hands On: How to Hold Better
Chapter 10 Hard-to-Hold