Not Alone in NICU
A Compassionate Companion for Parents of a Baby in Neonatal Care
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Having a baby in neonatal care is often described as an emotional rollercoaster. Feeling overwhelmed and distressed is common and many parents experience anxiety, guilt, shame, anger and fear in a new and strange environment. You may not know where to turn or what to do next, but you are not alone.
Written by an experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist specialising in neonatal care for over a decade, this book is a compassionate companion for parents of premature and sick babies. It will:
- Help you find ways to get through the first bewildering weeks
- Support you to look after the emotional wellbeing of yourself and your family
- Work your way through the complexities of becoming and parent and forming a relationship with your baby
- Help you make complex decisions and be involved in your baby's care
- Address your needs if your baby has a long term or life limiting condition
- Speak to the many specific challenges that arise whilst your baby is being treated in hospital
- Help you prepare for the transition to home and make sense of your experience
Containing over 50 tailored written exercise, links to supporting audio files, parent stories, key information and guidance this book will help you navigate the emotional challenges of your baby's stay in neonatal care.
Written by an experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist specialising in neonatal care for over a decade, this book is a compassionate companion for parents of premature and sick babies. It will:
- Help you find ways to get through the first bewildering weeks
- Support you to look after the emotional wellbeing of yourself and your family
- Work your way through the complexities of becoming and parent and forming a relationship with your baby
- Help you make complex decisions and be involved in your baby's care
- Address your needs if your baby has a long term or life limiting condition
- Speak to the many specific challenges that arise whilst your baby is being treated in hospital
- Help you prepare for the transition to home and make sense of your experience
Containing over 50 tailored written exercise, links to supporting audio files, parent stories, key information and guidance this book will help you navigate the emotional challenges of your baby's stay in neonatal care.
- Published: Nov 21 2025
- Pages: 304
- ISBN: 9781787758858
Press Reviews
Michelle Cree, author of 'The New Motherhood Workbook' and 'The Compassionate Mind Approach to Postnatal Depression'
For the first time all parents can be accompanied throughout their NICU journey by this exceptional psychologist who has pioneered compassionate mind approaches within neonatal care. Packed with what most helped innumerable families, this book is a treasure.
Julianne Boutaleb CPsychol AFBPsS, Consultant Perinatal Psychologist, Clinical Director - Parenthood In Mind
This is a truly unique and beautiful book. Not only does Rebecca draw on psychological theory and clinical material to illuminate common experiences NICU parents and babies may have, but she does so with the clearsighted warmth and compassion of a seasoned clinician. Each chapter highlights a particular issue commonly faced by these families from managing work with a baby in NICU through to understanding how one's parenting journey may be impacted. Not Alone in NICU offers parents (and those supporting them) a rich explanatory framework within which to understand, reflect upon and make sense of their lived experiences in the NICU. Within the pages of this book parents will find the highs and lows of this parenting journey reflected and normalised. Highly recommend.