The Mental Health Clinician's Handbook for Abortion Care

Abstract

Chapter 1. A History of Abortion in the West -- Chapter 2. A Layperson's Guide to Abortion Care -- Chapter 3. How and why abortion decisions are made: Barriers, myths, access, and hard truths -- Chapter 4. What is the impact of having an abortion on people's mental health? -- Chapter 5. Physician and Provider Stories -- Chapter 6. Framing Abortion Within The Context of Perinatal Loss -- Chapter 7. Emotions After Abortions -- Chapter 8. Counseling and Abortion -- Chapter 9. Legal and risk management considerations for mental health providers when patients need or choose an abortion after the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs -- Chapter 10. Self-of-the-therapist, countertransference, and self-disclosure: Implications for clinical practice in the post-Roe era. -- Chapter 11. Abortion, Reproductive Justice, and Intersectional Inequity -- Chapter 12. ad·vo·ca·cy -- Chapter 13. Politics in Our Privates: How to Push Back Against Intrusive Policies Regulating Reproductive Healthcare -- Chapter 14. The Complex Relationship Between Abortion, Politics, and Religion -- Chapter 15. Working in the Grey: How Internalized Abortion Stigma Impacts Our Clients and What We Can Do About It -- Chapter 16. True Stories of Abortion -- Chapter 17. Visions for the Future: Threats, Responses, and Opportunities -- Chapter 18. Aftershock: The Rippling Effects of Abortion Restrictions Across US Society -- Chapter 19. Abortion, Trauma, and Post-Traumatic Growth -- Chapter 20. Provider Shortages and the Pipeline .