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.
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.
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.