I use a psychodynamic approach, which means I work with you to develop a deeper understanding of how your family history, life experience, and current stressors contribute to the issues that bring you to therapy. The relationship developed in psychotherapy over time is an important resource, because it offers an opportunity to directly examine and explore these issues.
Couples Therapy
Also using a psychodynamic approach, I work with couples to achieve greater understanding and satisfaction in their relationship.
In addition to my general psychotherapy practice, I have a subspecialty in the psychology of reproductive health issues. See below for a description of services.
Infertility Services
General
Individual and couples sessions
Emotional support for you...or your relationship
Evaluating your family-building options
Making decisions to fit you and your partners personal needs
Stress management and reduction - helping you prepare for doctor visits, procedures, waiting for results and the overall stress of infertility
Third-Party Reproduction
Donor evaluations - Comprehensive evaluations of donor candidates. Assessment includes completion of a psychological interview and a brief personality profile. A report will be provided to your reproductive endocrinologist (RE).
Recipient couple consultations - An opportunity to discuss questions and concerns about using donor egg or donor sperm and to provide couples with information about the many issues involved in using a donor to conceive.
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