How We Mother: Embracing the Invitation for Growth in the Mothering Process
by Gonella, Elisabeth Maxwell, M.A., PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE, 2012, 79 pages; 1507867

Abstract:

This thesis is a hermeneutic and heuristic exploration that incorporates personal experience, psychological writings, myth, and story to explore the inner emergence of complex dynamics that occur in women engaging in mothering. Developmental, social, and cultural psychological theories are reviewed in terms of their implications regarding the specific effect of mothering on women. This inquiry offers insight into the processing of thoughts, images, and experiences that may occur throughout various stages of mothering in an effort to represent and honor the transition and developmental challenges presented to woman who become mothers.
 
AdviserDiana M. Ferrari
SchoolPACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE
SourceMAI/ 50-05, p. , Mar 2012
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsCounseling psychology; Developmental psychology; Individual & family studies
Publication Number1507867
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