When a Baby Dies: Psychotherapy for Pregnancy and Newborn Loss

by Irving G. Leon

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300052308
• ISBN13: 9780300052305
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"