Every health issue, every dis-ease in the body has an emotional connection. Once the emotional cause behind the dis-ease can be identified, self-work can begin to naturally heal the emotional cause. Becoming - or choosing to not to become - a biological parent can raise pre-conceived beliefs concerning fears around the process, the anticipation of pain during labour and parenting adequacy that many new families subconsciously may bring to the fertility, pregnancy and parenting processes.
Starting a family can be stressful in the best of times, but when it comes to additional stressors like infertility or adoption, it can lead to a number of destructive thoughts and feelings. I will work with you on strategies for coping as well as looking at the larger family dynamics to ensure the best support for everyone. I will help support you as we work through the thoughts and feelings you are having. Focusing on therapeutic relationship and building trust allows me to help support you while using a solution-focused lens.
Looking for a child can be a very stressful experience, especially if it is taking too long and there are results. Finding out there are fertility concerns or problems for either of the parents can add more stress and affect our emotions as well as the relationship with our partner. Discussing options and going through different scenarios according to our core values and life goals plan ca be a very helpful experience, reducing the amount of stress in the process of becoming a parent.