Fertility Challenges & Assisted Reproduction

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Support through infertility, fertility treatment, IVF/IUI, and the emotional complexities of it all

Infertility can affect far more than the path to becoming a parent. It can change how you experience your body, your relationships, your sense of control, and your vision of the future.

Susan supports individuals and couples through infertility, fertility treatment, reproductive decision-making, pregnancy after infertility, and the emotional complexities that can accompany a long or uncertain reproductive journey.

You May Be Navigating…

• Infertility or a new fertility diagnosis

• IVF/IUI and fertility treatment

• Repeated treatment cycles or uncertain outcomes

• Pregnancy after infertility

• Assisted reproduction and decisions about different paths to parenthood

• Grief, anxiety, or relationship strain

• A complex reproductive history or previous pregnancy loss/TFMR

• Considering donor conception or gestational surrogacy

When Building a Family Becomes Complicated

Fertility treatment can be emotionally demanding even when things are going according to plan. When treatment is unsuccessful, prolonged, or medically complicated, the emotional impact can become harder to manage.

When You Finally Become Pregnant—But the Anxiety Doesn’t Go Away

After infertility or loss, pregnancy does not always feel like the relief you imagined. Anxiety, fear, hypervigilance, or difficulty connecting with the pregnancy can remain.

Therapy can provide a place to process those feelings without guilt and develop ways to move through pregnancy with greater support.

Exploring Different Paths to Parenthood

For some individuals and couples, building a family may involve donor conception or gestational surrogacy. Therapy can provide a place to explore the emotional and relational aspects of those choices, including hopes, fears, expectations, relationships, and communication.

Third-Party Reproduction Evaluations

Susan also provides psychological evaluations and consultation for gestational surrogacy, donor egg, donor sperm, and donor embryo. These evaluations are a distinct professional service from ongoing fertility therapy.

Explore Third-Party Reproduction Evaluations

For Reproductive Professionals

Susan welcomes collaboration with reproductive medicine providers, fertility practices, third-party reproduction professionals, and other clinicians involved in family building.