Reproductive Trauma

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Janet Jaffe, PhD, has a private practice in San Diego and is interested in issues of loss and bereavement related to miscarriage, infertility, and other reproductive trauma and its impact on individuals and couples. Dr. Jaffe is a co-founder and director of the Center for Reproductive Psychology in San Diego and is co-author of Unsung Lullabies, Understanding and Coping with Infertility. She has presented at conferences across the country on the psychology of the reproductive process, both to professional organizations and to the general public, and is an adjunct faculty member of the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University.

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This second edition provides mental health professionals with new tools to understand and treat patients suffering from infertility or pregnancy loss.

Résumé
This second edition offers therapists tools for treating patients with infertility or pregnancy loss and processing their own reproductive traumas.

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Introduction: The Past, Present, and Future of Reproductive Challenges and Opportunities
Acknowledgements
Part I. The Patient’s Viewpoint
Chapter 1. The Reproductive Story: Parents’ Possible Selves and How Things Should Have Been
Chapter 2. Developments in Reproductive Technology: Ethical Concerns and Emotional Constants
Chapter 3. Patients’ Reproductive Trauma Experiences: “Our World Is Falling Apart”
Chapter 4. Grieving an Unborn Child: Pain and Hope
Chapter 5. Helping Patients Cope With Reproductive Loss: Treatment Options
Chapter 6. Who Is the Patient? Third-Party Reproduction and Adoption
Chapter 7. Adjuncts to Reproductive Psychotherapy
Chapter 8. From Reproductive Trauma to Growth: Healing and Change
Part II. The Provider’s Viewpoint
Chapter 9. What Patients Want to Know About Reproductive Mental Health Providers
Chapter 10. The Therapist’s Reproductive Story
Chapter 11. The Pregnant Therapist and the Reproductive Patient
Chapter 12. Reproductive Therapist Self-Care: Taking Care of Ourselves While Taking Care of Others
Epilogue: Giving Voice to Patients’ and Therapists’ Reproductive Stories
References
Index
About the Author