Women who are navigating difficult reproductive experiences often feel unheard, unsupported, and unacknowledged. They face incredibly difficult decisions in combination with complex, often overwhelming, emotions that make it difficult to fully process the experiences they have gone through. 

Reproductive counseling provides you with support as you navigate unexpected or distressing reproductive experiences and clarify your reproductive goals. Our clinicians understand that the concerns bringing you into counseling are intertwined with the hopes you have for your future. Our approach to addressing reproductive concerns in therapy is collaborative, compassionate, and trauma-informed. We will work together to address feelings of anxiety, shame, powerlessness, and self-doubt so that you can process through your experiences in a way that feels authentic to you.

A reproductive trauma describes a reproductive experience that involves feelings of fear, helplessness, loss of control, or a threat of harm to yourself or others. A reproductive trauma can occur in many forms. Some examples may include unanticipated decisions about the process of becoming a parent, experiences with infertility, unanticipated pregnancy or birth experiences, pregnancy loss, unexpected reproductive diagnoses, medical or elective abortions, confusing or overwhelming postpartum experiences, or attempts to build a family that did not result in parenthood (i.e. involuntary childlessness). These experiences can have a profound impact on one’s sense of control over their reproductive experiences, their bodies, and their relationships.