Lisa Schuman, LCSW

NEXT General Support Session: Coping with the Stress of Infertility

Westchester Office
Sunday, May 4, 2008
This group was developed to educate patients about the stresses of infertility and to teach stress reduction techniques. The group will provide an open forum in which patients can discuss their feelings and experiences.
Host: Lisa Schuman, LCSW
Cost: Free. Light refreshments will be served.
To register, please e-mail info@rmany.com with "Westchester General Support Session" in the subject line.

Lisa Schuman, LCSW is a psychotherapist who counsels individuals, couples and groups on a variety of issues and has specialized in reproductive medicine for over a decade. She earned her graduate degree at Yeshiva University and studied psychoanalysis at the Greenwich Institute in Manhattan. She has also worked with the National Institute for the Psychotherapies and the Object Relations Institute. She is a former board member and support group leader for the American Fertility Association and has been actively involved with many other infertility and adoption organizations. In addition, she is an active member of the Mental Health Professional Group for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

Ms. Schuman helps individuals through family building processes such as infertility, ovum donation, perinatal loss, single parent issues, gay and lesbian issues, surrogacy and adoption. She is also founding director of Adoption Cooperative Consultants, an adoption consulting group. Ms. Schuman is a frequent speaker and consultant for seminars, symposiums and television programs.

In addition to leading private individual and couples therapy sessions at RMA of New York, Ms. Schuman spearheads "Lunch with Lisa" every Friday, a support group session welcoming all RMA of New York patients to join her for lunch and open discussion.