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Counselling for Fertility Challenges, IVF, Miscarriage & Infertility - Online
Hi, and welcome. If you’re dealing with fertility challenges, IVF, miscarriage, or infertility, you are in the right place to find support.
I am a counsellor and psychotherapist who specialises in supporting women who are dealing with these issues. In my work, I draw upon my own personal experience of this challenging and difficult journey, alongside many years of experience as a therapist.
I support women through every stage of fertility, infertility and loss - from struggling to conceive, natural conception, and miscarriage, to IVF, IUI, ICSI, and donor conception. I also work with women navigating pregnancy after loss, secondary infertility, surrogacy, deciding whether to stop treatment, and coming to terms with a life without children.
I know that reaching out for therapy can feel overwhelming when you’re navigating miscarriage, fertility struggles, IVF, or infertility. My aim is to give you a clear sense of who I am and how I work, so you can decide whether I’m the right therapist for you.
I offer online counselling across London - including Walthamstow, Woodford, Highams Park and Buckhurst Hill - as well as supporting clients UK‑wide.
If you have any questions ahead of booking an appointment, I’m always happy to answer them. I also offer a free initial 15 minute phone consultation if you'd like to speak before booking a first session.
My Personal Experience of Fertility Issues & Loss - Why I Specialise in This Work
My decision to specialise in supporting women navigating fertility issues, IVF, miscarriage and infertility is deeply personal.
I had a very long journey facing these issues, and it was the most challenging and emotionally painful period of my life.
After a few years of trying to conceive naturally, I was diagnosed with unexplained infertility. What followed was a long and complex IVF journey, including transitioning to donor eggs, treatment overseas, and several rounds of donor‑egg IVF. I also experienced multiple miscarriages - including two missed miscarriages discovered at a scan, where I heard those devastating words: “I’m sorry, there’s no heartbeat.”
This whole journey affected me profoundly, impacting my sense of self, my relationships, and how I engaged with the world. It also made me realise that unless someone has been through it, it’s very hard to truly understand. Fertility struggles can be incredibly lonely and isolating, and many women feel they have little support at the very time they need it most.
Because of this, I decided to refocus my work as a therapist to specialise in supporting women through these experiences.
While my clinical training provides a psychological framework, my own personal experience informs the deep, practical understanding I bring to this work.
I know how important it is to be supported by someone who genuinely understands the emotional, physical and relational impact of fertility challenges, and I feel uniquely placed to offer that.
It’s a privilege to support other women through their own painful and complex journeys.
If what I have shared here resonates with you, and you would like to arrange an initial therapy session with me, please get in touch.
Or read on to explore how I can support you.
Miscarriage (baby loss) can be an incredibly painful and lonely experience. Having had multiple miscarriages myself, I know this first hand. If this is why you are here, I am so sorry you are going through this.
You may be experiencing a range of emotions including grief, shock, numbness, anger, fear, anxiety, and a sense that your world has shifted in ways you didn’t expect.
You may be feeling dismissed or unsupported. Maybe people have minimised your loss, have struggled to find the right words, or have said things (unintentionally) that felt really insensitive and hurtful. This is particularly common if your miscarriage was in the first 12 weeks.
You might be navigating physical recovery from your miscarriage, or even trauma, alongside the deeply painful grief of the baby you have lost, and the life you had imagined with them in it.
Your miscarriage might have stirred up questions about your identity, fears about the future, and a worry that you might not be able to have a successful pregnancy.
It might feel as though your life has paused while the world continues around you, leaving you unsure how to move forward or how to make sense of what you’re feeling.
Although it is not your fault, it is also quite common to blame yourself - worrying it's something you did that caused the miscarriage - or blaming your body and feeling like it's failed you and your baby.
Or perhaps you have become pregnant again after miscarrying, and you are filled with anxiety and worry that something will go wrong - and you may also still be grieving the previous loss too.
Miscarriage is experienced in lots of different ways, so while these are some of the common responses to it, I know there are many other thoughts, feelings and reactions you may be having too.
If you see me for therapy, I provide a supportive and caring space to help you process what has happened, explore the mental and emotional impact, and slowly find your footing again. For most women, it’s not about moving on. Instead, it’s about honouring and acknowledging your loss and the impact it has had on you, so you can gradually learn to integrate it into your life.
Whether your miscarriage was recent or many years ago, what you have experienced is valid and significant.
Therapy can’t magic the pain away, but it can help you feel supported and seen, as you grieve and process what has happened.
Learn more about how I support women dealing with miscarriage and baby loss here.
Or contact me now to arrange a free 15 minute telephone consultation to help you decide if you would like to work with me.
Please note, I am also listed as an approved therapist on the Miscarriage Association Counsellors Directory.
If you are dealing with fertility issues, you are undergoing fertility treatment like IVF or ICSI, or you are facing infertility and the prospect of never having children of your own, it is likely one of the most difficult things you will face in your life. As a result, therapy can be so important.
Dependent on what part of the journey you are on, and how long you have been trying, you may be experiencing a wide range of thoughts and feelings including the following...
- If you are early in the journey, you may be experiencing stress and anxiety about finding it difficult to conceive and wondering why
- Similarly, if you are undergoing tests and medical procedures to find out the reason behind your struggles to conceive, this may be causing you anxiety, worry and fear
- If you have been diagnosed with unexplained infertility, you may be struggling with this and finding it hard to accept there is no solid answer or solution to your situation
- If you are in the early stages of fertility treatment (IUI, IVF, or ICSI), you may be hopeful, scared, but also excited - thinking this might be your time and willing it to work during the first round
- If you have had multiples rounds of treatment, you may be feeling worn out, exhausted and overwhelmed, and it may be painful to keep hoping and trying to stay positive, time and again - as each failed cycle is crushingly disappointing and painful
- You may be feeling left behind as friends and colleagues all seem to be getting pregnant and having babies, and it can feel like time is running out
- You may be feeling isolated and lonely, and like nobody understands what it is like for you
- You might be feeling a level of resentment or envy towards pregnant women and mothers, even if that feels hard to admit to yourself
- It may suddenly feel like pregnant women are everywhere you look and it is painful and difficult to be around them - including friends
- You may be dealing with a growing sadness and sense of grief due to the fact motherhood has not come easily for you, and despite doing everything you can to make it a reality, even with IVF there are no guarantees
- You may have experienced the joy and excitement of a positive pregnancy test but have then experienced a miscarriage - something which is incredibly hard in any circumstances, but can be particularly so if it happens after a hard won pregnancy via fertility treatment
- If you have been trying for a long time, you might be feeling as though the fertility journey has taken over your life, and you no longer recognise who you are outside of it
- You might feel like your life has been put on hold throughout this journey and you are in a constant state of limbo
- You might even be feeling as though you are somehow being punished or 'cursed' because you just cannot make sense of why this is happening to you, when you know you would be a good mother and you want to be one more than anything
- The challenges you are facing with fertility may also have started to impact your friendships and even your relationship with your partner
- The goal posts may have changed many times during your fertility journey and you may now be facing the prospect of donor eggs, sperm or embryos to try and achieve success - something that can feel very complex and emotionally difficult to contemplate
- You may be feeling angry towards your body and blaming yourself or feeling like a failure for not getting pregnant (or staying pregnant) easily, even though it is not your fault
- Perhaps you have managed to get pregnant after a long journey and possibly many failed cycles or losses, but as a result, you are filled with anxiety about your pregnancy and unable to relax or enjoy it - thinking something might go wrong at any point
- You may be fearful that you won't have success on your fertility journey and worry you will never become a mother - but it is very difficult for you to admit that to yourself or to anyone else, because you don't know how you would cope with this
- Or perhaps you have come to a point in your journey where you have either been advised to, or you are considering stopping - but coming to terms with not becoming a mother feels impossibly hard
In all these circumstances, and many more, therapy can be of real benefit.
As a counsellor and psychotherapist, I support women through all stages of the fertility and infertility journey.
Undertaking therapy with someone who truly understands what it is like, can help you feel seen, understood and supported in a way you may not have experienced up until now. This alone can feel like a huge relief when so few people in your life “get it”.
Beyond this, if you see me for therapy, together we will explore your thoughts and feelings and I will create a safe space for you to express everything you are feeling without judgement.
I will try to help you find ways to reduce emotional overwhelm, and I will offer you care, understanding, and a sense of stability, during a time that can feel very unpredictable and all‑consuming.
And no matter what stage of the journey you are at, I will be alongside you, supporting you and helping you navigate whatever you are facing.
You can learn more about my experience supporting women with fertility issues, IVF, and infertility, here.
Or if you feel ready to take the next step and would like to arrange a first session, or have an initial telephone chat, please get in touch.
Latest Blog Posts on Miscarriage, Fertility Issues, IVF & Infertility
You may also find these recent articles helpful. If you want to see the full list of articles I have written, please visit my blog. I update it regularly. Additionally, I write articles for the Counselling Directory website on similar issues, and I have written guest blog posts for the Miscarriage Association.