Infertility and Identity

New Strategies for Treatment

Lara L. Deveraux, Ann Jackoway Hammerman (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

1998
Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7879-3881-9 (ISBN)

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A therapeutic approach to treating infertile patients that focuses on what it means to be infertile rather than on solving the problem through remedies such as adoption or treatment. The authors point out that regardless of whether you eventually become a parent, the significance of being infertile continues to influence your life.

A new model for treating infertility

This new book offers a revolutionary clinical model for treating individuals and couples who are infertile. The authors reveal how infertility profoundly affects a sense of identity and colors the most intimate relationships with family and friAnds. Step by step, this vital resource, shows clinicians how they can learn to support clients in overcoming their inevitable sense of loss and help them to regain their power.

The authors' advocacy of acceptance of infertility is a liberating approach for families who have been struggling to `resolve' these life long issues. This original book . . . .Can change your life.

--Linda Perilstein, executive director, Cradle of Hope Adoption Center, Washington, DC

ANN JACKOWAY HAMMERMAN are clinical social workers in private practice with Clayton Counseling Associates in St. Louis, Missouri.

Part One: Preparing the Therapist
1. Pioneering a New Model of Treatment
2. Learning the Essential Skills of Infertility Counseling
Part Two: Understanding the Client Experience with Infertility
3. Recognizing the Impact of Infertility
4. Identifying Specific Responses to Infertility
Part Three: Strategies for Treatment
5. Coping with Reproductive Loss
6. Dealing with Sexuality and Infertility
7. Considering Alternatives to Biological Parenting
8. Coping with Recurring Grief and Doubt
9. Regaining a Healthy Identity
Part Four: Session Plans
Assessment, Grief, Decision-Making, Special Concerns, Infertility and Identity, Self-Advocacy, Financial Planning, Alternatives to Biological Parenting, Termination
AppAndices: A: Exercises
B: Suggested Reading and Viewing Lists
C: Resources
D: Alternatives to Biological Parenting: Practical Considerations

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.5.1998
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 280 mm
Gewicht	572 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7879-3881-5 / 0787938815
ISBN-13	978-0-7879-3881-9 / 9780787938819
Zustand	Neuware