Resources

Reading

The Efficacy of Psychodyanmic Psychotherapy in American Psychologist (2010).

A General Theory of Love by Lewis, Amini, & Lannon

Support

Multnomah Counthy 24-Hr Mental Health Crisis Line (503) 988-4888

Audio CD/Apps

The Relaxation Experience CD with Alice Domar, MD

Headspace meditation app

Support

Baby Blues Connection offers resources, phone support, and local support

 groups for individuals and couples experiencing post-partum symptoms

 (depression, anxiety, psychosis).  To request information & support, call 1-800-557-8375.

Reading and Education 

• ASRM (American Society for Reproductive Medicine)

                 Covers a range of topics for patient education

• Patient Fact Sheets in English
• Las hojas informativas para pacientes en Español
• ASRM MHPG (Mental Health Professional Group)
• Patient Bookshelf  Provides an exhaustive list of books for Adults & Children related to infertility, donor conception, adoption, living without children, & more.
• Article on Living Child-Free
• PVED (Parents Via Egg Donation) Their mission is to "educate, support, and empower families and individuals at any stage of the process who choose to use egg donation to build a family."

Support

• RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association offers information, support and advocacy. For information on SE Portland peer support group, contact sjet9806@gmail.com

Support

• Brief Encounters is a group for parents whose babies have died before, during or after birth. Support is provided in Portland through several groups.

Reading

• A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss by Ingrid Kohn & Perry-Lynn  Moffitt 
• Beyond Tears: Living After Losing a Child by Ellen Mitchell
• Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah Davis

Reading

• The Baby Book by William Sears et al.
• Health Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth
• Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood by Jim & Charles Fay
• Real Boys by William Pollack
• The Emotional Life of the Toddler by Alicia Lieberman
• The Happiest Toddler on the Block by Harvey Karp
• Calm & Compassionate Children by Susan Dermond
• Nurture Shock by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman 
• Maternal Desire by Daphne De Marnaffe
• The Birth of a Mother by Daniel Stern & Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern