Fertility Counseling. Clinical Guide and Case Studies

Description

Using real-world cases, this clinical guide details the psychosocial challenges faced by patients navigating the world of medically assisted reproduction (MAR). It describes in depth the latest perspectives on counseling approaches to the evolving complexities of family creation, whether fertility issues are a presenting problem or occur during the course of therapy or the aftermath of a struggle with infertility. Applying an evidence-based, cross-border approach, international experts not only discuss advanced perspectives on topics such as third party reproduction, pregnancy loss and adoption, but also newer issues of fertility preservation, 'older' patient parenthood, LGBT and singles' family creation. A comprehensive resource, it explores pioneering insights into fertility counseling such as spirituality, developing disclosure language, a counselor's personal fertility issues, and more. This is an essential aid for medical and mental health professionals to develop and refine the skills needed to treat the increasingly diverse and complex needs of MAR patients.

• Comes with access to downloadable clinical tools and resources from internationally recognized experts, to provide a strong foundation for practical application of counseling approaches
• Provides firsthand, invaluable insights into the application of tools and resources in real life clinical situations
• Covers largely unexplored topics including considerations of spirituality, single men and women, LGBT persons, fertility preservation, and the fertility counselor's personal experience with infertility

Contents

List of contributors
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Foreword Alan Decherney and Dorothy Greenfeld
Part I. Introduction:
1. Collaborative reproductive health care model Sharon N. Covington and David Adamson
2. Reproductive psychology and fertility counseling Susan C. Klock
Part II. Therapeutic Approaches:
3. Fertility counseling for individuals Linda D. Applegarth
4. Fertility counseling for couples Brennan D. Peterson
5. Spirituality in fertility counseling Eileen A. Dombo and Megan Flood
6. Reproductive psychiatry and fertility counseling Katherine Williams
Part III. Third-Party Reproduction: Assessment and Preparation
7. Counseling recipients of anonymous donor gametes Patricia L. Sachs and Carol B. Toll
8. Counseling anonymous gamete donors Laura Joseph and Uschi Van den Broeck
9. Counseling surrogate carrier participants Tara H. Simpson and Hilary Hanafin
10. Counseling known participants in third-party reproduction Erica J. Mindes and Laura S. Covington
Part IV. The Expanding Image of Families:
11. Last chance or too late? Counseling prospective older parents Julianne E. Zweifel
12. Counseling single women and single men choosing parenthood Lauri A. Pasch and Sarah R. Holley
13. Counseling gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender patients Sarah R. Holley and Lauri A. Pasch
14. Adoption Anne F. Malavé
Part V. Special Topics in Fertility Counseling:
15. Fertility preservation counseling Allison Rosen
16. Pregnancy and loss counseling Irving G. Leon
17. The view from the fertility counselor's chair Janet Jaffe
18. Disclosure: helping families talk about assisted reproduction Jean M. Benward
Part VI. Practice Issues:
19. An evidence-based approach to counseling for fertility treatment compliance Sofia Gameiro and Jacky Boivin
20. Ethical aspects of fertility counseling Joann Paley Galst and Judith E. Horowitz
21. Legal issues for fertility counselors Margaret Swain and William Petok
22. Cross-border reproductive services and fertility counseling Petra Thorn and Eric Blyth
Appendix: WHO/ICMART glossary
Index.

Author

Sharon N. Covington, Shady Grove Fertility, Rockville, Maryland
Sharon N. Covington is Director of Psychological Support Services, Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center, Rockville, Maryland; Associate Investigator, Intramural Research Program on Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD; and Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.