ABSTRACT
The delicate and most central balance between one's instincts and each next action coincides with the acuteness of the postpartum context. Women who seek help from therapists who do not specialize in this unique field of study/treatment can, and certainly do, get better. Still, women who receive help from therapists who have received specialized training, who have cultivated a deeper understanding of the impact post-partum depression and anxiety can have on a family, who have developed the skills to connect within the gravity of postpartum perplexities, well, they get better, better. Decades ago when no such training was available, the author listened intently to the voices of women who revealed to the author, hour after clinical hour, what they needed. Times were different then; there were fewer advocates and far less awareness. The extent to which misinformation continues to be widespread within the healthcare community is alarming.
