Frozen Dreams: Psychodynamic Dimensions of Infertility and Assisted Reproduction (Paperback)

IntroductionI.The Psychological Burden of Infertility1. Psychological Changes in Infertility Patients - Linda Hammer Burns II. From the Therapist's Side2. Therapist Anxiety about Motivation for Parenthood - Laura Josephs3. When the Therapist Is Infertile - Nancy Freeman4. The Therapist's Negative Preconceptions about Infertility Treatment - Linda D. Applegarth5. Therapist Anger, Despair, Cynicism - Judith Kottick6. Riding the Elephant in the Room: How I Use Countertransference in Couples Therapy - Todd Essig7. From Infertility to Adoption - Ann F. Malav?III. Special Circumstances, Special Treatment Challenges8, Treating Single Mothers by Choice - Elizabeth A. Grill9. Miscarriage and Stillbirth - Sharon N. Covington10. When the Patient Has Experienced Severe Trauma - Robert I. Watson Jr.11. Extraordinary Circumstances: Termination of Three Pregnancies Conceived with Donated Oocytes - Shelley Lee and Frederick LicciardiIV. Career Journals12. The Nurse's Perspective in a Reproductive Program - Maria Jackson13. Two Decades as an Infertility Therapist - Dorothy Greenfeld