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Author Needle, Rachel B

Title Abortion counseling : a clinician's guide to psychology, legislation, politics, and competency / Rachel B. Needle, Lenore E.A. Walker
Published New York : Springer, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvi, 251 pages)
Contents Perspectives for the mental health professional -- The impact of abortion politics on therapists -- Assessing competency and decision-making skills of the client -- Facts, not myths, about women's reproductive health -- Gauging your client's emotional regulation and good decision making -- Is there a post-abortion syndrome? -- A model program for post-abortion counseling -- Impact of the abortion debate on clinic workers -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix 1: Pre-abortion needs assessment -- Appendix 2: Legislative summaries for United States
Summary "Through this book the authors hope to train general therapists and counselors in pre- and post-abortion counseling techniques - to avoid women experiencing unnecessary psychological problems created by those who insist that the non-existent "post-abortion syndrome" exists."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Abortion counseling -- United States
Unwanted pregnancy -- United States
Pregnant women -- Mental health services -- United States
Counseling -- methods
Pregnancy, Unwanted -- psychology
Abortion Applicants -- psychology
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Abortion & Birth Control.
Abortion counseling
Unwanted pregnancy
Beratung
Schwangerschaftsabbruch
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
USA
Form Electronic book
Author Walker, Lenore E
ISBN 9780826103376
0826103375
1280957999
9781280957994