Are you going through infertility or a pregnancy loss?

When you’ve been looking forward to being a parent, infertility and pregnancy loss can feel like a gut punch. All at once, your dreams feel farther away than you expected.

It feels unfair sometimes. Other people seem to want kids and then announce a pregnancy within a few months. Meanwhile, your reproductive journey isn’t going like you thought it would.

You’ve probably heard lots of tips and tricks- what to eat and what not to eat, using mindset or visualization or stress reduction techniques, or even that age old advice to just “stop trying and it will happen.”

You may be feeling overwhelmed with your options and medical decisions, or simply stressed out, anxious, and worried about what this means for your future. Perhaps you’re feeling like you failed at getting pregnant and staying pregnant.

Whatever it is that you’re experiencing, you’re beginning to notice the impact of your infertility in other parts of your life:

• You get so sad or angry when friends or coworkers announce a pregnancy that you feel like you don’t want to be around them

• You feel cheated or like you didn’t get the life you deserve, and the resentment is affecting your relationship with your partner

• You’ve become someone you don’t want to be- anxious about your decisions but also worried about how much your stress might be affecting your fertility

Pregnancy loss and infertility therapy can help

Going to therapy won’t fix your infertility, but it can help make the journey easier. It may feel impossible now, but you can find meaning, purpose, and contentment in your life regardless of what happens on your reproductive journey. And I can help you get there.

Grief therapy for pregnancy loss and infertility helps:

• Learn strategies and tools to manage your stress, anxiety, and grief

• Have hope and find meaning in life regardless of whether or not you get pregnant

• Explore existential questions and spiritual concerns about your hopes, dreams, and desires

• Process your expectations and the reality of your current situation

• Grieve the losses you’ve had and process your thoughts and emotions

I’ll help you through this process, tailoring each step to your unique needs and circumstances. My approach to grief therapy for pregnancy loss and infertility comes from a place of love amid the loss: facing the possibility of being childless when you’ve hoped to be a parent is incredibly difficult, and you need a safe, secure place to process through your complex feelings.

Despair and stress don’t have to be part of your story

Frequently Asked Questions about grief therapy for pregnancy loss and infertility

What are pregnancy loss and infertility therapy sessions like?

In the beginning, we’ll talk about your reproductive journey from the very beginning so we can process your expectations and the emotions you’ve experienced along the way. We’ll also talk about the ways that your current struggles are impacting your life and relationships. Along the way, I’ll go over useful exercises that can help you start to feel better.

How do I know if pregnancy loss and infertility therapy will work for me?

While I can’t make guarantees, I’ve helped many clients over the years who are navigating this difficult journey. They have learned how to reduce their stress and anxiety about the difficulty of managing infertility, used therapy as a space to process big decisions about what medical interventions they want to try, and processed through their heavy sadness about not having the life they dreamed of.

Is therapy for pregnancy loss and infertility only for women?

No! While fathers and other non-pregnant partners don’t have the wild hormonal ups and downs of going through IVF or losing a pregnancy, you still have your own feelings, thoughts, and broken dreams that you’re grieving. This is a space for you too.

How do we get started?

We’ll have a 15 minute consultation for us to briefly get to know each other and so I can answer any questions you have about therapy. After that conversation, you’ll get a packet of forms to complete so we can get started. Once those are done, we’ll be able to schedule our first full session.