A Psychotherapist Struggles with New Motherhood with Andy Cohen (Johannesburg)
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 We discuss Andy's early experience of pregnancy and the unsettled feelings that she first noticed at that time. After the premature birth of her daughter, she became hyper-focused on her milestones and confused her child's progress with her own self-esteem, to the detriment of both. Over time she began observing that her own inner experiences were less related to her daughter but rather were connected to her own childhood situations.
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