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Unchecked: OCD and Intrusive Thoughts After Having a Baby: Expert Guidance for New Parents
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Expected 4 Aug 26184 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication August 4, 2026
About the author
Karen Kleiman
26 books96 followersKaren Kleiman is well known as an international expert on postpartum depression. Her work has been featured on the Internet and within the mental health community for decades. In 1988, Karen founded The Postpartum Stress Center, LLC, a treatment and training facility for prenatal and postpartum depression/anxiety disorders where she treats individuals and couples experiencing perinatal mood & anxiety disorders.
Karen has been interviewed for, featured in, and reviewed by local and national TV, magazines, radio shows and health websites. Her national television appearances include Inside Edition, The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw and The Katie Couric Show. A few popular magazines that have featured her work or interviewed her include: Self Magazine, Fit Pregnancy, Parenting, Working Mother, Star, and Mothering Magazine. Karen is featured as an expert on PsychologyToday.com as a “Best Voice in Psychology” as author of her blog, “This Isn’t What I Expected: Notes on Healing Postpartum Depression”.
Karen has been interviewed for, featured in, and reviewed by local and national TV, magazines, radio shows and health websites. Her national television appearances include Inside Edition, The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw and The Katie Couric Show. A few popular magazines that have featured her work or interviewed her include: Self Magazine, Fit Pregnancy, Parenting, Working Mother, Star, and Mothering Magazine. Karen is featured as an expert on PsychologyToday.com as a “Best Voice in Psychology” as author of her blog, “This Isn’t What I Expected: Notes on Healing Postpartum Depression”.
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This is book that has done an outstanding job at explaining how OCD can affect the new parents and how to deal with the problems that come along with being new parents. The author is sensitive to this topic which is observed with how clearly she has described different scenarios in which a parent can find themselves in and the techniques in which they can cope with them.
As a person who has anxiety herself, I would say that this book has taught me that I need to take life with a calmer manner instead of being anxious about it all.
The language is simple, concise and easy to understand. I doesn't use any fancy words that the reader might not understand.
The illustrations are simple and colorful and do a Greta job in explaining a scenario. They are enjoyable to look at as well.
I would highly recommend this to all expecting and new parents and also to other people who might be undergoing OCD.
As a person who has anxiety herself, I would say that this book has taught me that I need to take life with a calmer manner instead of being anxious about it all.
The language is simple, concise and easy to understand. I doesn't use any fancy words that the reader might not understand.
The illustrations are simple and colorful and do a Greta job in explaining a scenario. They are enjoyable to look at as well.
I would highly recommend this to all expecting and new parents and also to other people who might be undergoing OCD.
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