Mothers Accused and Abused

<p><em>Mothers Accused and Abused: Addressing Complex Psychological Needs </em>brings together stories<i> </i>about mothers who are accused of harming, and in some cases killing, their children, children who subsequently harm or kill others and the challenges to professionals who work with them.</p><p>Contributors consider the deeply rooted cycles of neglect and abuse manifested in the childhoods of mothers, who only come to our attention when their extreme distress is expressed through their actions. By recognising the long-standing, unmet dependency needs of abused and neglected women, the book argues that longer term engagement can prevent a seemingly endless repetition of court hearings and imprisonment, and thereby address cycles of neglect.</p><p>With sections on mothers in prison and interventions following child care proceedings, <i>Mothers Accused and Abused </i>will be a valuable resource to those working in the criminal and civil justice systems, social work and mental health as well as others who, in a professional or personal capacity, encounter troubled mothers and their children. </p> <p>List of contributors</p><p>Acknowledgements</p><p>Introduction</p><p>Angela Foster </p><p>PART ONE</p><p>Setting the scene: Reflections on a ground-breaking book</p><ol> <p> </p> <li><b>Mother, madonna, whore: understanding perverse mothering: Reflections on a ground-breaking book</b></li> <p>Estela V. Welldon</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Caring for the mother and as well as her children</li> <p>Angela Foster </p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Mothers and the law: Mythologies and stereotypes - a woman’s lot?</li> <p>Helena Kennedy </p> <p> </p> <b> </b><p>PART TWO</p> <p>The pain of relationships lived and re-lived</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Infanticide, matricide or suicide</li> <p>Carine Minne</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Treating violent men: The significance of the mother-son relationship</li> <p>Celia Taylor</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Staff accused and abused: Managing anxiety, pain and distress in systems of care</li> <p>Angela Foster</p> <p> </p> <b> </b><p>PART THREE</p> <p>Mothers in prison</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Transition to motherhood and becoming a child-less mother in prison</li> <p>Laura Abbott</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Therapy with a mother and baby in prison</li> <p>Pamela Windham Stewart</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Cover stories: Art psychotherapy with mothers in prison who have killed or harmed their children</li> <p>Jessica Collier</p> <p> </p> <b> </b><p>PART FOUR</p> <p>Interventions following child care proceedings</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Last chance saloon: From repetition to growth, a young mother's journey in brief psychotherapy</li> <p>Fiona Henderson </p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Better outcomes and better justice: The Family Drug and Alcohol Court</li> <p>Steve Bambrough, Nicholas Crichton & Sheena Webb</p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>The mother in mind: A therapeutic group for mothers who have had a child removed from their care</li> <p>Gwen Adshead & Anna Williams </p> <b> </b> <p> </p> <li>Taking a break: The work of Pause</li> </ol><p>Content provided by Pause</p><p>PART FIVE</p><p>Ways forward</p><p>Ways forward</p><p>Angela Foster, Beate Schumacher & Davina Jhummun</p><p>Glossary of psychoanalytic terms</p><p>Robert D. Hinshelwood</p><p>Index</p>