Stern's The Motherhood Constellation. Took notes for three sessions on a single chapter.
STARTED · OCTOBER 2025 · A PAPER A WEEK
Reading list: matrescence as a clinical focus.
— WHAT THIS IS
A long, deliberate reading list on matrescence — the developmental transition into motherhood — as a candidate clinical focus.
Aurélie Athan's framing is the spine of the list. From there I'm working outward into psychoanalytic and developmental sources.
I am reading slowly and on purpose. The point is not coverage, it's letting the framework set in.
— RECENT UPDATES
Re-read Athan's foundational paper. The clinical implications are clearer this time.
Added Raphael's anthropological work to the list. A useful counterweight.