Infertility

- Emotional Support During Fertility Treatment - Processing and Grieving Losses - Exploring Infertility and Family Building Options - Overcoming Depression, Anxiety, and Anger - Communicating Effectively to Receive Needed Support - Infertility's Impact on Relationships, Sense of Self and Spirituality - Navigating Assisted Reproductive Technology - Counseling on Third Party Reproduction (Egg, Sperm, Embryo or Surrogacy) - Parenting After Reproductive Loss - Overcoming Involuntary Childlessness

I am a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, and Resolve. I have completed 1st training of the ASRM Mental Health Certificate. Additionally, I am an infertility warrior and have an intimate understanding of the emotional stress, anxiety, depression and suffering that you may be going through at this time. I use mindfulness skills, and introduce healthy coping skills to help build up your distress tolerance as well as cope with the losses you are currently experiencing.

Struggling with infertility can leave you feeling hopeless, resentful, angry, isolated and anxious. I have walked this path and wouldn't wish it upon anyone. When you have a desire to expand your family and you are not able to, it can be devastating, but we can work together to lighten your emotional load.

We want to feel pretty well prepared for the unexpected. But you never considered the unexpectedly hard journey that awaited you in starting a family. As part of my personal path, I understand the feelings of grief and loss that come with stressors related to infertility, family planning as well as transitioning to parenthood. Whatever phase of your journey delivers you difficulty, we can explore the events you have experienced and how they affect your past, your present and your future.

Struggling with infertility can leave you feeling hopeless, resentful, angry, isolated and anxious. I have walked this path and wouldn't wish it upon anyone. I am here to support you wherever you are in your journey whether you are going through IUI, IVF, miscarriage, laproscopy, hysteroscopy, male or female factor infertility. When you have a desire to expand your family and you are not able to, it can be devastating, but we can work together to lighten your emotional load.

Struggling with infertility can leave you feeling hopeless, resentful, angry, isolated and anxious. I have walked this path and wouldn't wish it upon anyone. I am here to support you wherever you are in your journey whether you are going through IUI, IVF, miscarriage, laproscopy, hysteroscopy, male or female factor infertility. When you have a desire to expand your family and you are not able to, it can be devastating, but we can work together to lighten your emotional load.

Struggling with the uncertainties of an infertility experience can be one of life's most painful experiences. I have additional training in supporting women through this journey and acknowledging the deep grief and loss that can exist.

After having twin boys, I shifted my practice to focus on pregnancy, post partum and infertility issues. I am certified in perinatal mental health and completed the Fertility Counseling Postgraduate Course with Sharon Covington, MSW and Dr. Linda Applegarth, EdD.

I have a specialty in grief and loss and a certification in expressive arts, I have found ways to work with those facing infertility to help on the road to healing. I was trained by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine in Mental Health, have completed the County of San Diego adoption program. and work with those going through IVF, surrogacy or facing challenges around women's health.

In my own struggles with infertility I have come to a deep understanding of both the physical and mental strain it places on ones body and mind. Each journey is different and as such, should be treated as unique as the individuals who experience trials of infertility.

We understand that fertility treatments and fertility struggles often stir up anxiety and depression in many individuals. Treatment is complicated by the psychological effects from the medications, hormones, stressors and implications of treatments. Our practice is able to meet you exactly where you are during their fertility journey and we understand the need for emotional support through an often very strenuous process, both physically and emotionally.

Following my own journey to parenthood, my passion is helping women and men with the hardships that can arise when building a family. I have more than 15 years of experience, specializing in helping clients coping with infertility, pregnancy loss, and postpartum issues. I completed the 10-month Fertility Counseling Postgraduate Course with Sharon Covington, MSW and Dr. Linda Applegarth, EdD and am certified in perinatal mental health (PMH-C) by Postpartum Support International.

After having twin boys, I shifted my practice to focus on pregnancy, post partum and infertility issues. I am certified in perinatal mental health and completed the Fertility Counseling Postgraduate Course with Sharon Covington, MSW and Dr. Linda Applegarth, EdD.

I have supported many women throughout their fertility journeys who have struggled with unexplained infertility, IUI, IVF, chemical pregnancies, miscarriage, endometriosis, PCOS and other trauma. I would love to help you process your own fertility path and offer tools that may be helpful to your journey.

Struggling with infertility can leave you feeling hopeless, resentful, angry, isolated and anxious. I have walked this path and wouldn't wish it upon anyone. I am here to support you wherever you are in your journey whether you are going through IUI, IVF, miscarriage, laproscopy, hysteroscopy, male or female factor infertility. When you have a desire to expand your family and you are not able to, it can be devastating, but we can work together to lighten your emotional load.

Dealing with infertility - struggling to get and/or stay pregnant - is a life crisis. What we expected to be a joyful part of life becomes a series of losses which can leave us feeling intense grief, helplessness, anxiety, isolation, and envy. I can help you process these experiences, review different treatment options, talk you through considering the use of a donor and/or a gestational carrier, and even evaluate donors/GC's. You don't have to cope with this alone.

I have worked in a fertility clinic for over four years with patients with infertility, pregnancy loss, termination for medical reasons, genetic diagnoses, stillbirth, birth trauma as well as the stress of coping with fertility treatments such as IUI, IVF, and donor gametes or surrogacy. I also support people with LGBT family building. I help people cope with the emotional rollercoaster of the fertility process, navigate family/friendship challenges, and improve communication with their partner.

I have both personal experience with infertility and assisted reproduction/IVF and specialized training in infertility through the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. I am passionate about supporting women as they navigate the heart-wrenching and often very lonely experience of infertility. I offer individual therapy, group therapy, and 3rd party reproduction meetings for intended parents, donors and GCs. I look forward to working with you in this area!

Needing medical intervention to get and stay pregnant is not easy, no matter how you found yourself on this path. It is a complex and lonely place to be and even your most well-meaning friends and family can do and say really hurtful things. In our work, you will have the space to feel and say everything you need without judgement or toxic positivity. We will work to find ways for you to cope with the process of treatment or what it means if treatment is not in your future, for whatever reason.

Infertility can be one of the most lonely experiences you go through as an individual, and as a couple. At a time when you need warmth, love, understanding, and support, most people feel isolated and alone. I am here to help you feel connected, heard, and I can offer support and understanding when you're making difficult decisions about your treatment plans. You should not have to travel this road alone.