ABSTRACT
Whereas Chapter 12 portrayed a therapy of a relatively well-functioning couple, Chapter 13 depicts a couple where one spouse has a psychiatric disorder. This brings the author to discuss when one should recommend individual therapy, or when continued couple work is more profitable. The chapter ends with a lengthy section that provides research arguments for a family perspective in perinatal psychotherapy. The idea of this part, and the many other renditions of research throughout the book, is to provide psychotherapists with substantial arguments for bringing their work closer to perinatal health care and inspire other professionals and policy makers to take seriously the need of qualified therapy and view it as an essential and natural ingredient in health care.
