5 Ways Therapy for Infertility Can Help You Heal

For those seeking fertility treatments, there are many many appointments to find time to schedule, and seeking counseling can feel like one more appointment to manage or one more expense out of pocket. Yet the emotional fatigue and burnout is the main reasons couples discontinue infertility treatments. Facing infertility means joining a club you never wanted to join. The emotional impact of infertility takes a huge toll on individuals and couples. It can be isolating and lonely, lead to bouts of depression and anxiety, and has a landmine of day to day triggers. Therapy for infertility can be extremely healing.

Therapy for Infertility Can Give You Tools to Cope 

I help women build an infertility survival toolbox, full of practical ways to help you cope. This includes ways to understand what you are feeling underneath the reaction, any deeper dream or pain this may stem from, and in the moment tools you can use to manage those feelings. There is so much that feels out of control during infertility, coping tools help you feel empowered along the way.

Therapy for Infertility Can Help You Make Decisions

If you are in the midst of fertility treatment, or considering medical help, you will face so many decisions - when to start, how to find the right clinic/doctor, if/when to move to the next treatment option, what to do about various treatment paths, when you know its time to stop infertility treatments, etc. All the while finding ways to discuss and stay on the same page as your partner. Therapy can be a helpful sounding board to explore options and process your feelings about them so you have a sense of peace.

Therapy for Infertility Can Help You Stay Connected with Your Partner

It’s very common for couples to struggle amidst the stress of infertility. Sex becomes a chore, partners express their feelings differently, the partner in treatment often carries the bulk of the burden, leaving the supporting partner feeling helpless. Therapy can help you prioritize connection and weather this storm together. 

Therapy for Infertility Can Help You Grieve

This is not how you imagined your conception journey to go. There are many losses throughout the journey - loss of control, loss of a dream, pregnancy loss, loss of trust in your body, loss of connection to others, etc. Therapy gives you space to grieve those losses so you move forward, not on.

Therapy for Infertility Can Help You Process Reproductive Trauma

Some folks may experience trauma throughout the infertility journey. Trauma is the way our body responds when an experience surpasses our ability to cope with it. Reproductive trauma may occur from many aspects of the infertility journey. I love to use both IFS parts work and EMDR to help identify and heal underlying trauma so you move forward into your future wholeheartedly.

Get Started with Counseling for Infertility Today in Dublin, CA

If you want to know more about working together and starting therapy for infertility or reproductive trauma counseling, reach out today to schedule a free 15 minute consultation call. I offer individual and couples therapy for infertility and infertility support groups.