Unchecked
OCD and Intrusive Thoughts After Having a Baby: Expert Guidance for New Parents
Will be published approx. on 3. September 2026
Book
Hardback
184 pages
979-8-89396-109-6 (ISBN)
Description
An illustrated guide helping new parents manage postpartum OCD and anxiety with expert strategies from the author of Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts, Karen Kleiman, and licensed counselor Noah Suzuki.
Feeling overwhelmed by intrusive thoughts and obsessive checking after your baby? Stuck in a cycle of assessing, obsessing, checking, and doubting?
Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW, and licensed counselor Noah Suzuki present Unchecked, an illustrated guide to coping with postpartum OCD and anxiety. They tackle the serious matter of protecting the mental health of parents with evidence-based strategies that lessen anxiety and manage obsessive thoughts and actions.
Through practical tips and relatable comics in the style of the bestselling Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts, you'll learn how to break the cycle of obsessive thoughts, gain reassurance, and feel calmer and more confident as a new parent. It's an easy-to-read package perfect for parents who don't have the time or energy to sit down and read a book.
Every page empowers you with clarity, validation, and support so you can leave the doubts unchecked and focus on enjoying your baby.
Available in English and Spanish!
Feeling overwhelmed by intrusive thoughts and obsessive checking after your baby? Stuck in a cycle of assessing, obsessing, checking, and doubting?
Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW, and licensed counselor Noah Suzuki present Unchecked, an illustrated guide to coping with postpartum OCD and anxiety. They tackle the serious matter of protecting the mental health of parents with evidence-based strategies that lessen anxiety and manage obsessive thoughts and actions.
Through practical tips and relatable comics in the style of the bestselling Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts, you'll learn how to break the cycle of obsessive thoughts, gain reassurance, and feel calmer and more confident as a new parent. It's an easy-to-read package perfect for parents who don't have the time or energy to sit down and read a book.
Every page empowers you with clarity, validation, and support so you can leave the doubts unchecked and focus on enjoying your baby.
Available in English and Spanish!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sanger, CA
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
Full-color illustrations throughout, embossing, spot varnish
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
979-8-89396-109-6 (9798893961096)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW, founder of the Postpartum Stress Center, LLC and the Karen Kleiman Training Center, LLC is a psychotherapist, and internationally recognized pioneer in the field of maternal mental health. She is the author of over a dozen groundbreaking books on postpartum depression and anxiety. Noah Suzuki is the director of programming at the Karen Kleiman Training Center and senior therapist at the Postpartum Stress Center. He has a wide variety of experiences in the treatment of perinatal OCD and is a leading voice in the training of these treatments for perinatal clinicians. Molly McIntyre is an artist, illustrator, and animator living in Brooklyn, New York, with her family. Her work has been featured in the upcoming Netflix series Worn Stories, the book Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts (Karen Kleiman, Familius), Bitch magazine, Everyday Feminism, Scary Mommy, and Psychology Today, and shown in exhibitions throughout the U.S. and in Japan.