Managing the Ripple Effects of Infertility

by Ruth Ellen Saul, LCSW, ACSW
The Psychology Center
 -psychotherapist since 1991
 - mother after infertility

As if the conception issues you're struggling with weren't enough, you find that they are impacting other areas of your life as well. Relationships with family, friends, and/or coworkers may be affected. Finances are daunting. You may feel a loss of control, not only with the family-building issue, but in your career and other life plans. Your relationship with your partner may be strained as you both handle this ongoing crisis with different opinions or emotional responses. You may experience increased anxiety, depression, grief, isolation, hopelessness.

 This seminar will focus on coping techniques for this daunting chapter in your life: self-care, practical problem-solving, regaining control, stabilizing relationships.

Managing the Ripple Effects of Infertility

by Ruth Ellen Saul, LCSW, ACSW
The Psychology Center
 -psychotherapist since 1991
 - mother after infertility

As if the conception issues you're struggling with weren't enough, you find that they are impacting other areas of your life as well. Relationships with family, friends, and/or coworkers may be affected. Finances are daunting. You may feel a loss of control, not only with the family-building issue, but in your career and other life plans. Your relationship with your partner may be strained as you both handle this ongoing crisis with different opinions or emotional responses. You may experience increased anxiety, depression, grief, isolation, hopelessness.

 This seminar will focus on coping techniques for this daunting chapter in your life: self-care, practical problem-solving, regaining control, stabilizing relationships.