Couples Counseling
Center
for Management Excellence
For Women Only
• What We Do
• How We Can Help
• Other Services
• Why Come To Us?
For women and couples, a diagnosis of infertility can be devastating. Infertility and infertility treatment is often described as an "emotional roller coaster", fraught with unforeseen challenges, losses and multiple treatment options.
People struggling with infertility often feel:
• Anxious, depressed or overwhelmed
• Stressed from physical, financial and emotional demands
• Distant from their partners, both emotionally and sexually
• Tension in their relationships with family, friends and colleagues
• Emotions of isolation and shame
• Fear and confusion about decisions to be made
What We Do
The Infertility Counseling Program is a comprehensive infertility counseling center, offering a range of educational and therapeutic supports to women and couples with infertility.Our services include:
• Education and resource information
• Counseling for individuals and couples
• Group therapy
• Biofeedback
• Hypnotherapy
• Diagnostic evaluations (see other services)
• Seminars and lectures
How We Can Help
The Infertility Counseling Program at Pressman and Associates is recognized as one of the premier center's of its kind. Our program has been highly acclaimed for its effectiveness in helping women and couples with infertility issues. By working with us you will learn to:• Utilize your coping skills to negotiate the emotional demands of your infertility diagnosis and treatment.
• Manage and master negative feelings such as stress, anxiety and depression.
• More effectively make treatment decisions.
• Deal with disappointments such as a negative pregnancy test or a delayed treatment cycle.
• Retain intimacy and connection with your partner throughout the treatment process
• Take care of yourself in social situations which require you to be around pregnant women, babies and children.
• Support and nurture your body during the treatment process.
• Restore self confidence, self-esteem and a sense of well-being.
Other Services
In addition to offering counseling services for women and couples, we also provide:• Educational Consultations about egg donor, gestational carrier, and adoption options
• Egg Donor Evaluations
• Gestational Carrier Evaluations
• Joint Information/Educational Sessions for Intended Parents and Gestational Carriers
Why Come To Us?
Infertility counseling is different from other types of counseling or psychotherapy. Most psychotherapies offer support, insight and strategies for change. That is not enough for individuals entering infertility treatment.Women and couples experiencing infertility require information specific to the field of Reproductive Medicine. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) sets the standards of care in the field of Reproductive Medicine. As a professional member of ASRM's Mental Health Professional Group, our director, Pamela Fawcett Pressman, LPC, follows the highest ethical guidelines set by this prestigious organization. Having trained in the field of reproductive medicine, she is able to incorporate specialized knowledge into our work with clients.
The counseling and evaluations at ICP thoroughly incorporate these rigorous standards. This insures couples are given the highest degree of support and information available in the field of Infertility Treatment. For this reason, people who come to the Infertility Counseling Program can be sure they are getting accurate information about all of their reproductive options.
For more information or to schedule a consultation, please call us at
856-435-1944.Resources
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
www.asrm.org
American Fertility Association
www.theafa.org
Resolve
www.resolve.org
