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

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