Therapy for Miscarriage, IVF, Fertility Issues, & Infertility. Specialist Support for Women.
Specialist Counselling for Miscarriage, IVF & Fertility Issues, Online
Hi, and welcome. I am a counsellor & psychotherapist who specialises in supporting women through the profound challenges of miscarriage, fertility issues and IVF - drawing on both professional expertise and my own personal experience of these issues.
Additionally, I also support women who want to improve their emotional wellbeing and self‑worth, offering a warm, compassionate space to heal and grow.
I know that reaching out for therapy can feel overwhelming when you’re navigating miscarriage, fertility struggles, or emotional issues. My hope is that these pages give you a sense of who I am and how I work, so you can decide whether I’m the right fit for you.
I offer online counselling and psychotherapy across London, including Walthamstow, Woodford, Highams Park, and Buckhurst Hill, as well as UK‑wide. If you have any questions, I’m always happy to answer them.
I also offer a free 15 minute phone consultation if you'd like to speak before booking a first session.
Personal & Professional Experience with Miscarriage, Fertility Issues, IVF & Infertility
As a counsellor and psychotherapist, I specialise in supporting women through miscarriage, fertility issues, IVF, and infertility. These experiences can be deeply painful, isolating, and have a devastating impact.
Having personally lived through fertility challenges, miscarriage, and a long journey with IVF myself, I truly get how overwhelming and difficult these experiences can be - in fact this is a big part of why I decided to specialise in these areas as a therapist.
Therapy offers a compassionate space where you can feel seen, validated and supported as you navigate all that you are facing.
You can learn more about my background and my decision to specialise as a counsellor for miscarriage, fertility and IVF here.
Miscarriage (baby loss) can be an incredibly painful and lonely experience. Having had multiple miscarriages myself, I know this first hand.
The emotional impact can be multi-layered, including deep ongoing grief, shock, guilt, anger, and a sense that your world has shifted in ways you didn’t expect. Many women also describe feeling dismissed or unsupported, especially when others may (inadvertently) minimise their loss, or struggle to find the right words - particularly if the loss was in the first 12 weeks. I explore this experience further in my article on the often silent grief of miscarriage, which many women say helped them feel less alone in what they were carrying.
If you have experienced miscarriage, you might be navigating physical recovery, emotional overwhelm and trauma, alongside the deeply painful grief of the baby you have lost and the life you had imagined with them in it.
For some women, miscarriage also brings questions about identity, fears about the future, and strain on relationships or intimacy. It can 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. I explore aspects of this in my article on why miscarriage can trigger fear and anxiety, which looks at how loss can affect your sense of safety and emotional wellbeing.
Therapy offers a gentle, supportive space to process what has happened, explore the emotional impact, and find your footing again. It’s not necessarily about moving on, but 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. Having been through the pain and loss of miscarriage myself, and experiencing the wide ranging effects it can have, I understand what it's like on a deep level, and I would be honoured to support you with your experience. 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 my work counselling 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.
The infertility and fertility journey is often described as a rollercoaster because its one of the most emotionally difficult and gruelling experiences a woman can face. It can affect every part of life - your sense of identity, your relationships, your confidence, your mental health, and your hopes for the future.
I explore this further in my article on the hidden emotional weight of IVF, which many women say captures the emotional intensity of treatment in a way they haven’t seen elsewhere.
It’s common to feel overwhelmed, stressed, isolated and exhausted when you’re navigating medical appointments, tests and treatment decisions, alongside grappling with the pain and uncertainty of not knowing if you will definitely get to be a mother or not - all while trying to deal with everyday life.
I write more about this emotional toll in my article on when infertility starts to feel like a curse, which explores how repeated cycles and uncertainty can leave you feeling worn down and alone.
As a counsellor, I support women through all stages of the fertility journey, including:
- Difficulties conceiving naturally
- Secondary infertility (struggling to conceive again after having a child)
- IVF, IUI, ICSI and other fertility treatments
- Repeated IVF cycles and the emotional toll of “trying again”
- Processing failed IVF and other fertility treatment
- Pregnancy after loss or treatment
- Using donor eggs, sperm or embryos
- Considering treatment abroad
- Navigating uncertainty and waiting
- Learning to cope with the simultaneous pain of hope and loss
- The quiet pain of feeling left behind as others around you announce pregnancies or grow their families. I explore this more in my article on pregnancy envy when dealing with infertility, something which is actually very common, although women rarely admit to it openly.
- Exploring the idea of surrogacy or adoption
- For some women, unfortunately having to come to terms with the devastating reality of their journey ending, and not becoming a mother.
Undertaking therapy with someone who actually understands what infertility is like can help you feel seen, understood and supported. This in itself often feels like a huge relief when so few people in your life “get it”.
Beyond this, counselling and psychotherapy can also help you explore your thoughts and feelings, look at ways to reduce emotional overwhelm, and find ongoing steadiness and support during a time that can feel unpredictable and all-consuming.
Find out more about my work as a counsellor offering specialist miscarriage and fertility support.
Or if you already know you’re ready to take the first step, contact me now.
Latest Blog Posts on Miscarriage, Fertility Issues, IVF & Infertility
If you want to see the full list of posts I have written about my specialist areas of interest as a therapist, please visit my blog here. I update it regularly. Additionally, I write articles for the Counselling Directory website on similar issues.
Therapy for Emotional Wellbeing & Self-Worth
Alongside my specialist focus on miscarriage, infertility, fertility challenges and IVF, as a counsellor I also support women who want to strengthen their emotional foundations. You don’t need to be navigating fertility difficulties to work with me. Many women come to therapy for help with anxiety, low mood, self‑confidence or simply feeling overwhelmed - whether or not miscarriage or infertility is part of their story.
If you are looking to improve your emotional wellbeing or self‑worth, I offer support with the following kinds of issues:
- anxiety, stress and emotional overwhelm
- low mood, sadness and depression
- loneliness and disconnection
- grief and loss (in all its forms)
- low self‑esteem and self‑criticism
- low self-confidence and self‑doubt. I explore these patterns further in my article on self-doubt and dating, which speaks to the deeper emotional themes many women navigate - even when dating isn’t the focus.
- work‑related stress and burnout
- navigating life transitions and identity shifts. I write more about this in my article on navigating life transitions with the help of therapy, which many women say helped them feel less alone in the emotional shifts they were experiencing.
Therapy provides a calm, supportive space to help you start to explore these issues. Together we can explore what is really going on and work toward building more emotional resilience, alongside a stronger sense of self‑worth.
If you’d like to read more about my experience as a counsellor and psychotherapist, and how I work, you can visit the My Approach and Experience page of my website. But if you already feel ready to make a start, please get in touch now.
