Issues with infertility and adoption can bring serious emotional distress and impact individual’s self image and relationships in different ways. There are ethical and cultural components that also create additional stress and overall dissatisfaction with life. In the therapy we explore emotions, thoughts and believes and look for possible solutions. Working though underlying and sometimes unconscious dynamics and patterns improves resilience and strengthen relationships. In cases of adoption, we address issues, associated with bringing a new family member into an existing family unit. We learn how to make it smoothly and deal with inevitable difficulties and challenges.
At Reflection Centre, we understand the emotional toll that infertility and adoption can have on individuals and couples. Our compassionate therapists provide support and guidance through these challenging experiences, helping clients navigate the emotional ups and downs of infertility and the complexities of adoption. We offer a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to explore their feelings and develop coping strategies to manage the stress and uncertainty that can come with these experiences.
I have been there. I myself went through an 8 year fertility journey that I count as one of my most formative experiences. It can be a torture, a lonely torture if navigated without regular support.
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.
Not all pregnancy and parenting journeys are the same and it can be an emotional and overwhelming journey. Wanting to have children and not being able to can be a very difficult to accept especially after all the treatments, doctors appointments and hope. Adoption is its own long journey filled with emotional ups and down and then the challenges of having a new child join your family. Have a safe space to process the experiences and ways to manage your new reality.
I have lived experience and professional experience navigating and supporting folks both with successful adoption, adoption/placement loss when a child is returned to other caregivers, infertility and fertility challenges. I would be honoured to help you navigate your emotions through your own journey.
The process of trying to have children is emotional. Anxiety, depression, grief and trauma often come along with the process. We understand that and our therapists are trained to work with these concerns. Find empathic support today.
Forcing a smile at a friend's baby shower, sex that just isn't fun anymore, dreading your next period. Sound at all familiar? It's a struggle many go through, but most people don't talk about. If your parenthood journey is not what you had imagined, talking about it can help. We provide a safe space to share the challenges that come with trying to conceive and infertility. Talk therapy combined with coping skills can help you navigate this experience and address the waves of emotions that come with it.
Fertility treatments, infertility, adoption or any other family planning difficulties and traumas can be devastating to a woman, a man, a couple or a whole family. Parts of our own identity change, shift and sometimes disappear after we live through any of these experiences. There can be a lot of grief to process, heightened emotions, shame, guilt and helplessness that accompany these issues. I will provide you a safe and comforting space where you can process any grief and emotion and work with you to rebuild and restart a fulfilling life waiting for, with or without a little one around.