PERINATAL AND INFERTILITY COUNSELOR FOR WOMEN:
Online Psychotherapy for clients in Massachusetts, Washington, and Arizona
Helping You Navigate Pregnancy, Infertility, and Loss
Hi, I’m Jessica, your mental health partner in your infertility journey - wherever you are in the process.
So, your path to parenthood has been different than you thought it would be.
You probably feel:
Numb
Angry
Scared
Hopeless
Confused
Frustrated
As well as anything and everything in between.
Dealing with:
⇨ The cycle of trying, false hope, and disappointment
⇨ Coming to terms with your infertility diagnosis
⇨The endless research
⇨ The trauma of loss (including miscarriage and mourning what you thought your pregnancy journey would look like)...
Can leave you feeling broken and hopeless
Your feelings are valid and too important to ignore. Nobody can or should tell you otherwise. And they definitely shouldn’t tell you to “try relaxing”
Know this: you are strong enough to endure this, but you might need some help to maintain your sense of self and manage your emotions along the way.
I’m the infertility counselor for you if you’re a woman who’s:
Trying to conceive and having problems (no matter how long you’ve been trying)
Conceived naturally before and had losses
Had at least one child and is experiencing secondary infertility
Already started IUI or IVF (I can help you advocate for yourself and your family during this challenging and often confusing process)
Thinking of stopping infertility treatment (yet another emotionally-trying decision)
Currently pregnant but worried about challenges due to past fertility issues and trauma
Experiencing, or worried about experiencing postpartum mental health challenges
A new mom struggling to trust herself and her body after feeling like it betrayed you for so long
And, most importantly, if you feel safe and comfortable with me.
We’ll determine this with your free consultation call.
Reach out here
Throughout my career, I’ve:
Helped 100+ women
Supported dozens of families
Supervised 30+ Therapists
In the areas of depression, anxiety, infertility, grief, and postpartum challenges
One Breath At a Time
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One Breath At a Time ❁
Here’s how I help
As an infertility counselor, I specialize in helping my clients with:
Grief
Anxiety
Trauma
Depression
And so much more using cognitive, holistic, and trauma-informed approaches.
Many of my clients struggle to trust themselves and their intuition due to their experiences with infertility and loss. Infertility tells us painful lies about ourselves, our bodies, and the world. I help you unlearn these beliefs and have grace for yourself and your body along the way.
I see and understand you
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Infertility Counseling
Infertility seeps into every part of your life and every relationship you have.
Most people don't understand the limbo of infertility - never knowing if you're going to become a parent or remain childless.
Struggling to express your feelings or control anything about the process can be stressful and isolating.
Whether you’re trying to conceive naturally, through IUI, IVF, or egg or sperm donors, I’ll be there with you every step of the way as your infertility counselor.
Most people don’t know what to say if you open up to them about your difficulty conceiving.
It helps to talk to someone who’s been through it but also understands that your experience is your own.
I’ll never impose my own feelings or experiences onto you.
I’ll never tell you what I think you should do or feel.
I'll never treat you like you're just another client passing through my practice (like so many infertility clinics do).
I empower you so you can make decisions for yourself and your family from a place of confidence and intention.
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Pregnancy and Postpartum Counseling
Pregnancy can bring on intense feelings of anxiety, sadness, self-criticism, irritability, guilt, and more.
Becoming a parent can be overwhelming. It can even feel like you've lost your identity.
Advocating for yourself can be challenging–with your birthing team and loved ones.
There’s confusion over birth planning (and all the unsolicited opinions you get along the way).
You might also doubt yourself and your instincts, especially when the people around you say things like, "Your body will know what to do.”
Add infertility struggles to the mix and it gets much more complicated.
Know that you’re not alone.
I’ll help you develop the tools to manage and regulate your emotions.
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Mindful Parenting Support
There’s plenty of parenting advice out there - some helpful and some unhelpful.
But the bottom line is that no one knows how to love your child better than you.
You don't have to follow anyone else's playbook. You can break cycles and prevent your trauma from dictating your parenting.
Get support to overcome parent shaming and learn to trust your parenting intuition.
You may not recognize yourself anymore…
Maybe you feel like you’ve lost yourself somewhere in the process.
It feels like infertility just takes and takes.
Remember that you’re human and you can only take so much.
It’s time to give to yourself.
I’ll be with you the whole way to help you:
Regain some peace and joy in your daily life (without dismissing or undermining the crappy parts)
Feel somewhat like yourself again (you’re already forever changed, but that doesn’t have to be all bad)
Show yourself compassion and bring your nervous system back to a state of balance
Trust your intuition and be intentional when making the inevitable hard choices
Accept and process your emotions and experiences (all of which are valid)
Show up in the way you want to challenges and life in general
Stop feeling guilt for your normal, human emotions (yes, it’s normal and okay to feel anger and envy when you find out your friend is pregnant)
Let’s find out if I’m the right infertility counselor for you.
Our time together
I’m not here to “fix” you because you’re not broken, and neither is your body.
I’m rooting for you to have the family you want, but my main priority is you.
My focus is your health, your happiness, and your peace – all things that going through infertility can and does threaten.
Some therapists may be generally knowledgeable about infertility and do their best to empathize with you.
But when you work with me, you’re working with someone who's been in the thick of it and truly understands what you’re going through.
You don’t have to try to justify how you feel because I get it.
You don’t have to explain the ins and outs of fertility treatments because I understand.
And you don’t have to wait until your grief and anxiety about infertility go from bad to worse like I did.
Book a call with me today and start on the path to healing with an infertility counselor who understands.
There’s not much you can control right now.
What you can control is:
⇨ How you treat and talk to yourself
⇨ Reestablishing trust with yourself and your body
⇨ Whether you make decisions from a place of self-hatred or self-compassion
Nothing about this is easy, but taking care of your mental health can only benefit you and your ability to make those all-consuming decisions.
“It takes far more strength to accept help than to reject it.”
—Faith G. Harper