Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians 2nd Edition
Author(s): Linda Hammer Burns Edited by Sharon N. Covington (Author)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 14 Dec. 2006
Edition: 2nd
Language: English
Print length: 678 pages
ISBN-10: 0521619491
ISBN-13: 9780521619493
Book Description
Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians, 2nd 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, counseling for medical conditions impacting fertility, 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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘This is a book that will be of benefit to seasoned professionals as well as newcomers working in any of the different fields involved in the provision of ART and infertility treatment. The information in Infertility Counseling may have the most relevance for mental health professionals, but it can have an impact on clinical practice for all of the professions that constitute the infertility team.’ Fertility and Sterility
Book Description
A comprehensive textbook on infertility counseling.
About the Author
Sharon N. Covington is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. She is also currently the Director of Psychological Support Services at Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center in Rockville, Maryland. A psychotherapist for over thirty years, she practises individual, couple and group psychotherapy as well as the highly specialized area of infertility counseling.
Linda Hammer Burns is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Minnesota Medical School and the Director of Counseling Services at the Reproductive Medicine Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has been a psychologist over twenty years providing individual and couple counseling in women’s health psychology with a special focus on reproductive health psychology.
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