Reproductive Mental Health
Fertility & Perinatal Therapy
Support when building a family looks different than you expected.
Areas of Focus
Fertility
Trying to conceive can be emotionally exhausting, especially when each month brings new hope, uncertainty, and the possibility of disappointment. You may find yourself caught between wanting to stay hopeful and trying to protect yourself from more heartbreak, all while navigating decisions that can feel overwhelming and outside your control.
Therapy offers space to process the emotional toll of trying to conceive or undergoing fertility treatment, navigate difficult decisions, and make room for the complicated feelings that arise along the way.
Pregnancy Loss & Reproductive Grief
Pregnancy loss can leave you grieving a future you had already begun to imagine, even when others may not fully recognize the depth of your loss. You may feel sadness, anger, guilt, isolation, or pressure to move forward before you're ready.
Therapy offers space to process miscarriage, stillbirth, unsuccessful fertility treatment, and other reproductive losses without having to minimize your grief, find a silver lining, or follow anyone else's timeline.
Reproductive Trauma
Fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, birth, and other reproductive experiences can leave you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from your body, or constantly bracing for something to go wrong. Even after the experience has ended, you may find that certain memories, situations, or reminders continue to affect you.
Through trauma-informed approaches, including EMDR and techniques informed by Sensorimotor Psychotherapy when appropriate, we can work toward processing difficult experiences and feeling more grounded and connected to yourself.
Pregnancy, Postpartum & Matrescence
Pregnancy and becoming a parent don't always feel the way you imagined. You may be grateful or excited while also feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure of yourself. These emotions can be especially complicated after infertility, pregnancy loss, or a difficult birth experience.
Therapy offers space for pregnancy and postpartum anxiety, adjustment to parenthood, and matrescence—the shifts in identity, relationships, and sense of self that accompany becoming a mother. Together, we can explore changing expectations and needs, making room for both your connection with your child and the person you are becoming.
Donor Conception, Surrogacy & Adoption
Building a family may look different from what you once imagined. Whether you're considering donor conception, gestational surrogacy, or adoption, you may be navigating hope and excitement alongside grief, uncertainty, or difficult decisions.
Therapy offers space to explore your options, process complicated emotions, and consider questions about identity, relationships, and what building a family means to you.
Life Without Children
The possibility of life without children can bring questions about the future you imagined and what your life might look like instead. Whether this path is chosen, unexpected, or still uncertain, you may experience grief, relief, hope, or conflicting emotions that are difficult to share with others.
Therapy offers space to process these feelings, explore what matters most to you, and consider what a meaningful and fulfilling life looks like on your own terms.
Therapy that makes room for the whole experience
Reproductive experiences don’t happen in isolation. What happens physically and medically can affect how you feel emotionally, how you relate to your body, your relationships, and your sense of self.
My approach integrates reproductive and perinatal mental health expertise with trauma-informed therapy, EMDR, and other somatic approaches. Together, we can make space for what you’ve been through while helping you feel more grounded, connected, and able to move forward—without minimizing the uncertainty, grief, or complexity that may still be there.
What Our Work Can Look Like
How Therapy Can Help
Sessions offer room to talk openly about what you’re experiencing, alongside practical support for navigating it. Depending on your needs, our work may include:
Making space for complex feelings
Processing grief, anxiety, anger, jealousy, hope, or feelings that seem to contradict each other—without pressure to stay positive or explain them away.
Finding ways to manage overwhelm
Developing coping strategies for appointments, waiting periods, pregnancy announcements, and moments when uncertainty feels especially difficult.
Navigating difficult decisions
Exploring your options, values, and limits around fertility treatment and family building, without pressure toward a particular outcome.
Processing painful experiences
Working through distress related to fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, birth, or earlier experiences. When appropriate and with your agreement, this may include Attachment-Focused EMDR.
Supporting relationships and boundaries
Finding ways to communicate your needs, navigate differences with a partner, and set boundaries with family, friends, or others.
Exploring changes in identity
Making sense of how these experiences affect your relationship with yourself, your body, and the future you imagined.
You don’t need to know where to begin. We’ll figure it out together.
About My Training
Specialized Training, Thoughtful Care
My training brings together specialized knowledge of reproductive and perinatal mental health with advanced training in trauma treatment. I understand that fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, and other reproductive experiences can involve both medical and emotional complexities, and I draw on this background to provide care tailored to your individual needs.
Perinatal Mental Health Certification
As a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional (PMH-C), I have specialized training in mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, including anxiety, depression, and adjustment to parenthood.
EMDR Certification & Attachment-Focused Training
I’m an EMDRIA Certified Therapist trained in Attachment-Focused EMDR through the Parnell Institute. My approach emphasizes preparation, emotional support, and processing painful experiences at a pace that respects your needs and readiness.
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Training
My training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy brings attention to how stress and past experiences show up in your body, helping us notice physical responses to stress and explore ways to feel more grounded and present.
Reproductive Mental Health Education
Additional education through the American Society for Reproductive Medicine informs my understanding of fertility treatment and the emotional complexities of family building.
Together, we’ll find an approach that feels right for you and adjust as your needs evolve.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. Therapy offers support for anxiety, grief, uncertainty, difficult decisions, and the emotional strain of trying to conceive. I work with clients navigating infertility, IVF, IUI, and other paths to building a family.
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Yes. I provide individual therapy for people navigating infertility or pregnancy loss, including partners who may be coping with their own grief, uncertainty, and emotional challenges. Therapy can also offer space to explore differences in how you and your partner are experiencing these challenges, strengthen communication, and navigate decisions together.
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Some fertility, pregnancy, birth, or reproductive medical experiences can feel overwhelming or traumatic. You may find yourself replaying moments, feeling disconnected from your body, or bracing for something to go wrong. We can explore how these experiences have affected you without requiring you to label them as trauma.
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EMDR may help process distressing memories and emotional responses related to fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, birth, or other reproductive experiences. It doesn't treat infertility itself, but it can be helpful when past experiences continue to affect how you feel in the present. We'll explore whether EMDR is appropriate for your needs and goals.
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Yes. Pregnancy after infertility or loss can bring hope alongside fear, anxiety, and difficulty feeling reassured. Therapy offers space to navigate uncertainty, prepare for appointments, and explore your relationship with your body and pregnancy without pressure to feel a particular way.
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Secondary infertility refers to difficulty becoming pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to term after a previous pregnancy. You may feel grateful for the family you have while also grieving the family you hoped to grow. Therapy makes room for both experiences without minimizing either one.
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Yes. I offer individual therapy for partners navigating infertility, fertility treatment, or pregnancy loss. You may be processing your own grief and uncertainty while also trying to support someone you love. Therapy offers space for your experience, including your emotions, needs, and the impact on your relationship.
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Yes. I offer in-person therapy at my West Los Angeles office and virtual therapy for clients located throughout California. My specialties include infertility, fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, reproductive trauma, pregnancy, and postpartum mental health.
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We'll begin by talking about what brings you to therapy, what you've been experiencing, and what you'd like support with. Depending on your needs, sessions may involve processing difficult emotions, developing coping strategies, exploring relationship patterns, or navigating decisions about fertility treatment and family building. We'll work collaboratively and adjust our approach as your needs evolve. You don't need to know exactly where to begin.
You don’t have to figure out the next step alone.
Whether you’re in the midst of fertility treatment, grieving a loss, navigating pregnancy or postpartum, or trying to make sense of an experience that didn’t go the way you expected, therapy can be a place to begin.
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