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Chapter 2 - Reproductive Psychology and Fertility Counseling

from Part I - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2022

By
Susan Klock
Edited by
Sharon N. Covington
Sharon N. Covington
Affiliation:
Shady Grove Fertility, Rockville, MD
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Summary

I am a clinical psychologist who has focused specifically on women’s reproductive health my entire career. My training has been as a clinician-scientist so my practice includes evidence-based clinical work and I also continue to conduct clinical research in the area of assisted reproductive technologies. I work in a multidisciplinary, academic medicine infertility practice with individuals and couples going through IVF, gamete donation and gestational surrogacy.

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Fertility Counseling: Case Studies , pp. 10 - 14
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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