Organised by the Special Interest Group Psychology and Counselling
Course co-ordinators: Petra Thorn (Germany), Chris Verhaak (The Netherlands)
Course desciption: In many countries, third party reproduction has undergone changes: legislations and professional guidelines have been introduced, it has become less stigmatized and an increasing number of parents seek information on how to talk to their children about their method of conception. In the morning, this course will provide an overview of these changes, in the afternoon, participants can attend workshops focussing on clinical issues.
Target audience: Counsellors and other professionals involved in psychosocial care
09:00 – 09:30
Open-identity embryo donation – experiences from New Zealand / Joy Ellis (New Zealand)
09.30 – 09.45
Discussion
09:45 – 10:15
Gay men using surrogacy and egg donation for family building / Robert-Jay Green (USA)
10:15 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30
Intrafamilial gamete donation – what issues are relevant in psychosocial counselling? / Elizabeth Grill (USA)
11:30 – 11:45
11:45 – 12:15
Mapping relationships in lesbian-led families built by third party reproduction – a genogram technique for use with children / Fiona Tasker (United Kingdom)
12:15 – 12:30
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:00
Information sharing with teenagers conceived by gamete donation / Olivia Montuschi (United Kingdom)
14:00 – 14:15
14:15 – 14:45
Information sharing with young adults conceived by gamete donation / Ken Daniels (New Zealand)
14:45 – 15:00
15:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:00
Preparing semen donors and offspring for contact / Marilyn Crawshaw (United Kingdom)
16.00 – 16.15
16:15 – 16:45
Pre- and post-treatment counseling for egg donors – what issues are relevant? / Sheila Pike (United Kingdom)
16:45 – 17:00
17.00 – 17.30
Business meeting of the SIG Psychology & Counselling