These mental health therapists have an interest in working with single women about grief, fertility, adoption, and other aspects of the Choice Mom journey. They have been recommended by Choice Moms.
Posted September 17, 2010 at 12:50 PM
Therapists who understand the Choice Mom journey
Resources
SPECIALTY: Answering children's questions
These authors/therapists contributed to the Choice Moms CD about answering our children's daddy and donor questions:
- Anne Bernstein, Berkeley area, author of "Flight of the Stork: What Children Think (and When) about Sex and Family Building."
- Diane Ehrensaft, Berkeley area, author of "Mommies, Daddies, Donors, Surrogates"
- Jane Mattes, author of "Single Mothers by Choice"
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles area
- Felicia Shamma, 909 885 5757, San Bernardino/Inland Empire
- Elaine Gordon, Los Angeles/Santa Monica, 310-454-0502
San Francisco area
- Jean Benward, San Ramon, (925) 820-9023 -- a great on-hand therapist at our most recent networking events
- Madeline Feingold, Berkeley/Walnut Creek, 510-540-8715
- Barbara Waterman, 510-763-1800, Oakland
- Anne Bernstein, 510-549-0598, Berkeley
ILLINOIS
- Gail Zarbin L.C.S.W., Oak Park, (708) 445-8367 (participated at our Choice Mom networking event in Chicago)
- Leia Ogburn, LCSW, CADC, (309) 682-3915
Ogburn Counseling Services, Peoria Heights
Specialties: Infertility (emotional issues, when to stop treatment, gestational carrier/surrogacy issues, donor egg/embryo issues, adoption issues, etc.), Depression and Anxiety disorders including those related to ante-partum and postpartum issues, grief counseling, stress management, and more.
MASSACHUSETTS
Lee Varon, author of "Adopting On Your Own."
MICHIGAN
Rochelle Anixt Gold, LMSW, ACSW, MA, Birmingham, (248) 642-3101
Private practice setting work with concerns about reproductive health care and emotional health to understand feelings about conception difficulties, the experience of pregnancy. Issues of social withdrawal, self-doubt, altered feminine self-concept and self-image, loneliness and humiliation, friendship and family relationships can be discussed. Impact on career and success in other areas of one's life. Movement-oriented therapy to strengthen the body and mind together.
MINNESOTA
Krista Post, 612-296-3800, St. Louis Park
NEW JERSEY
- Andrea Braverman, Morristown, 484-802-2534 -- also practices in Philadelphia
- Joni Mantell, L.C.S.W., Infertility and Adoption Counseling Center, Pennington, (609) 737-8750, or NYC, (212) 579-1776
NEW YORK
Carolyn Berger, L.C.S.W., NYC/Larchmont, (914) 834-6396
New York City
- Joann Paley Galst (long-time Choice Mom supporter who has participated at many of our networking events)
30 East 60th Street, NYC, 212-759-2783 - Patricia Mendell (long-time Choice Mom supporter who has participated at many of our networking events)
902 Broadway 13th Floor, NYC, 212-819-1778 and Brooklyn, 718-230-9383
PENNSYLVANIA
- Andrea Braverman, 484-802-2534
- Trudy Helge, Women's Mental Health Associates, 215-732-5590
WASHINGTON
- Gretchen Sewall, 206-301-5000, Seattle
- Susan Hall, LMHC, 206.660.5483, Seattle (Choice Mom)
- Arlene Rubenstein, M.Ed., Seattle, 206-356-3870 (Choice Mom)
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