Dr. Petra Thorn | Langener Str. 37 | 64546 Mörfelden |06105 22629 | mail@pthorn.de | You can reach me best between 9.00 and 12.00 a.m.
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I have been working as a family therapist offering infertility counselling for over 25 years. These are the main areas of my expertise:
- psychosocial infertility counselling for individuals and couples
- preparation for family building with the assistance of donor gametes (egg donation, sperm donation, embryo donation etc.)
- supporting parents who intend to talk to their children as well as family and friends about the donor conception of their child
- supporting couples who have experienced miscarriages, stillbirths
- couple and family therapy
- training for professionals
Many of my scientific articles are published in English and I have also written chapters for English books. I also provide many of the news in the „News“ section (scroll down) on international developments and in English. I speak English fluently and offer counselling and therapy in English. If you are interested in counselling, training or in books and articles on infertility counselling, feel free to browse through the various sections of my website. If interested, you can contact me by telephone or email. If you subscribe my „News“, you can read about new books, TV shows, radio contributions etc. – in German and sometimes in English.
Enjoy reading my website,
Dr. Petra Thorn
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News about „Infertility“
Whenever I come across some news worth reporting I post them here on my website. These include new books, announcements about radio and TV contributions as well as interesting articles from abroad in English. You can subscribe these news, see on the right „subsribe News“.en.
If you scroll to the very bottom of this page, you can read all news.
For Individuals and Couples
seeking support
I known that it is not easy to experience a crisis and to find out that you do not have sufficient resources to master this crisis on your own. Infertility can be such a crisis. If your wish for a child is not fulfilled and you are considering medical treatment, counselling can help you to be informed about all medical and non-medical options of building a family. Counselling can also support your decision-making for or against medical treatment. If you decide to undergo treatment, it can help you to survive the emotional roller-coaster. Last but not least, it is important for some to draw limits, to decide when to stop treatment and to develop an alternative life plan. Click the sections below to find out more (these sections are all in German):
- General information on therapy and counselling and details about infertility counselling (Allgemeine Hinweise zu Therapie und Beratung)
- General information about family building with egg and semen donation (Allgemeines zur Familienbildung mit Samen- oder Eizellspende)
- Information seminars for family building with egg and semen donation (Informationsseminare zur Familienbildung mit Samen- und Eizellspende) and for parents with children conceived via third party reproduction
- Books for family building with medical assistance (Bücher zur Familienbildung mit medizinischer Unterstützung)
- News on infertility
There are many Links to external websites with information on infertility, egg donation and donor insemination, also in other countries. And you can establish contact to others experiencing infertility and to families following egg and sperm donation – for many, this contact helps to normalize feelings and to find out about others‘ experiences.
Impressionen of my practice
For colleagues
If you are interested in professional information on infertility counselling and psychosocial aspects of infertility, have a look at these sections:
- Training for general as well as specialized infertility counselling (i.e. gamete donation etc.) is offered by the Training Institute of the German Society for Fertility Counselling – BKiD
- For books on family building with medical asssistance, see FamART
- Here you find booksI have written, edited or co-authored
- Here you find scientific articles I have authors or co-authored, presentations and trainings I have conducted for professionals in Germany and abroad
- Here you find some contributions I have made to journals, radio and TV
If you are interested in training possibilities or would like to ask me for presentations, feel free to ring me or send me an email.
What has enveloped from my work as an infertility counsellor …
You can download the current FamART Catalogue – just click on the illustration.
News about „infertility“ etc.
Info-Seminar für Solo-Frauen
Am Montag, dem 9. September 2019 findet von 15.00 bis 19.00 Uhr ein Info-Seminar in meiner Praxis statt. Näheres können Sie hier lesen. Aufklärungsbücher für Kinder in dieser Familienkonstellation finden Sie bei FamART!
TV Film und Radiobeitrag zu den Empfehlungen für ein neues Fortpflanzungsmedizingesetz
Auf Nano ist vor kurzem ein sehr guter Beitrag zu den o.a. Empfehlungen gezeigt wurde. Interviewt wurde dafür auch Prof. Taupitz, der unsere Arbeitsgruppe bei der Leopoldina geleitet hat. Hier zum Film Der Deutschlandfunk sendete einen Beitrag mit Prof....
Empfehlungen für ein neuen Fortpflanzungsmedizingesetz
Von der Wissenschaftsakademie Leopoldina wurde am 4.5.19 Empfehlungen für ein neuen Fortpflanzungsmedizingesetz vorgestellt. An der Erstellung dieser Empfehlungen war auch ich beteiligt. Sie sind nun online einsehbar: Hier zur Stellungnahme in der Langform Hier zur...
Neues Buch „Ethik der Adoption“
Von Henning Theissen ist vor kurzem das o.a. Buch im Verlag Karl Albers. In meinem kurzen Statement habe ich dazu geschrieben, dass dies eines der wenigen Bücher ist, das Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen Adoption und Gametenspende herstellt und einen...
Surrogacy in Cambodia
Here an article on the current situation in Cambodia.
„Du musst damit leben“ – Kylie Minogue spricht über Kinderlosigkeit
Hier zum Artikel
Number of single women having IVF without partner QUADRUPLES in a decade
... and there are similar developments in Germany, although we don't collect this data. Here the article. FamART provides Telling & Talking books for children growing up with solo mums. Here more.
Gerichtsbeschluss – Frau darf von Leihmutter ausgetragenes Kind adoptieren
Ein Paar war in die Ukraine gereist, damit eine Leihmutter ihr Kind austrägt. Ein Amtsgericht sah darin eine dem Kinderhandel vergleichbare Praxis und untersagte der Mutter die Adoption. Das Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt hat dies nun zurückgewiesen. Hier der Bericht.
The Fertility Doctor’s Secret
An article in The Atlantic about a doctor who used his own sperm.
Risiken der späten Vaterschaft
Hier ein Artikel aus dem Ärzteblatt.
Experten wollen ein modernes Abstammungsgesetz
Hier die Informationen des Deutschen Bundestages.
Loslassen vom Kinderwunsch – eine Reportage
Hier zur Reportage.
TV Film zu Samenspende
Im WDR wird in Kürze dieser Film ausgestrahlt. Vater unbekannt - Anonym gezeugt (Teil 2) Hier zur Webseite des Senders.
Solomutter nach Samenspende
Im Stern ist ein Artikel über eine Solomutter mit mehreren Kindern nach Samenspende erschienen. Hier zum Artikel.
Noch Ei oder schon Embryo?
Noch Ei oder schon Embryo? Eizellenspenden sind in Deutschland verboten, Embryonenspenden nicht. Hier der Artikel dazu.
Liberalere Regeln für die Leihmutterschaft?
Die FDP macht einen Vorstoß dazu, mehr hier: „Selbstbestimmung von der Wiege bis ins Grab“
Whenever I come across some news worth reporting I post them here on my website. These include new books, announcements about radio and TV contributions as well as interesting articles from abroad in English. You can subscribe these news, see on the right „subsribe News“.