The Male Mind & Infertility | Conception Channel Podcast

Interview with Alice (Ally) Domar & Elizabeth (Liz) Grill The psychological journey through infertility for a man is a lonely confusing one. Most men recoil due to ignorance or ego, and the ones that try to step in and play active role do so with little support or understanding of how to 'be' with their wife through this difficult time. Well, Ally and Liz have gone to great lengths to try and remedy this situation. They have planted the seed and now it is all of our turn to help 'fertilize' the male mental-emotional side of modern reproduction.  ~ Spence Email [email protected] [email protected] Websites ferticalm.com fertistrong.com ALICE DOMAR Professional Profile 1980 BA Colby College, Waterville Maine 1986 MA and Ph.D in Health Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York NY 1987 Massachusetts clinical psychologist license Author or co-author of seven books including Conquering Infertility Co-founder of the new apps FertiCalm and FertiStrong Leading expert on the relationship between stress and infertility Board Member for Resolve: The National Infertility Organization, 2006-2016 Currently Executive Director, Domar Centers for Mind/Body Health Director of Integrative Care at Boston IVF Senior Staff Psychologist, Dept of Ob/Gyn, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, part-time, Harvard Medical School ELIZABETH GRILL Professional Profile Director of Psychological Services at the Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine Associate Professor of Psychology in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine and Psychiatry of Weill Cornell Medical College Assistant Attending Psychologist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Experienced psychologist and medical researcher with a special focus on the emotional aspects of infertility, IVF treatment, third party reproduction, fertility preservation, oncofertility, stress and infertility, and sexual dysfunction.  Postdoctoral training includes a fellowship year at the Center for Reproductive Medicine of Weill Cornell Medical College. Trained and certified at the Mind/Body Institute at Harvard Medical School and developed and conducts stress management workshops for infertility patients focusing on relaxation techniques, cognitive restructuring, assertiveness skills and other helpful ways to manage emotional distress Completed a two-year fellowship as a sex therapist at the Human Sexuality Program, Payne Whitney Clinic of the New York Presbyterian Hospital, founded over thirty years ago by Dr. Helen S. Kaplan. Member of the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, the American Psychological Association, and was Past Chair of the Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Served two terms on the Content Review Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Executive Board of RESOLVE, the national infertility association and is the Continuing Education Officer on the Executive Council for The Society for Sex Therapy and Research. Cofounded and is CEO of FertiCalm, an app that provides coping strategies to manage infertility related distress. Editorial reviewer for Fertility and Sterility and Journal of Andrology.