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"The experience of infertility is one of the most difficult ordeals a couple can face. From the staff of the Ackerman Institute for the Family's Infertility Project, this volume describes a unique therapeutic approach developed to help couples confront and survive this painful life challenge. Within a comprehensive multiphase framework, detailed guidelines are set forth for implementing interventions to help couples cope with an infertility diagnosis; navigate the maze of available treatment options; and make difficult decisions about medical procedures and alternatives."--BOOK JACKET. "Providing invaluable knowledge and tools for a wide array of clinical professionals, this book belongs on the shelf of family therapists and other psychotherapists, as well as fertility counselors, adoption specialists, and practitioners of obstetrics/gynecology and family medicine. Students of family therapy, social work, clinical psychology, psychiatry, and nursing will find it a lucid, informative text."--BOOK JACKET.