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Koa Lou Whittingham

Goodreads Author

Website

http://www.koawhittingham.com/

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Genre

Self Help, Psychology, Nonfiction

Member Since

January 2014

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I am a research fellow at the University of Queensland, a clinical and developmental psychologist and a mother. Parenting is one of my key research areas. I live in Brisbane, Australia, with my husband and daughter. I have always loved both writing and reading.

I first had the idea of writing becoming mum www.becomingmum.com.au while trying to conceive. Given what a monumental change it is to become a mother, I wondered why a book offering women psychological support during the transition did not already exist. I quickly realised that, as a parenting researcher and a clinical and developmental psychologist, I was the right person to write such a book. The idea grew along with my pregnancy and I began writing in earnest during my maternity l ...more

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Mothercare: new free resources

I’m delighted to add new resources to my website: the self-compassion videos and tip sheet from the Mothercare studies.

The Mothercare resources are for mothers of babies and they were developed by Dr James Kirby and Dr Stanley Steindl. They have been used in two studies, one a micro-RCT. In the RCT we found benefits for mothers in terms of self-compassion, ability to receive compassion from others

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Koa Lou Whittingham’s books

Average rating: 3.92 · 49 ratings · 10 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Becoming Mum 3.92 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[ BECOMING MUM ] BY Whittingham, Koa Lou ( Author ) Nov - 2013 [ Paperback ] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Koa Whittingham wants to read Time Travel for Beginners by Jaclyn Moriarty	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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