Psychotherapy for Pregnancy Loss and other Adverse Reproductive Events

Recent collaborations

Publications

• Markin, R. D., & McCarthy, K. S. (2024). Therapist contribution, client reflective functioning, and alliance rupture-repair: A microprocess case study of psychodynamic therapy for pregnancy after loss. Psychotherapy, 61 (2). https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000520
• Markin, R. & Coleman, N. (2023). Intersections of gendered racial trauma and childbirth trauma: Clinical interventions for Black women. Psychotherapy, Mar;60(1):27-38. doi: 10.1037/pst0000403.
• Markin, R. D., McCarthy, K. S., & Hayes, J. A. (2021). Young pregnant clients in college or university counselling centers: Environmental and symptom experiences. Counselling & Psychotherapy Research. doi: 10.1002/capr.12445
• Markin, R. D., & McCarthy, K. S. (2020). The process and outcome of psychodynamic psychotherapy for pregnancy after loss: A case study analysis. Psychotherapy, 57(2), 273–288.
• Cohen, K., Leibovich, L., Markin, R., & Zilcha-Mano, S. (2019). The process of change in psychotherapy with a pregnant patient following perinatal losses: An analysis of a case study. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75(5), 874–885. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22763
• Markin, R. D. (2018). "Ghosts" in the womb: A mentalizing approach to understanding and treating prenatal attachment disturbances during pregnancies after loss. Psychotherapy, 55(3), 275–288. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000186
• Markin, R. D., & Zilcha-Mano, S. (2018). Cultural processes in psychotherapy for perinatal loss: Breaking the cultural taboo against perinatal grief. Psychotherapy, 55(1), 20-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pst0000122
• Markin, R. D. (2017). An introduction to the special section on psychotherapy for pregnancy loss: Review of issues, clinical applications, and future research direction. Psychotherapy, 54(4), 367-372. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pst0000134
• Markin R. D. (2016). What clinicians miss about miscarriages: Clinical errors in the treatment of early term perinatal loss. Psychotherapy, 53(3), 347–353. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000062
• Markin R. D. (2013). Mentalization-based psychotherapy interventions with mothers-to-be. Psychotherapy, 50(3), 360–365. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031993
• Markin, R. D. (2023). "A little bit pregnant": Counseling for recurrent pregnancy loss. In S. Covington. (Ed). Fertility Counseling. 2nd Edition. Cambridge Press. Cambridge, UK.
• Markin, R. (2024). Psychotherapy for Pregnancy Loss: Applying Relationship Science to Clinical Practice. Oxford University Press.