Laura Gutman, born in 1958 in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

, Argentina, is a therapist specializing in maternity psychology.

Biography

During the last military dictatorship in Argentina, she was exiled in

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. There she studied Learning sciences at Paris 8 University. She enrolled

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

and

naturopathy Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine. A wide array of pseudoscientific practices branded as "natural", "non-invasive", or promoting "self-healing" are employed by its practitioners, who are known as naturop ...

movements. She was disciple of Françoise Dolto and Michel Odent. In 1988 she moved back to Buenos Aires. She started counseling young mothers on

parenting Parenting or child rearing promotes and supports the physical, emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child and not exclusively for a ...

. She founded the School of Parenting in Buenos Aires. Later on, she started to write books on the psychology of maternity. She has developed a new method of Psychotherapy called Human Biography Building.

Books in English

* Gutman, L. (2002). ''Maternity: Coming face to face with your own shadow''

References

External links

Official website (Spanish)
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