Therapy for Those Navigating Trying to Conceive, IVF, and Reproductive Trauma

Infertility is more than a medical diagnosis.
It is a relentless cycle of hope and heartbreak.

Month after month, appointment after appointment, you may feel like your life has become measured in two-week waits, hormone levels, and phone calls from the clinic. What others experience as “natural” can begin to feel clinical, fragile, and uncertain.

Infertility can affect:

• Your relationship with your body

• Your sense of identity

• Your partnership

• Your faith or worldview

• Your financial stability

• Your nervous system

And because it is often invisible, it can also feel incredibly isolating.

The Emotional Reality of Infertility Treatment

Whether you are pursuing ovulation support, IUI, IVF, donor conception, surrogacy, or are still in the diagnostic phase, the emotional toll is real.

You may be experiencing:

• Anxiety before every appointment

• Hypervigilance about symptoms

• Grief after failed cycles

• Shame or self-blame

• Anger toward your body

• Strain in your relationship

• Social withdrawal

• Panic about time running out

• Triggering reactions to pregnancy announcements

Fertility treatment can feel like living in chronic uncertainty — your nervous system rarely gets a break.

Therapy becomes a place where you do not have to be “strong” or “positive.”

How I Help

I provide a steady, informed space to process the emotional and relational impact of infertility and treatment.

Our work may include:

Processing the trauma of repeated loss or failed cycles
Each negative test can feel like a micro-loss. We create space to grieve instead of suppress.

Reducing anxiety and nervous system overload
Infertility often creates chronic stress. I use attachment-based and trauma-informed approaches to help regulate your body and emotions.

Navigating relationship strain
Partners often cope differently. We can work individually or as a couple to improve communication and emotional connection during treatment.

Addressing identity and worth
Infertility can deeply impact how you see yourself. Together, we untangle shame from truth.

Preparing for next steps
Whether that’s another cycle, taking a break, considering third-party reproduction, or grieving a different path to parenthood — therapy can support thoughtful, grounded decision-making.

A Therapist Who Understands the Terrain

In addition to professional training in perinatal and reproductive mental health, I also bring personal lived experience with infertility.

That means:

• I understand the language of treatment.

• I understand the emotional whiplash.

• I understand the quiet grief that others may not see.

While your story is uniquely yours, you won’t have to explain every nuance of the fertility world here. I hold both clinical expertise and compassionate understanding.