Therapy for IVF, Fertility Issues, Miscarriage & Infertility. Specialist Support for Women.
Specialist Focus: Psychotherapy & Counselling for IVF, the Fertility Journey, Miscarriage & Loss
I specialise in supporting women through miscarriage, fertility challenges, IVF and infertility, because these experiences have shaped me personally as well as professionally. I have lived through miscarriage, fertility treatment and infertility myself, and these experiences have had a profound impact on me. In fact, they are some of the hardest things I have had to navigate in my life, and as a result, form a significant part of why I chose to specialise in this work.
Alongside my professional training and expertise, these experiences have shaped my understanding, my compassion and the way I support other women through these deeply personal challenges. I know how isolating, overwhelming and life‑altering these journeys can be.
Whether you are navigating medical appointments, failed IVF cycles, miscarriage and baby loss, or the anxiety of pregnancy after loss, I provide a space where you don't have to explain the medical jargon or the depth of your grief (unless you want to) - because I truly understand the emotional landscape from the inside. I know all too well that these experiences can impact every part of your life including your identity, your relationships, your sense of control and the future you imagined.
Therapy can be a place to feel supported, validated, and make sense of all of this. Importantly, I also believe it truly makes a difference to work with someone who 'gets it' because they have lived it too.
Miscarriage & Baby Loss
Miscarriage is a profound and often invisible grief. It can shake you emotionally, physically and psychologically in ways that are hard to articulate, even to the people closest to you. Many women describe feeling as though the world has carried on while they remain suspended in shock, sadness or disbelief.
How Miscarriage Can Affect You
Women I work with often describe:
- The shock of the loss, no matter when it happened
- The loneliness of grieving a baby others never knew existed. I write more about this in my article on the often silent grief of miscarriage, which explores why this experience is so frequently overlooked - and how therapy can help you feel seen.
- Feeling dismissed or minimised by friends, family or medical professionals
- Guilt, self‑blame or a sense of having “failed”
- Anger at their body, their circumstances or the unfairness of it all
- The pain of seeing others’ pregnancies or birth announcements
- Fear about trying again or facing another loss
- Developing fear and anxiety that creeps into everyday life. I explore these feelings in more depth in my article on why miscarriage can trigger fear and anxiety, which many women tell me resonates with their experience.
- The loss of the future they had already begun to imagine
- The physical recovery that can feel at odds with the emotional one
Miscarriage can also affect identity, relationships, intimacy and your sense of safety in your own body. It can bring up questions you never expected to ask.
How Therapy Can Help
I support clients who have experienced miscarriage and baby loss in a wide range of ways. This may include helping you share and process:
- The emotional impact of your loss
- The trauma of the experience, including scans and medical interventions
- The thoughts and feelings you may not have voiced to anyone else
- The grief, anger, guilt or numbness that may be present
- The sense of identity shift or disorientation
- The strain miscarriage can place on relationships
- The fear or uncertainty around trying again
- The ongoing impact of recurrent loss or medical trauma
Whatever we explore together, we work at your pace. There is no timeline for grief, and no “right” way to feel. My role is to walk alongside you as you make sense of what has happened and begin to reconnect with yourself in the aftermath. I invite you to share anything and everything that feels relevant for you.
If any of this resonates, please get in touch.
Infertility, IVF & Fertility Challenges
The fertility journey is one of the most emotionally demanding and difficult experiences a woman can face. It can feel relentless - a cycle of hope, fear, disappointment and uncertainty that affects every part of life. It can also be incredibly isolating, especially when others don’t fully understand the emotional toll.
The Emotional Reality of Fertility Issues
Women I support in therapy often describe:
- The stress and uncertainty of trying to conceive (TTC)
- Navigating medical appointments, and unclear results
- The emotional rollercoaster of fertility treatment (IUI, IVF, ICSI). I explore this more in my article on the hidden emotional weight of IVF, which many women tell me captures the intensity of treatment in a way they haven’t seen elsewhere.
- The exhaustion of repeated cycles and “trying again”
- The grief of unsuccessful cycles or early pregnancy losses
- Struggling to hold onto hope in the face of repeated disappointment and loss
- Starting to feel as though you are being punished, or somehow “cursed", because of how relentless the fertility journey has become. I write about this in my article on when infertility starts to feel like a curse, which many women say captures the emotional toll of repeated cycles and shattered hope.
- How infertility can affect relationships, communication and emotional closeness. I explore this further in my article on the impact of infertility on relationships, which many couples find validating and grounding.
- How fertility issues can affect your sense of identity, purpose and direction
- The anxiety of pregnancy after loss or treatment
- The complexity of using donor eggs, sperm or embryos
- Feeling left behind as others move forward with their families
- Resentment, envy or sadness that feels hard to admit
- The fear of not becoming a mother
- Coming to terms with the end of your journey without a child (childless not by choice after infertility)
How Therapy Can Help
Alongside supporting you on your fertility journey and giving you space to share openly, in therapy, we will often explore:
- The emotional impact of infertility and treatment
- The grief, fear, anger or hopelessness that may arise
- The pressure, uncertainty and loss of control
- The impact on your relationship and communication with your partner
- The identity shifts that come with prolonged fertility struggles
- The emotional complexity of donor conception
- How to hold both hope and grief at the same time
- How to create space for yourself outside the world of infertility
- How to begin to come to terms with things if you have reached the end of your journey without a child
Therapy offers a place to breathe, to feel, and to make sense of what this journey is asking of you. It can also help you reconnect with parts of yourself that may have been overshadowed by the intensity of trying to conceive.
If you think it could be beneficial for you to explore these issues in therapy, I would be happy to help.
Emotional Wellbeing & Self-Worth
Alongside my specialist areas of miscarriage and infertility, I also support women looking to improve their emotional wellbeing and sense of self‑worth.
I really value this aspect of my work and find it deeply meaningful to see women grow and make positive changes through therapy. You do not need to be navigating fertility challenges to work with me. Many women come to see me for therapy because they feel overwhelmed, lost or disconnected from themselves.
What You May be Navigating
Women who come to see me often describe:
- Anxiety, stress and emotional overload
- Feeling “not good enough” or overly self‑critical. 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.
- Low mood, sadness or depression
- Grief and loss in its many forms
- Loneliness or disconnection
- Lacking self‑confidence or doubting themselves
- Feeling overwhelmed by the pressures and demands of work and everyday life
- Identity shifts during life transitions. I explore this more 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.
- Feeling stuck, directionless or unsure of themselves
These experiences can build quietly over time, leaving you feeling depleted or unsure how to move forward.
How Therapy Can Help
In therapy, we may explore:
- The roots of your anxiety, stress or low mood
- The patterns of self‑criticism or self‑doubt that may be holding you back
- The emotional load you’ve been carrying
- The impact of life transitions on your identity
- Ways to reconnect with a steadier, more grounded sense of self
- How to build emotional resilience and self‑compassion
My aim is to offer a calm, down‑to‑earth space where you can explore what’s really going on beneath the surface and begin to feel more supported, centred and connected to yourself.
If you feel therapy could be of benefit to help you with your emotional wellbeing or self-worth, please get in touch.
Next Steps
If you feel a connection to the way I work, or sense that my approach might suit you, please get in touch. Therapy can be a place to share the weight you’ve been carrying and begin to find a way forward with understanding, care and compassion.
And if you’d like to read more about the themes I work with, please visit my blog where I regularly share reflections on these topics and how therapy can help.
If you have any questions or would like to arrange an initial session with me, contact me here. I see clients online across London, including my local areas: Walthamstow, Highams Park, Wanstead, Woodford, Buckhurst Hill and Loughton. But the benefit of online therapy means I also see clients UK-wide.