Book contents
- Fertility Counseling: Case Studies
- Fertility Counseling: Case Studies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Therapeutic Approaches
- Part III Third Party Reproduction: Assessment and Preparation
- Part IV Addressing the Needs of Diverse Populations
- Part V Special Topics in Fertility Counseling
- Chapter 19 Resilience in Reproductive Loss
- Chapter 20 Reproductive Trauma and PTSD: On the Battlefield of Fertility Counseling
- Chapter 21 Pregnancy Loss Counseling
- Chapter 22 “A Little Bit Pregnant”: Counseling for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
- Chapter 23 Pregnancy and Postpartum Adjustment in Fertility Counseling
- Chapter 24 Walking the Tightrope: The Pregnant Fertility Counselor
- Part VI Practice Issues
- Index
- References
Chapter 19 - Resilience in Reproductive Loss
from Part V - Special Topics in Fertility Counseling
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Book contents
- Fertility Counseling: Case Studies
- Fertility Counseling: Case Studies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Therapeutic Approaches
- Part III Third Party Reproduction: Assessment and Preparation
- Part IV Addressing the Needs of Diverse Populations
- Part V Special Topics in Fertility Counseling
- Chapter 19 Resilience in Reproductive Loss
- Chapter 20 Reproductive Trauma and PTSD: On the Battlefield of Fertility Counseling
- Chapter 21 Pregnancy Loss Counseling
- Chapter 22 “A Little Bit Pregnant”: Counseling for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
- Chapter 23 Pregnancy and Postpartum Adjustment in Fertility Counseling
- Chapter 24 Walking the Tightrope: The Pregnant Fertility Counselor
- Part VI Practice Issues
- Index
- References
Summary
I am a clinical psychologist who has been in practice for 40 years and an Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Michigan Medical Center for 20 years. While my training was in traditional psychodynamic therapy, my current approach is more eclectic and Rogerian in its emphasis on empathic engagement with the client as the primary vehicle of change. My initial interest in reproductive loss was based on having a number of child cases in which perinatal sibling loss was an important unrecognized dynamic.
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