Becoming a Calm Mom: How to Manage Stress and Enjoy the First Year of Motherhood

by Deborah Roth Ledley

Overview

Becoming a Calm Mom balances scientifically sound techniques from an experienced cognitive behavioral therapist with friendly advice from fellow new moms to help moms successfully overcome the self-doubt that so often arrives along with their first bundle of joy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433804793
Publisher:	APA LifeTools
Publication date:	10/15/2008
Series:	APA LifeTools Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	721,489
File size:	741 KB

About the Author

Deborah Roth Ledley, PhD, is associate director of the Adult Anxiety Clinic of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and also maintains a private practice in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ledley has published over 40 articles and book chapters on the nature and treatment of anxiety disorders. She has also published three books: Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Anxiety Disorders (2007); Improving Outcomes and Preventing Relapse in Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy (2005); and the bestselling Making Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy Work: Clinical Process for New Practitioners (2005). Dr. Ledley is the founder of a Web site for new moms called TheCalmMom.com. She lives in suburban Philadelphia with her husband and two small children, who inspired her to develop this Web site and to write Becoming a Calm Mom.
 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Why New Moms Are Not Calm Moms
2. Three Simple Strategies for Your Calm Mom Toolbox
3. Three More Simple Strategies for Your Calm Mom Toolbox
4. Calm Mom, Calm Baby
5. Remaining Calm When "Me" Becomes "Mom"
6. To Work or Not to Work, That Is the Question
7. Remembering Relationships: There's More to Life than Just Your Baby
8. Happy First Birthday!

Appendix: Postpartum Depression and Anxiety

Resources for New Moms

Notes

Index

About the Author