Giuliana Mieli, PhD, DClinPsych, Psychotherapist, after working in the first mental health community services in the 1970s, has been a consultant in the maternity wards of St Gerardo Hospital (Monza) and at St Giuseppe Hospital (Milan) in Italy. Aside from clinical practice, she has dedicated herself to the psycho-education of medical and paramedical staff in various local health centres, and to training and supervising freshly graduated clinical psychologists and psychotherapists. She is currently based in Florence.
Acknowledgement; About the Author; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: My clinical experience in a maternity ward; Chapter Two: From undifferentiated to differentiated. Birth, growth, and the achievement of independence: an emotional perspective; Chapter Three: The need for a cultural revolution; Chapter Four: A society based on the denial of attachment needs and all things emotional; Chapter Five: An emotional outlook on motherhood, or: what can really be done?; Chapter Six: Conclusions; Bibliography; References; Index