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
Digital Publisher
Loma Linda University Libraries
Copyright
Author
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.
Recommended Citation
Mays, Robynn L., "Sweet Pea: An Integrated Postpartum Mental Health Program for Mothers & Their Partners" (2022). Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects. 1744.
https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/1744
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