Full Description
This second edition of the essential guide for reproductive professionals is now available in a Clinical Guide and a Case Studies Guide, presenting the most current knowledge on counseling patients with diverse needs amidst rapidly advancing modern technology. The Case Studies guide relates the accessible, real-world experiences and perspectives as leading international practitioners share their stories applying clinical concepts to treatment practice. Chapters cover current, unaddressed and emerging areas in reproductive mental health including consequences of direct-to-consumer DNA testing, racial and cultural sensitivity and tele-mental health. Among the new topics are transgender ART, recurrent pregnancy loss, post-partum adjustment, and the pregnant therapist. For an in-depth presentation of clinical concepts, discover the Clinical Guide, which provides a foundational understanding of the medical and psychosocial experience of fertility treatment. An essential aid for medical and mental health professionals, this comprehensive guide allows clinicians to develop and refine the skills required to address the increasingly complex needs of fertility patients.
Contents
Part I. Introduction: 1. Collaborative reproductive healthcare model: A Patient-Centered Approach to Medical and Psychosocial Care Nancy Kaufman and Loree Johnson; 2. Reproductive psychology and fertility counseling Susan Klock; Part II. Theraeutic Approaches: 3. Fertility counseling for individuals Linda Applegarth and Arabelle Rowe; 4. Fertility counseling for couples Kristy Koser; 5. Fertility counseling with groups Rachel Rabinor and Landon Zaki; 6. Sexual therapy primer for fertility counselors Erika Kelley and Sheryl Kingsberg; 7. 'It's Complicated': The Intersect between psychiatric disorders and infertility Katherine Williams and Lauri Pasch; 8. 'Be Fruitful and multiply': Addressing spirituality in fertility counseling Megan Flood and Eileen Dumbo; Part III. Third Party Reproduction: Assessment and Preparation: 9. Counseling recipients of non-identified donor gametes Carol Toll and Patricia Sachs; 10. Counseling Non-Identified gamete donors Laura Josephs and Uschi Van den Broeck; 11. Counseling embryo donors and recipients Maya Grobel and Elaine Gordon; 12. Special considerations in gestational surrogacy assessment and arrangements Tara Simpson and Mary Riddle; 13. DNA and the end of anonymity: disclosure, donor-linkage and fertility counseling Kate Bourne; 14. Family life after donor conception Maryilyn Crawshaw, Astrid Indekeu and Jane Ellis; Part IV. Addressing the Needs of Diverse Populations: 15. The male experience with fertility and counseling William Petok and Brennan Peterson; 16. Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Fertility Patients Sarah Holley and Lauri Pasch; 17. Transgender ART Karen Wasserstein; 18. A racially and culturally sensitive approach to fertility counseling Kimberly Grocher; Part V. Special Topics in Fertility Counseling: 19. Resiliency in reproductive loss Irving Leon; 20. Reproductive trauma and PTSD: on the battlefield of fertility counseling Janet Jaffe; 21. Pregnancy loss counseling Irving Leon; 22. 'A little bit pregnant': Counseling for recurrent pregnancy loss Mia Joelsson; 23. Pregnancy and post-partum adjustment in fertility counseling Laura Winters; 24. Walking the tightrope: The pregnant fertility counselor Laura Covington and Janet Jaffe; Part VI. Practice Issues: 25. Telemental health in fertility counseling Carrie Eichberg and Lauren Berman; 26. Nuts and bolts of fertility counseling: Legal issues and practice management William Petok and Margaret Swain; 27. Ethical platform of assisted reproduction Jeanne O'Brien and Julianne Zweifel.
