This article provides an overview of the psychological and social implications of infertility. After describing the evolution of current theoretical understanding in this area, it outlines typical emotional and gender-specific reactions as well as the impact of infertility on the concept of identity and loss. Key questions are presented that medical professionals can use in order to facilitate communication with patients and in order to gain a first understanding of the psychosocial impact infertility has for them. In concludes by highlighting the need to integrate psychosocial counselling into medical treatment, not only as counselling provides vital emotional support, but also because it can contribute towards reducing the drop-out rate in treatment.

The Sufism as a new method of the philosophical counselling, founded in the 80s of the 20th century is considered in the article. There are several methods in existing studying. Therefore, Sufism will add a new, the different view on the prob-lem. First of all, the author investigates the important role of Sufism in the philo-sophical counselling. If the human being is the unity of the spirit and the material body, the spirit can be a necessary support in solution of the material problem. That is why the Sufism that reflects the perfection of the spirit in daily life, can be a useful method in the philosophical counselling. There is also considered in the article the fact that the life of the human beings consists of several gradually increasing circles. The problem is the node for-mation on this line that interferes with further movement and the beginning of the new circle. Sufism is a method that teaches to get to bottom of the problem and untie the knot, not to cut. The author finally analyzes every stage of the Sufi practice in the philosophi-cal counselling and investigates the essence of each of them. The main goal of philo-sophical counselling is to put the counselee face to face with his/her soul for hearing its voice. Consequently, the philosophical counselor uses the Sufi state of haal. Thus, the process begins from observation, continues through the nearness, fear, love, ho-pe, intimacy, tranquility and ends at certainty. The whole process of solution in the philosophical counseling is based on the main Sufi principles which are: ilm al-ya-qin (the Knowledge of Certainty), ‘ ayn al-yaqin (the Eye of Certainty) and Haqq al-yaqin (the Truth of Certainty).