Infertility, Secondary Infertility and Miscarriages Impact Mental Health

The grief and loss you experience during a miscarriage can feel so isolating. There is a deep longing for what could have been and the dreams you allowed yourself to have. Infertility may leave you feeling like a failure, angry at your body for not working the way it is “supposed” to. Secondary infertility can feel like such an unexpected shock. You have a deep longing to expand your family and it feels so unfair that it isn’t happening.

For women with complex health issues, trying to get pregnant after loss or medical trauma can be full of anxiety and grief. The pregnancy experience looks different with a history of medical trauma. We are here to help you through the entire process, from IVF to postpartum care, adoption, surrogacy and beyond.

You may feel as if you are falling behind in life

You feel behind your friends as they go on to expand their families. Life plans are derailed and you are feeling like everything is out of your control. Cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness techniques are helpful tools to help you cope in this difficult season of life, find support, and stop navigating this experience alone.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an Evidence-Based Treatment for Postpartum Depression and Perinatal Mental Health

Your expectations of motherhood are not aligned with reality. You are striving to be the perfect mother, partner, friend, sister, and co-worker. You may be navigating your feelings of grief, loss of identity, or feeling more irritable. CBT techniques and mindfulness in individual therapy or group therapy can provide new tools for you to stop simply surviving the day and get to a place of thriving.

The goals of trauma-informed CBT include:

• Recognize cognitive distortions

• Create authentically reframes that are more helpful replacement thought patterns

• Allow dialectical thinking to be present (acknowledging that two opposites can be true at the same time)

• Create new neural pathways in the brain

• Engage in different, new, and more helpful behaviors

• Turn down the volume on unpleasant and distressing emotions

• Increase feelings of acceptance