An infertility primer for family therapists: II. Working with couples who struggle with infertility. 1995

M Meyers, and M Weinshel, and C Scharf, and D Kezur, and R Diamond, and D S Rait
Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy, New York, NY 10021, USA.

The distress of infertility and its medical treatments are profound, and the effects reverberate in each partner, the couple dyad, and the couple's relationships with family, friends, and medical systems. Yet family therapists, like others in our society, are often uninformed or misinformed about the experience of infertility. While the legacies of infertility may be painful and enduring, they often remain unspoken, and hence may be overlooked in standard interviews. This article describes the experiences of couples struggling with infertility, most of whom have sought medical intervention, and it provides treatment interventions for guiding couples through this difficult and often uncharted terrain. Case vignettes derived from 2 years of this clinical research study are included.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007246 Infertility A reduced or absent capacity to reproduce. Sterility,Reproductive Sterility,Sterility, Reproductive,Sub-Fertility,Subfertility
D008297 Male Males
D008388 Marital Therapy A form of psychotherapy involving both spouses and directed to improving the marital relationship. Marriage Therapy,Therapy, Marital,Therapy, Marriage,Marital Therapies,Marriage Therapies,Therapies, Marital,Therapies, Marriage
D010552 Personality Assessment The determination and evaluation of personality attributes by interviews, observations, tests, or scales. Articles concerning personality measurement are considered to be within scope of this term. Assessment, Personality,Assessments, Personality,Personality Assessments
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D012099 Reproductive Techniques Methods pertaining to the generation of new individuals, including techniques used in selective BREEDING, cloning (CLONING, ORGANISM), and assisted reproduction (REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED). Reproductive Technology,Reproduction Technics,Reproduction Techniques,Reproductive Technologies,Technology, Reproductive,Reproduction Technic,Reproduction Technique,Reproductive Technique,Technic, Reproduction,Technics, Reproduction,Technique, Reproduction,Technique, Reproductive,Techniques, Reproduction,Techniques, Reproductive,Technologies, Reproductive
D005196 Family Therapy A form of group psychotherapy. It involves treatment of more than one member of the family simultaneously in the same session. Therapy, Family,Family Therapies,Therapies, Family
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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