Mothers Accused and Abused

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 contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Angela Foster PART ONE Setting the scene: Reflections on a ground-breaking book Mother, madonna, whore: understanding perverse mothering: Reflections on a ground-breaking book Estela V. Welldon Caring for the mother and as well as her children Angela Foster Mothers and the law: Mythologies and stereotypes - a womans lot? Helena Kennedy PART TWO The pain of relationships lived and re-lived Infanticide, matricide or suicide Carine Minne Treating violent men: The significance of the mother-son relationship Celia Taylor Staff accused and abused: Managing anxiety, pain and distress in systems of care Angela Foster PART THREE Mothers in prison Transition to motherhood and becoming a child-less mother in prison Laura Abbott Therapy with a mother and baby in prison Pamela Windham Stewart Cover stories: Art psychotherapy with mothers in prison who have killed or harmed their children Jessica Collier PART FOUR Interventions following child care proceedings Last chance saloon: From repetition to growth, a young mother's journey in brief psychotherapy Fiona Henderson Better outcomes and better justice: The Family Drug and Alcohol Court Steve Bambrough, Nicholas Crichton & Sheena Webb The mother in mind: A therapeutic group for mothers who have had a child removed from their care Gwen Adshead & Anna Williams Taking a break: The work of Pause Content provided by Pause PART FIVE Ways forward Ways forward Angela Foster, Beate Schumacher & Davina Jhummun Glossary of psychoanalytic terms Robert D. Hinshelwood Index