| Interviewee | KLEIMAN, Karen (b. 1954) |
| Interview ID # | OH 2035 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Karen Kleiman is a clinical social worker and maternal mental health therapist. She founded the Postpartum Stress Center in Pennsylvania in 1988. Kleiman has written and co-written several books on motherhood, postpartum health, and therapy. These include: This Isn’t What I Expected (1994), The Postpartum Husband (2000), What Was I Thinking? (2005), and Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts (2011). In the interview she discusses founding her center, appealing to physicians, and navigating the pathologizing of postpartum stress. |
| Interviewer(s) | Rachel Louise Moran |
| Physical Description | 67 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Closed until March 30 2025 |
