Infertility

You do not need to walk your difficult journey to parenthood alone. Whether impacted by infertility and its treatment (meds, IUI, IVF), use of third party reproduction (donor eggs/sperm/embryos or surrogacy), or deciding to grow your family via adoption or choosing to live child-free... we will join you. We have providers specialized in birth trauma, pregnancy and infant loss and stillbirth, and perinatal mood/anxiety/OCD/trauma disorders. We use an attachment and feminists' approach!

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.

Understanding infertility interventions and solutions; support during decision-making processes; coping with fertility problems and pregnancy loss

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.

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. 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.

Feeling burnout and overwhelmed? Disconnected from your body? Second guessing every decision? I provide support to women experiencing infertility, navigating fertility treatments, exploring options for building their family, and making difficult reproductive decisions. We will work together to address feelings of anxiety, shame, grief, and disconnection so that you can feel more empowered to work towards your reproductive goals.

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.

We have a personal and professional understanding of fertility issues, specifically related to Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Women who struggle with abortion, pregnancy loss, or miscarriage and women who may be journeying to conception, have a safe space here.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I have a background in working with individuals and couples who are hoping to build their family and struggling with fertility, adoption and/or different roads to parenthood. I offer reproductive clinical support to couples who are exploring their options of using donor gametes (donated sperm or eggs). I also perform evaluations for prospective gestational carriers. I enjoy the opportunity to support the relational dynamic of intended parents and gestational carrier.