Resources
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BLOGS
Nancy Freeman-Carroll's latest post on Psychology Today: "Talking to Your Child About Donor Assisted Reproduction" https://lnkd.in/e9yvZAH
Susan Golombok on disclosure http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/egg-sperm-donor-children-benefit-from-full-disclosure1128111/
Nancy Freeman-Carroll's post on Psychology Today: "Is it Important to Know the Identity of the Sperm or Egg Donor?" http://tinyurl.com/o33b5lv
Nancy Freeman-Carroll's post on talking with children about assisted conception, "Where Do Babies Come From?" http://tinyurl.com/ba3rapy
Nancy Freeman-Carroll quoted in Katherine Screiber's "Why We Cry" http://greatist.com/grow/why-we-cry
ARTICLES
Freeman-Carroll, N. (2016). “The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Talking about Conception with Donor Egg: Why Parents Struggle and How CliniciansCan Help,” Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 15 (1), 40-50.
http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_845387.asp - Why it's important for Donor-Conceived Kids to Know About their Origins
http://www.booksfordonoroffspring.blogspot.de
ORGANIZATIONS
Donor Conception Network
http://www.dcnetwork.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=13351&qid=1402964
Parents via Egg Donation
http://pved.org
Donor Sibling Network
https://www.donorsiblingregistry.com
ARTICLES
Nancy Freeman-Carroll, (2016) "The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Talking about Conception with Donor Egg: Why Parents Struggle and How Clinicians Can Help," Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 15:1, 40-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15289168.2015.1124014
Susan Golombok "Three parent families can be as good as two: Whatever the shape of modern families, the quality of relationshiops is more important than the structure." http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/oct/07/three-parent-families-susan-golombok
Families Working it out: adolescents' views on communicating about donor conception. http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/22/8/2318.full
Anne Malave's post, INFertility, In recognition of National Infertility Awareness Week http://tinyurl.com/cqduvbk
SUPPORT
Information about psychoanalysis and psychotherapy:
https://youtu.be/hg3l3Z2DBZk Psychoanalysis: Unlocks the past Informs the Present, Expands the future
s://youtu.be/hg3l3Z2DBZkThe William Alanson White Institute provides public access to information about psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Dr. Freeman-Carroll is a Supervisor of Psychotherapy at the WAWI.
Information about psychology and emotional disorders:
The American Psychological Association provides public access to information regarding numerous areas of psychology.
The New York State Psychological Association provides access to information on psychological matters particular to New York, as well as in general.
The Canadian Psychological Association provides useful information about how psychology can help with all different situations, conditions, and circumstances. Check out this resource "Your Health: Psychology Works Fact Sheets”.
Women's Mental Health Consortium provides help in finding a therapist, public education and information about mental health. wmhcny.org
Information about infertility:
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine provides public access to information regarding numerous areas of fertility, infertility, sexuality, and reproductive medicine.
RESOLVE provides public access to information about infertility and its treatment.