Alone (together): becoming a parent in the pandemic

IF 0.4 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/0075417x.2022.2161002
Helen Sussman
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ABSTRACT This paper draws on the author’s own experience of becoming a parent during the Covid-19 pandemic as a starting point from which to explore, and consider, how the experience of new parenthood was profoundly affected by the unusual and challenging circumstances created by the pandemic. Using a psychoanalytic lens, the author considers the legacy effects of Covid-19 restrictions and the atmosphere of heightened anxiety and danger, on the families who welcomed their first child in 2020 or 2021. The paper brings into focus the simultaneous experience of increased isolation and the withdrawal of support that would ordinarily be offered to new parents, along with the increased opportunities for closeness and early bonding this might bring, and considers how these factors might interrelate. It considers the changes to fatherhood that the pandemic created, and examines the benefits as well as pitfalls of the unusual circumstances brought about by successive lockdowns in the UK. The paper also explores the role that child psychotherapy has, as a profession, to examine and understand this experience for new parents and children born in the pandemic.
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独自(一起):在大流行中成为父母
摘要本文以作者在新冠肺炎大流行期间为人父母的亲身经历为出发点,探讨和思考新父母的经历如何受到大流行造成的异常和挑战性环境的深刻影响。作者运用精神分析的视角,考虑了新冠肺炎限制措施以及焦虑和危险加剧的气氛对2020年或2021年迎来第一个孩子的家庭的遗留影响。这篇论文重点关注了通常会向新父母提供的隔离和支持的同时增加,以及这可能带来的亲密和早期联系的机会增加,并考虑了这些因素可能如何相互关联。它考虑了新冠疫情对父亲身份造成的变化,并考察了英国连续封锁带来的不寻常情况的好处和陷阱。该论文还探讨了儿童心理治疗作为一种职业,在为新父母和在新冠疫情中出生的孩子检查和理解这种经历方面所发挥的作用。
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JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY
JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Child Psychotherapy is the official journal of the Association of Child Psychotherapists, first published in 1963. It is an essential publication for all those with an interest in the theory and practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and work with infants, children, adolescents and their parents where there are emotional and psychological problems. The journal also deals with the applications of such theory and practice in other settings or fields The Journal is concerned with a wide spectrum of emotional and behavioural disorders. These range from the more severe conditions of autism, anorexia, depression and the traumas of emotional, physical and sexual abuse to problems such as bed wetting and soiling, eating difficulties and sleep disturbance.
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