Abstract

The Sweet Pea: Postpartum Parenthood Program is a postpartum depression and anxiety intervention to provide support for mothers and their supportive partners for 16- weeks of therapy. Through group, individual, and couples therapy, parents can discuss their symptoms of postpartum depression and anxiety in three different settings. The parents will have the support from their Postpartum Care Team (PCT) which includes: their Case Manager and Clinical Therapist. Parents will also receive health care and social services provided through PCT to ensure the proper support through their postpartum parenting journey. The Sweet Pea Program is based on the concepts of the feminist theory by being aware of and identifying traditional and societal gender roles within parenthood, messages about parenting, then replacing them with functional truths and beliefs, with a focus on behaviors that are freely chosen, to become empowered parents. In the postpartum stage, The Sweet Pea program will use Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) helping parents through grief, interpersonal role disputes and deficits, and role transition, and interpersonal deficits.

LLU Discipline

Marital and Family Therapy

Department

Counseling and Family Sciences

School

School of Behavioral Health

First Advisor

Nichola Seaton Ribadu

Second Advisor

Lena Lopez-Bradley

Third Advisor

Jacqueline Williams-Reade

Degree Name

Doctor of Marital and Family Therapy (DMFT)

Year Degree Awarded

2022

Date (Title Page)

9-2022

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Depression, Postpartum; Parenting; Anxiety; Psychotherapy

Type

Doctoral Project

Page Count

xiv, 354 p.

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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