I hyper-specialize in working with with individuals, couples , children, adolescents, and families (fertility / infertility focused only) to process and support you with:
INFERTILITY
Wanting something that feels out of reach can be disappointing, exhausting, and so much more. I am here to support you in the following areas and more:
THIRD PARTY REPRODUCTION
Navigating the decision to involve a third party to conceive is not always a straightforward one. I have had the privilege of providing many donor recipient psychoeducadtional counseling sessions involving how to select a donor, donor identity release, DNA test concerns, when/how to talk to your donor conceived child, children who are genetically related to your child, how to talk to others about donor conception, grief and loss of genetics, and more.
I have provided many intended parent psychoeducational counseling sessions involving communication and relationship expectations with the gestational carrier and the future baby/child, legal concerns, embryo concerns (number to be transferred, selective reduction and termination concerns, extra embryo decisions), presence at prenatal appointments and birth, breastmilk agreements, hospital/birthing center plans, legal issues, and more.
I work with:
EGG FREEZING
I work with those who:
FERTILITY DECISION MAKING
Sometimes making the decision to pursue one treatment over another is unclear or challenging at best. I work with:
GRIEF AND LOSS (related to fertility)
Sometimes emotional well-being gets put on the back burner to focus on other things that seem more important. It can be very therapeutic to process:
LIFE TRANSITIONS
If there is one thing we can be certain of, it is that life does not remain stagnant. Transitioning from the familiar to the uncomfortable can be stressful at best, and may result in feelings of anxiety and/or depression. I work with those who are moving through transitions such as:
PERINATAL AND POST-PARTUM
Often pregnancy and birth are not what you anticipated. Caring for a newborn and eventually a toddler can be emotionally and physically exhausting. I work with peri and post natal:
PREGNANCY
INFERTILITY
Wanting something that feels out of reach can be disappointing, exhausting, and so much more. I am here to support you in the following areas and more:
- trying to conceive
- secondary infertility
- male factor infertility
- anxiety and depression
- medical procedure concerns - ovulation induction, IUI's, IVF, embryo transfers
- pregnancy after infertility
- parenting after infertility
- relationship challenges with partner, immediate and extended family, friends, and children
THIRD PARTY REPRODUCTION
Navigating the decision to involve a third party to conceive is not always a straightforward one. I have had the privilege of providing many donor recipient psychoeducadtional counseling sessions involving how to select a donor, donor identity release, DNA test concerns, when/how to talk to your donor conceived child, children who are genetically related to your child, how to talk to others about donor conception, grief and loss of genetics, and more.
I have provided many intended parent psychoeducational counseling sessions involving communication and relationship expectations with the gestational carrier and the future baby/child, legal concerns, embryo concerns (number to be transferred, selective reduction and termination concerns, extra embryo decisions), presence at prenatal appointments and birth, breastmilk agreements, hospital/birthing center plans, legal issues, and more.
I work with:
- recipients - using donor egg, donor sperm, donor embryo, or a combination (known, fertility center, or agency)
- intended parents - using a gestational carrier (known, fertility center, or via an agency)
- children of donor and gestational carrier conception who have or have not been told, and their families
EGG FREEZING
I work with those who:
- haven't found a partner yet, and are concerned about increasing age and decreasing fertility
- are in a relationship, but are not ready to have a baby right now.
- have been diagnosed with a medical condition and hope to have children in the future.
- are uncertain if they want to freeze eggs, freeze embryos using donor sperm, or both.
- have health insurance benefits that include egg freezing, and are unsure if it's worth it.
FERTILITY DECISION MAKING
Sometimes making the decision to pursue one treatment over another is unclear or challenging at best. I work with:
- single people considering parenting on their own
- same sex and queer couples - decisions regarding using donor sperm or donor egg, or both
- involuntary childlessness - decisions to continue pursuing treatment/adoption/fostering, or remaining childless
- adoption - decisions to continue pursuing treatment or move toward adoption
- third party reproduction - decisions to continue using your own eggs/sperm, or pursue using donor egg/sperm/embryo
- extra embryos - decisions regarding what do do with them
- managing career/working while trying to conceive or parenting
GRIEF AND LOSS (related to fertility)
Sometimes emotional well-being gets put on the back burner to focus on other things that seem more important. It can be very therapeutic to process:
- unsuccessful IUI and IVF
- lack of euploid (chromosomal normal) embryos
- chemical pregnancies
- first and second trimester losses/miscarriages
- recurrent pregnancy loss
- stillbirth
- genetic termination
- traumatic birth
- infant loss
- child loss
LIFE TRANSITIONS
If there is one thing we can be certain of, it is that life does not remain stagnant. Transitioning from the familiar to the uncomfortable can be stressful at best, and may result in feelings of anxiety and/or depression. I work with those who are moving through transitions such as:
- loss of a loved one/relationship
- divorce
- single parenting
- job/career change
- empty nest
- caregiving
- a move
PERINATAL AND POST-PARTUM
Often pregnancy and birth are not what you anticipated. Caring for a newborn and eventually a toddler can be emotionally and physically exhausting. I work with peri and post natal:
- adjustment
- anxiety
- depression
PREGNANCY
- teenage - decision making
- after infertility - fears, trauma, anxiety, telling others, etc.
- high risk
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CONTACT ME AT 720 217 3831 or via the contact form.
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