Therapy for Infertility, IVF & Pregnancy Loss
Compassionate therapy for women navigating infertility, failed IVF, miscarriage, recurrent pregnancy loss, and the emotional challenges of building a family in St. Louis, Missouri & Illinois.
When hope and heartbreak exist side by side
Trying to grow your family can become one of the most emotionally painful experiences of your life. What begins with hope can quickly become months—or years—of uncertainty, loss, waiting, difficult decisions, and grief that others often don't fully understand.
Whether you're navigating infertility, IVF, recurrent pregnancy loss, failed embryo transfers, or considering third-party reproduction, therapy offers a place to process the emotional impact of this journey with someone who understands its complexity.
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Infertility and pregnancy loss affect far more than your ability to conceive.
They can change how you see yourself, your relationships, your body, and your future.
You may find yourself wondering:
Why is this happening to me?
Will I ever become a mother?
How much more can I handle?
Why does everyone else seem to get pregnant so easily?
How do I keep hoping after another loss?
The grief of infertility is often invisible. Unlike other losses, there may be no funeral, no meals dropped at your door, and few people who truly understand what you're carrying.
Therapy provides a space where your grief, fear, anger, disappointment, and hope can all exist together.
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Infertility
IVF and fertility treatment stress
Failed embryo transfers
Miscarriage
Recurrent pregnancy loss
Chemical pregnancies
Pregnancy after loss
Anxiety during fertility treatment
Feelings of guilt or self-blame
Relationship strain during infertility
Difficult decisions about next steps to becoming a mother
Grief after unsuccessful fertility treatment
Considering egg donation, embryo donation, or gestational surrogacy
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Infertility and pregnancy loss deserve specialized care.
I have pursued advanced training in reproductive mental health and work specifically with women navigating infertility, pregnancy loss, IVF, gestational surrogacy, third-party reproduction, and the emotional complexities of becoming a mother.
You shouldn't have to educate your therapist about embryo transfers, retrievals, beta waits, recurrent loss, or the unique grief that infertility brings.
My goal is to provide a space where you feel understood from the very beginning because I understand how essential it is to feel understood during one of the most emotionally vulnerable experiences of your life.
Areas of Support
Infertility
Whether you've recently begun trying to conceive or have been navigating infertility for years, therapy can provide support through the uncertainty, grief, and emotional exhaustion that often accompany the family-building journey.
IVF & Fertility Treatment
The emotional demands of IVF often extend far beyond medical appointments. Therapy can help you navigate retrievals, embryo transfers, beta waits, failed cycles, and the ongoing uncertainty that accompanies fertility treatment.
Pregnancy Loss & Miscarriage
Pregnancy loss can bring profound grief, guilt, anger, and loneliness. Whether your loss occurred early in pregnancy or later, therapy offers a place to process your experience without minimizing its significance.
Failed Embryo Transfers
The grief following a failed embryo transfer is often invisible to others. Therapy provides space to process the disappointment, uncertainty, and difficult questions that can follow while considering next steps.
Secondary Infertility
Struggling to grow your family after already having a child can bring a unique combination of grief, guilt, and isolation. Therapy offers support for the emotional challenges of secondary infertility.
Relationship Stress During Infertility
Infertility often places enormous strain on even the strongest relationships. Therapy can help you process feelings of disconnection, resentment, differing coping styles, and the emotional impact infertility has on your partnership.
Questions Women Often Ask About Infertility & Pregnancy Loss
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Yes. Infertility affects far more than your ability to conceive. It can impact your mental health, relationships, sense of identity, and hope for the future.
Therapy provides a space to process the grief, uncertainty, anxiety, and emotional exhaustion that often accompany infertility while helping you navigate the next steps in your family-building journey.
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There is no "right" way to grieve a miscarriage. Many women experience sadness, anger, guilt, numbness, anxiety, or fear about trying again.
Therapy can help you process your loss, make sense of your emotions, and move forward at your own pace without minimizing your experience.
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Yes. Infertility can lead to feelings of sadness, isolation, anxiety, hopelessness, and emotional exhaustion. Many women describe infertility as one of the most stressful experiences of their lives.
Therapy offers support while helping you navigate the emotional impact of ongoing uncertainty.
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Infertility often affects couples in different ways. You and your partner may cope differently, communicate differently, or have different emotional needs during treatment and loss.
Therapy can help you understand these differences, improve communication, and strengthen your relationship during a difficult season.
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Yes. A failed embryo transfer often brings profound grief that others may not recognize.
Therapy provides space to process the disappointment, uncertainty, and difficult emotions that can follow while supporting you as you consider your next steps.
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You don't have to wait until you're in crisis. Many women begin therapy during fertility treatment, after a miscarriage, following a failed IVF cycle, while considering third-party reproduction, or simply when the emotional weight of the journey becomes difficult to carry alone.
REASONS TO BOOK
REASONS TO BOOK
CLINICALLY TRAINED
You’re drawn to therapy that goes beyond symptom relief—a space with a curious, reflective, and empathetic therapist who helps you uncover the unconscious origins of your thoughts, feelings, and relational patterns, and understand how they continue to shape your present experience.
DEEP, INSIGHT-ORIENTED APPROACH
Therapy can be challenging work, and having a skilled, clinically trained therapist by your side makes all the difference. After transforming my own career from attorney to therapist, I completed several years of advanced clinical training at both the St. Louis and Chicago Psychoanalytic Institutes. This depth of training allows me to look beyond symptoms alone, helping you understand the underlying patterns that keep you feeling stuck.
WARM AND APPROACHABLE
Starting therapy can feel vulnerable. My goal is to make the process feel approachable by creating a space where you feel comfortable being yourself, asking difficult questions, and exploring what matters most to you.
