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Chapter 21 - Pregnancy Loss Counseling

from Part V - Special Topics in Fertility Counseling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2022

By
Irving Leon
Edited by
Sharon N. Covington
Sharon N. Covington
Affiliation:
Shady Grove Fertility, Rockville, MD
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I am a clinical psychologist who has been in practice for 40 years and an Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Michigan Medical Center for 20 years. While my training was in traditional psychodynamic therapy, my current approach is more eclectic and Rogerian in its emphasis on empathic engagement with the client as the primary vehicle of change.

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Fertility Counseling: Case Studies , pp. 114 - 119
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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