Psychiatrist

Dr Joyce Arnold
     Bachelor of medicine, Bachelor of surgery
     Master of Arts (psychoanalytic studies)
     Master of ethics and Legal studies
     Master of Business Administration
     Master of Online Education
     Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry
     Certificate of accreditation in child and       adolescent psychiatry
Member of the Faculties of Psychotherapies, Forensic Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and SIG Philosophy and Psychiatry,
    
Sixth Floor
Watkins Medical.
225 Wickham Terrace
Spring Hill, 4000
Queensland
Australia
phone 07 38395626
E-mail, drjoycearnold6120a@gmail.com

• Child and adolescent psychiatrist
• General adult psychiatrist
• Forensic psychiatrist
• Psychotherapist

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Attachment-anxious.

Mother and child attachment underlies attachment theory and therapy. Many women are so worried about their mothering such fragile things as a newborn baby, especially when its the first time. Talk about a steep learning curve. There is always so much information and advise that the whole thing becomes overwhelming. Even the most educated and intelligent mothers can find that the knowledge is tacit and not available in a book. In the first days it can be difficult to learn to communicate with your baby as he talks a whole new language. It takes time for both of you to learn this. Relax.
Your baby communicates through emotion. If you are stressed, he will be stressed.
Easy to say. Sleep out the window, a whole new responsibility. No adults to talk to any more. Your body is still a blimp. Your husband is rushing out the door to fulfil his role as provider and grateful to escape. All the congratulations and presents and focus on the baby and nothing for you.
You feel guilty that you would rather be at work, at least that has routines and coffee breaks.
All this is understandable and normal.
Meditate.
Take time away.
Stroll in the park.
Listen to lovely music.
Show your baby that you are in charge of you and not your baby (comes in handy by the time they are 16 and want the car).
Show your baby the joy of life. Show him the flowers, trees, birds. Read to your baby ( from Day 1).
Keep up with your friends and have fun. make new friends who have babies and know how to cope.
One night a week, for you and your partner. Let your baby know your relationship is in control.
Relax. Women have raised babies from times before there were guidebooks or education. Watch and listen to your baby. Try to figure out he he is. What can he be thinking. How is he responding to sound, smell, touch, the dog, the car, music, the fresh air. Massage your baby- they love it.
Anxious babies don't sleep well, don't eat well, scream a lot, vomit, need lots of comforting. Their constant demands make you further stressed, worn out and resentful.
If you are having ongoing problems, think of your own mental health. Post natal depression and anxiety are treatable. See your family doctor- that is what they are there for.