Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians

by Edited by Sharon N. Covington , Linda Hammer Burns

• ISBN13: 9780521853637
• ISBN10: 052185363X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-16
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, second edition, is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary textbook for all health professionals providing care for individuals facing reproductive health issues. It is the most thorough and extensive book currently available for clinicians in the field of infertility counseling, providing an exhaustive and comprehensive review of topics. It addresses both the medical and psychological aspects of infertility, reviewing assessment approaches, treatment strategies, medical counseling issues, third-party reproduction, alternative family building and post infertility counseling issues. Each chapter follows the same format: introduction, historical overview, literature review, theoretical framework, identification of clinical issues, suggestions for therapeutic interventions, and future implication. This edition also includes extensive appendixes of clinical tools useful to the clinician, including an Internet database of resources and an extensive glossary of terminology.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	xi
Foreword	xv
Roger D. Kempers
Preface	xvii
PART I. OVERVIEW
Psychology of Infertility	1	(19)
Linda Hammer Burns
Sharon N. Covington
Medical Aspects of Infertility for the Counselor	20	(17)
William R. Keye, Jr.
The Psychology of Gender-Specific Infertility Diagnoses	37	(24)
William D. Petok
Cross-Cultural Issues in Infertility Counseling	61	(22)
Michaela Hynie
Linda Hammer Burns
PART II. ASSESSMENT
Psychosocial Evaluation of the Infertile Patient	83	(14)
Susan Caruso Klock
Psychopathology and Psychopharmacology in the Infertile Patient	97	(20)
Katherine E. Williams
Laurel N. Zappert
Evidenced-Based Approaches to Infertility Counseling	117	(12)
Jacky Boivin
PART III. TREATMENT MODALITIES
Individual Counseling and Psychotherapy	129	(14)
Linda D. Applegarth
Counseling the Infertile Couple	143	(13)
Christopher R. Newton
Group Approaches to Infertility Counseling	156	(13)
Sharon N. Covington
Behavioral Medicine Approaches to Infertility Counseling	169	(27)
Christianne Verhaak
Linda Hammer Burns
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Infertility Counseling	196	(16)
Jacqueline N. Gutmann
Sharon N. Covington
Sexual Counseling and Infertility	212	(25)
Linda Hammer Burns
PART IV. MEDICAL COUNSELING ISSUES
Patients with Medically Complicating Conditions	237	(21)
Donald B. Maier
Sharon N. Covington
Louise U. Maier
Genetic Counseling and the Infertile Patient	258	(32)
Linda Hammer Burns
Krista Redlinger-Grosse
Cheri Schoonveld
Pregnancy Loss	290	(15)
Sharon N. Covington
PART V. THIRD-PARTY REPRODUCTION
Recipient Counseling for Donor Insemination	305	(14)
Petra Thorn
Recipient Counseling for Oocyte Donation	319	(20)
Patricia L. Sachs
Linda Hammer Burns
The Donor as Patient: Assessment and Support	339	(17)
Linda D. Applegarth
Sheryl A. Kingsberg
Embryo Donation: Counseling Donors and Recipients	356	(14)
Linda D. Applegarth
Surrogacy and Gestational Carrier Participants	370	(17)
Hilary Hanafin
PART VI. ALTERNATIVE FAMILY BUILDING
Adoption after Infertility	387	(24)
Linda P. Salzer
Involuntary Childlessness	411	(18)
Gretchen Sewall
Linda Hammer Burns
PART VII. POSTINFERTILITY COUNSELING ISSUES
Ending Treatment	429	(11)
Janet E. Takefman
Pregnancy after Infertility	440	(19)
Sharon N. Covington
Linda Hammer Burns
Parenting after Infertility	459	(18)
Linda Hammer Burns
Assisted Reproductive Technology and the Impact on Children	477	(16)
Dorothy A. Greenfeld
Susan Caruso Klock
PART VIII. INFERTILITY COUNSELING IN PRACTICE
Infertility Counseling in Practice: A Collaborative Reproductive Healthcare Model	493	(15)
Sharon N. Covington
Ethical Aspects of Infertility Counseling	508	(13)
Nancy Stowe Kader
Dorothy A. Greenfeld
Legal Issues in Infertility Counseling	521	(23)
Margaret E. Swain
Global Perspectives on Infertility Counseling	544	(49)
Jean M. Haase
Eric Blyth
APPENDIXES
Qualification Guidelines for Mental Health Professionals in Reproductive Medicine	559	(2)
International Comparison of Standards/Guidelines for Infertility Counselors	561	(2)
Comprehensive Psychosocial History for Infertility (CPHI)	563	(2)
Psychological Fertility-Related Questionnaires	565	(4)
Recommended Guidelines for the Screening and Counseling of Oocyte Donors	569	(3)
Psychological Guidelines for Embryo Donation	572	(2)
Psychological Guidelines for Evaluation and Counseling of Gestational Carriers and Intended Parents	574	(5)
Release of Information Example	579	(2)
Informed Consent: Pre-Psychological Counseling and/or Evaluation Example	581	(2)
Informed Consent: Proceeding with Fertility Treatments: Post-MHP Consultation/Evaluation Example	583	(2)
Embryo Donor Consents: Consent of Couple to Donate Frozen Embryos Example	585	(3)
Embryo Recipients' Consents: Consent to Receive Thawed Donated Embryos Example	588	(5)
Resources	593	(4)
Glossary	597	(18)
Author Index	615	(20)
Subject Index	635