This resource includes information about physicians, complementary care providers, surrogacy, egg donation and sperm donation agencies, adoption agencies, lawyers, pharmacists and other professionals committed to assisting you.
Bonnie Cochran, LCSW has extensive experience and background working with individuals, families and groups to overcome life's transitions. She holds a Master of Social Work degree from Colorado State University and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing psychotherapy in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Bonnie specializes in grief, loss and bereavement. She has a Hospice background and is trained in Reproductive and Infertility Counseling, EMDR II, Mind/Body Therapy and Crisis Debriefing. She has over fifteen years experience in the mental health care field and is available for presentations and educational seminars.
Carole Lieber Wilkins, M.A., M.F.T. - Los Angeles
Carole Lieber Wilkins, M.A.,M.F.T.
1460 Westwood Blvd. Suite 204 Los Angeles, California 90024
Carole Lieber Wilkins is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in West Los Angeles, providing individual, couples and group counseling. A specialist in the field of reproductive medicine, adoption and family building options since 1986, she became a founding member of Resolve of Greater Los Angeles in 1987 and served on the Board of Directors in various positions for the next 14 years.
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Ms. Lieber Wilkins is well known for her work regarding disclosure of information to children, having helped hundreds of patients feel comfortable about talking with their kids about how they built their families. Many clinics and practitioners around the world distribute to patients her groundbreaking article, Talking With Children About Their Conception. She has lectured locally and nationally, on many subjects related to infertility. She has been the keynote speaker at several Resolve symposia, and a presenter at the professional meetings of the American Psychological Association, The American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Organon Nurses Symposia and Kaiser Hospitals.
Carole is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine Mental Health Professional Group, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and a professional member of both Resolve and AFA. In addition, her own experience creating a family through adoption and ovum donation deepens her understanding of the challenges others face when exploring these complex family building options.
Carole Lieber Wilkins, M.A., M.F.T. Calabasas
Carole Lieber Wilkins, M.A., M.F.T.
4505 Las Virgenes Canyon Road Suite 217 Calabasas, California 91302
Carole Lieber Wilkins is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in West Los Angeles, providing individual, couples and group counseling. A specialist in the field of reproductive medicine, adoption and family building options since 1986, she became a founding member of Resolve of Greater Los Angeles in 1987 and served on the Board of Directors in various positions for the next 14 years.
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Ms. Lieber Wilkins is well known for her work regarding disclosure of information to children, having helped hundreds of patients feel comfortable about talking with their kids about how they built their families. Many clinics and practitioners around the world distribute to patients her groundbreaking article, Talking With Children About Their Conception. She has lectured locally and nationally, on many subjects related to infertility. She has been the keynote speaker at several Resolve symposia, and a presenter at the professional meetings of the American Psychological Association, The American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Organon Nurses Symposia and Kaiser Hospitals.
Carole is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine Mental Health Professional Group, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and a professional member of both Resolve and AFA. In addition, her own experience creating a family through adoption and ovum donation deepens her understanding of the challenges others face when exploring these complex family building options.
Carolyn Berger, LCSW, is the Founding Board Chair of The AFA. She is currently an active Board Member and Chair of the Adoption Advisory Council.
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She has a private practice in Manhattan and Larchmont, NY, where she helps couples, singles and members of the LGBT community create families both through fertility treatment and adoption.
Carolyn works closely with fertility doctors, complementary and alternative medicine specialists, and adoption agencies/attorneys. She helps her clients find the professionals who are right for them.
Carolyn’s decision to help people struggling to build families came from her own experience with infertility. Her family was created through fertility treatment and adoption. She has spoken and written widely on both adoption and infertility.
Carolyn Berger, L.C.S.W. - New York
Carolyn Berger, L.C.S.W.
16 East 40th Street, 2nd Floor New York, New York 10016
Carolyn Berger, LCSW, is the Founding Board Chair of The AFA. She is currently an active Board Member and Chair of the Adoption Advisory Council.
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She has a private practice in Manhattan and Larchmont, NY, where she helps couples, singles and members of the LGBT community create families both through fertility treatment and adoption.
Carolyn works closely with fertility doctors, complementary and alternative medicine specialists, and adoption agencies/attorneys. She helps her clients find the professionals who are right for them.
Carolyn’s decision to help people struggling to build families came from her own experience with infertility. Her family was created through fertility treatment and adoption. She has spoken and written widely on both adoption and infertility.
