The impact of maternity transformation on women's mental health, by the light for Gestalt-therapy
Maternity; Mental Health; Gestalt-therapy.
The theme of this research involved the personal transformations in motherhood for women. This topic was studied in the field of women's mental health, in the light of Gestalt-therapy. As a research problem, there were the changes in the woman's life, body and mind when she became a mother, involving the personal understanding of complex issues necessary for monitoring and reception. In this sense, the primary objective was to analyze the perceptions of changes in the way of being in the world of women with children up to three years old. As secondary objectives, it was established: (a) to identify how mothers qualify their experiences, feelings, sensations and the presence of a support network in situations involving motherhood, such as pregnancy, childbirth, puerperium, lactation and changes in their daily lives; (b) propose specific mental health prevention actions for mothers with young children; (c) discuss these changes in the way of being in the world of women mothers having Gestalt-therapy as a theoretical basis. The research had as a methodological option the qualitative analysis carried out from individual semi-structured interviews with the participants. The data were analyzed focusing on the identification of self-recognition as a subject taken, in this research, as the basis of the mental health of women who are mothers. As a result, the work reaffirmed the importance of developing productive forms of promotion and prevention of mental health problems in maternity, especially related to women with small children. These complex issues involved the experience of being a mother and being a woman, quality of life, maintenance of her recognition as a subject separate from her child, understanding that existence as a mother is not its entirety, and care for its other parts is necessary, especially maintaining your healthy SELF and essence.