Stories of Psychological Practice from Neonatal Care: An Anthology of Creativity, Connection and Courage

This insightful book offers a rich collection of practice stories written by forty-eight psychological professionals working in neonatal care in the UK, illuminating the compassionate human endeavour of holding distress as families and teams navigate the storms of neonatal care.Through diverse voices, including clinical and counselling psychologists, child and adult psychotherapists, counsellors and psychological wellbeing practitioners, these evocative narratives reveal what it means to bring forth and hold stories that make sense of overwhelming experiences for others. Organised across four thematic sections-exploring the 'what?', 'how?', 'where?' and 'who?' of neonatal psychological practice-the book weaves together first-person narratives, reflective pieces and conversations with conceptual commentaries that provide theoretical and empirical context.Chapters address the nature of psychological intervention during ongoing trauma, the therapeutic processes of holding and containment,