Full Product Details
Author: David Kezur ,
Ronn Diamond ,
David Kezur ,
Constance N. Scharf
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Imprint: Guilford Publications
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.490kg
ISBN: 9781572305113
ISBN 10: 1572305118
Pages: 243
Publication Date: 25 November 1999
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
This long overdue book is sure to become an authoritative source for understanding and dealing with the many ramifications of infertility. It is a book to be treasured by therapists and couples alike, combining technological information with enlightening therapeutic approaches. It touches on every level of this heartrending experience, with specific guidelines for helping couples through the maze of decisions, choices, disappointments, and possibilities engendered by being childless. No therapist should be without it. --Peggy Papp, MSW<br><br> Couple Therapy for Infertility is an essential reference for clinicians working with infertile couples. Using an excellent blend of research, theory and clinical material, the authors provide a sturdy foundation upon which mental health professionals can build a constructive therapeutic relationship with these couples. This book is both practical and compassionate. The format interweaves issues and therapeutic approaches and is tremendously helpful and accessible. Whether clinicians already have been working in the infertility field or are brand new, Couple Therapy for Infertility is a 'must read.' --Andrea Mechanick Braverman, PhD, Director of Psychological Services, Pennsylvania Reproductive Associates, Philadelphia, PA<br><br> Professionals who work with the ever-larger number of couples struggling with infertility will welcome this thoughtful, clinically sophisticated guide. The authors elucidate complex biological, psychological, and social issues, providing the reader with a clear and understandable map of the pathway in life known as infertility. Beyond this, they bring together the best elements of current research and family therapy-informed practice. This book is to be commended for the skills it will impart to healthcare providers and the help it will offer to couples. --Donald A. Bloch, MD, Co-Chair, Collaborative Family Healthcare Coalition; Past President, American Family Therapy Academy<br>
The authors of this excellent book are senior members of the Infertility Project at the Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York City. On the basis of a decade of clinical experience and research, they offer a well-organized, thoughtful, and compassionate approach to the entire process of infertility. -- Archives of Sexual Behavior <br> The book serves as a beneficial primer for mental health professionals interested in working with individuals faced with reproductive challenges....The focus on adoption and childfree living is well balanced and provides helpful tools for the therapist to assist clients in their decision-making process. Beneficial recommendations with regard to how, what, and when to tell children their adoption story are provided....the appendix provided by the authors is a valuable guide for clinicians with regard to the medical evaluation and treatment of infertility. Though primarily for the clinician's use, this reference is also suitable for the lay public. The authors are to be commended for their development of a straightforward couple's approach to infertility counseling. -- Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy <br> In this uncharted territory, Couple Therapy for Infertility provides a caring and thoughtful map. Written by members of the Infertility Project of the Ackerman Institute for the Family, this book provides much to therapists of a wide range of experience as well as to clients struggling with infertility....The strengths of this volume are many. From the beginning, the authors address the impact of the language of infertility on identity and relationship.... Couple Therapy for Infertility is relevant for many audiences: students, experienced clinicians, marital therapists, couples struggling with infertility and their families, medical personnel and religious leaders. The evenhanded and knowledgeable volume provides a beacon as we venture forth into new societal territory as technology transforms basic meanings of family and kinship. -- Journal of Feminist Family Therapy <br> Health care providers who work with couples struggling with infertility will find this book invaluable. The authors...have extensive therapeutic experience. They provide unique guidelines that combine research and biopsychosocial factors, and illuminate basic issues and clinical interventions. -- Readings <br> While it is aimed primarily at therapists and other caregivers, couples and extended families who have been affected by infertility will find this clearly written, intelligent and empathic guide useful in tracking and addressing their own feelings while making treatment decisions or coping with setbacks. -- Publishers Weekly <br>
Author Information
Ronny Diamond, MSW, is a member of the Infertility Project at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. She is Director of Post Adoption Services at Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children and has a private practice in New York City. David Kezur, MSW, is on the teaching faculty of the Ackerman Institute for the Family and is a member of Ackerman's Infertility Project. He has a private practice in New York City. Mimi Meyers, MSW, is on the teaching faculty of the Ackerman Institute for the Family and is a member of Ackerman's Infertility Project. She has a private practice in Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York. Constance N. Scharf, MSW, is on the teaching faculty of the Ackerman Institute for the Family, where she serves as the Dean of Students and is a member of Ackerman's Infertility Project. She is an adjunct teaching assistant in the Department of Psychiatry and the Mount Sinai Hospital and has a private practice in New York City. Margot Weinshel, MSW, RN, is on the teaching faculty of the Ackerman Institute for the Family and is a member of Ackerman's Infertility Project. She is Family Therapy Supervisor, Family Studies Program, New York University Child Studies Center, and coauthor of Surviving an Eating Disorder. She has a private practice in New York City.
