We performed a psychological approach on an adult female with nocturia to facilitate her recognition of motherhood and found that her clinical symptoms improved. A 32-year-old female with nocturia has had problems, which are anxiety about separation from mother, discomfort of relationship between her husband and her and immaturity of motherhood. Treatment has included medication, counseling, transactional analysis, autogenic training and a psychological approach to facilitate her recognition of motherhood, and after 1 year her nocturia has gradually decreased. We have also noted that the improvement in her symptoms has been accompanied by a changed image of motherhood. We conclude that observating images of motherhood is a useful element for understanding the psychosomatic problems involved in these cases and evaluating the efficacy of treatment.
