Publications and Presentations

Building My Family: A Story of Egg Donation and Surrogacy

I authored a book on surrogacy and egg donation based on my own infertility journey. It serves as a tool to help parents talk about the special way their child came into their lives. With pride and honesty, a young boy explains in child friendly terms how his parents used assisted reproductive techniques to build his family. The goal of the book is to get parents talking openly and honestly to their children about their unique conception story. Based on the theme that relationships are more important in families than genetic connection, this book opens the door for parents to have their own forthright discussions with their children.

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Presentations

April 2018

Human Resources Association of the Treasure Valley: The Future is Here. Are you Ready?

Boise, ID, speaker

  • “The Future Is Integrated: Encouraging Emotional and Physical Wellness”

 

March 2018

City of Boise Employee Lunch and Learn

Boise, ID, speaker

  • “The Opioid Epidemic”

 

May 2017

Fourth Annual Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference​: When It Takes More Than Two to Make a Baby

Philadelphia, PA, speaker

  • “Telling Kids Their Story”

 

February 2017

2017 Idaho Perinatal Conference

Boise, ID, speaker

  • “Psychological Assessment of Donors and Surrogates”

 

February 2016

2016 Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy Conference

Long Beach, CA, speaker

  • “Is It Worth the Risks: Ethical Decision Making in Surrogacy— Reflections of a Psychologist on a Surrogacy Tragedy”

 

April 2016

2016 The Donor Egg Meeting

Isle of Palms, SC, speaker

  • “Psychological Assessment of Donors and Surrogates”

 

June 2015

2015 Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy Conference

Long Beach, CA, speaker

  • “Psychological Assessment of Donors and Surrogates: What They Can and Cannot Tell Us, and Who Owns the Reports?”

 

October 2014

Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Honolulu, HI, speaker

  • “The Use of Motivational Interviewing With Recipient Couples”

 

October 2014

Women’s Therapy Center

Berkeley, CA, speaker

  • “And Baby Makes More: What Every Therapist Should Know About Donor-Assisted Families”

 

February 2014

2016 Idaho Perinatal Conference

Boise, ID, speaker

  • “Genetic Loss and Donor Conception: A Story of Grief, Hope, and Moving On”

 

March 2013

American Society of Reproductive Medicine

Costa Mesa, CA, conference organizer and speaker

  • Organized 2013 international conference on ethics in reproductive medicine entitled “What Keeps Us Up at Night: Contemporary Ethical Issues in Reproductive Medicine”

 

October 2010

Resolve Teleseminar, nationally broadcast

  • Lecturer on “Ten Tips for a Successful Surrogacy”

 

February 2006

Family Practice Residency, Boise, ID

  • Lecturer on adolescent depression and treatment

 

July 2005

Intermountain Hospital, Boise, ID

  • Lecturer on adolescent depression and treatment