Couple Therapy for Infertility
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: September 7, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781572305113
Subjects: Infertility & fertilization; Psychotherapy; Sterility And Fertility; Psychological aspects; Infertility; Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Psychotherapy - General; Marital Therapy; Psychotherapy - Couples & Family; Family / Parenting / Childbirth; Patients; Medical; Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Psychology & Psychiatry / Family Therapy; FAMILY; PSYCHOLOGY; Counseling of; Marital psychotherapy
First sentence: From time immemorial, fertility has been a primal concern for human society.
Description: "The experience of infertility is one of the most difficult ordeals a couple can face. From the staff of the Ackerman Institute for the Family's Infertility Project, this volume describes a unique therapeutic approach developed to help couples confront and survive this painful life challenge.

Within a comprehensive multiphase framework, detailed guidelines are set forth for implementing interventions to help couples cope with an infertility diagnosis; navigate the maze of available treatment options; and make difficult decisions about medical procedures and alternatives."--BOOK JACKET.

"Providing invaluable knowledge and tools for a wide array of clinical professionals, this book belongs on the shelf of family therapists and other psychotherapists, as well as fertility counselors, adoption specialists, and practitioners of obstetrics/gynecology and family medicine. Students of family therapy, social work, clinical psychology, psychiatry, and nursing will find it a lucid, informative text."--BOOK JACKET.