Angela Foster is a psychiatric social worker, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, supervisor and consultant working with clinical teams and individuals in mental health, forensic, substance misuse and child care services. She has published many papers and co-edited a number of books.

• List of contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionAngela Foster PART ONESetting the scene: Reflections on a ground-breaking book Mother, madonna, whore: understanding perverse mothering: Reflections on a ground-breaking bookEstela V. Welldon Caring for the mother and as well as her childrenAngela Foster Mothers and the law: Mythologies and stereotypes - a woman’s lot?Helena Kennedy PART TWOThe pain of relationships lived and re-lived Infanticide, matricide or suicideCarine Minne Treating violent men: The significance of the mother-son relationshipCelia Taylor Staff accused and abused: Managing anxiety, pain and distress in systems of careAngela Foster PART THREEMothers in prison Transition to motherhood and becoming a child-less mother in prisonLaura Abbott Therapy with a mother and baby in prisonPamela Windham Stewart Cover stories: Art psychotherapy with mothers in prison who have killed or harmed their childrenJessica Collier PART FOURInterventions following child care proceedings Last chance saloon: From repetition to growth, a young mother's journey in brief psychotherapyFiona Henderson Better outcomes and better justice: The Family Drug and Alcohol CourtSteve Bambrough, Nicholas Crichton & Sheena Webb The mother in mind: A therapeutic group for mothers who have had a child removed from their careGwen Adshead & Anna Williams Taking a break: The work of PauseContent provided by PausePART FIVEWays forwardWays forwardAngela Foster, Beate Schumacher & Davina JhummunGlossary of psychoanalytic termsRobert D. HinshelwoodIndex

Angela Foster is a psychiatric social worker, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, supervisor and consultant working with clinical teams and individuals in mental health, forensic, substance misuse and child care services. She has published many papers and co-edited a number of books.

• List of contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionAngela Foster PART ONESetting the scene: Reflections on a ground-breaking book Mother, madonna, whore: understanding perverse mothering: Reflections on a ground-breaking bookEstela V. Welldon Caring for the mother and as well as her childrenAngela Foster Mothers and the law: Mythologies and stereotypes - a woman’s lot?Helena Kennedy PART TWOThe pain of relationships lived and re-lived Infanticide, matricide or suicideCarine Minne Treating violent men: The significance of the mother-son relationshipCelia Taylor Staff accused and abused: Managing anxiety, pain and distress in systems of careAngela Foster PART THREEMothers in prison Transition to motherhood and becoming a child-less mother in prisonLaura Abbott Therapy with a mother and baby in prisonPamela Windham Stewart Cover stories: Art psychotherapy with mothers in prison who have killed or harmed their childrenJessica Collier PART FOURInterventions following child care proceedings Last chance saloon: From repetition to growth, a young mother's journey in brief psychotherapyFiona Henderson Better outcomes and better justice: The Family Drug and Alcohol CourtSteve Bambrough, Nicholas Crichton & Sheena Webb The mother in mind: A therapeutic group for mothers who have had a child removed from their careGwen Adshead & Anna Williams Taking a break: The work of PauseContent provided by PausePART FIVEWays forwardWays forwardAngela Foster, Beate Schumacher & Davina JhummunGlossary of psychoanalytic termsRobert D. HinshelwoodIndex

Angela Foster is a psychiatric social worker, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, supervisor and consultant working with clinical teams and individuals in mental health, forensic, substance misuse and child care services. She has published many papers and co-edited a number of books.

• List of contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionAngela Foster PART ONESetting the scene: Reflections on a ground-breaking book Mother, madonna, whore: understanding perverse mothering: Reflections on a ground-breaking bookEstela V. Welldon Caring for the mother and as well as her childrenAngela Foster Mothers and the law: Mythologies and stereotypes - a woman’s lot?Helena Kennedy PART TWOThe pain of relationships lived and re-lived Infanticide, matricide or suicideCarine Minne Treating violent men: The significance of the mother-son relationshipCelia Taylor Staff accused and abused: Managing anxiety, pain and distress in systems of careAngela Foster PART THREEMothers in prison Transition to motherhood and becoming a child-less mother in prisonLaura Abbott Therapy with a mother and baby in prisonPamela Windham Stewart Cover stories: Art psychotherapy with mothers in prison who have killed or harmed their childrenJessica Collier PART FOURInterventions following child care proceedings Last chance saloon: From repetition to growth, a young mother's journey in brief psychotherapyFiona Henderson Better outcomes and better justice: The Family Drug and Alcohol CourtSteve Bambrough, Nicholas Crichton & Sheena Webb The mother in mind: A therapeutic group for mothers who have had a child removed from their careGwen Adshead & Anna Williams Taking a break: The work of PauseContent provided by PausePART FIVEWays forwardWays forwardAngela Foster, Beate Schumacher & Davina JhummunGlossary of psychoanalytic termsRobert D. HinshelwoodIndex