Unchecked: Ocd and Intrusive Thoughts After Having a Baby: Expert Guidance for New Parents - Hardcover

by Karen Kleiman (Author), Noah Suzuki (Author), Molly McIntyre (Illustrator)

An illustrated guide helping new parents manage postpartum OCD and anxiety with expert strategies from the author of Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts, Karen Kleiman, and licensed counselor Noah Suzuki.

Feeling overwhelmed by intrusive thoughts and obsessive checking after your baby? Stuck in a cycle of assessing, obsessing, checking, and doubting?

You don't need a heavy clinical manual--you need relief, fast. In Unchecked, maternal mental health pioneer Karen Kleiman (the trusted voice behind Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts) and counselor Noah Suzuki deliver proven, bite-sized strategies to disrupt the postpartum OCD loop. This guide gives you the exact tools you need to disarm scary thoughts, ease your nervous system, and reclaim your confidence.

Through practical tips and relatable comics, you'll learn how to break the cycle of obsessive thoughts, gain reassurance, and feel calmer and more confident as a new parent. It's an easy-to-read package perfect for parents who don't have the time or energy to sit down and read a book.

Every page empowers you with clarity, validation, and support so you can leave the doubts unchecked and focus on enjoying your baby.

Available in English and Spanish!

Author Biography

Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW, founder of the Postpartum Stress Center, LLC and the Karen Kleiman Training Center, LLC is a psychotherapist, and internationally recognized pioneer in the field of maternal mental health. She is the author of over a dozen groundbreaking books on postpartum depression and anxiety. Noah Suzuki is the director of programming at the Karen Kleiman Training Center and senior therapist at the Postpartum Stress Center. He has a wide variety of experiences in the treatment of perinatal OCD and is a leading voice in the training of these treatments for perinatal clinicians. Molly McIntyre is an artist, illustrator, and animator living in Brooklyn, New York, with her family. Her work has been featured in the upcoming Netflix series Worn Stories, the book Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts (Karen Kleiman, Familius), Bitch magazine, Everyday Feminism, Scary Mommy, and Psychology Today, and shown in exhibitions throughout the U.S. and in Japan.