Supporting working mothers through group work a multimodal psychoeducational approach

Abstract

Working mothers' struggle to manage work and family responsibilities and the associated physical and psychological distress have been well documented Helping professionals can assist working mothers by facilitating the creation of support networks. The efficacy of a psychneducational support group to help working mothers manage their roles is discussed. The goals of this pilot project were to assist working mothers in working toward achieving cognitive restructuring, specifically, revising expectations of dual roles and challenges presented by these roles; behavioral changes to reduce stress-related psychological and physical symptoms; and a sense of social support from experiential sharing within the group process.