İnfertilite tedavisinin psikolojik etkileri ve tedavi sürecindeki psikolojik müdahaleler
Psychological effects of infertility treatment and psychological interventions in the treatment process

Summary/Abstract: All around the world, 8-12% of the couples who want to have children are diagnosed with theinfertility. 10-12% of these couples do not have an explanation for the reason of their diagnosis;therefore, infertility diagnosis is usually attributed to psychological processes. People who havethe infertility diagnosis are affected at biological, sociocultural and psychological levels. In termsof readiness to treatment, the biopsychosocial processes as well as the psychological processes ofthe women should be taken into account. In the history of psychology, infertility has been initiallyexplained by unconscious defense mechanisms and conflicts; and later, by psychological cyclicalmodel, psychological consequences model, psychosocial context model, grief and bereavementapproaches, individual identity theories, family systems approach and stage models. In this context, the aim of infertility psychotherapy is to enhance adaptation skills and psychological growth(rather than psychological trauma) before, during, and after infertility treatment. After psychological assessment, treatment can be provided with the appropriate individual level, couple/familylevel, support group or therapy group. The aim of this review is to inform psychologists workingwith infertility treatment about psychological processes and intervention methods in the light ofinfertility specific history of psychology.

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