Infertility Grief & Reproductive Trauma Therapy in Maryland

Infertility can affect every aspect of life, from relationships and self-esteem to hope for the future. Whether you are navigating IVF, IUI, unexplained infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, donor conception decisions, or other family-building challenges, the emotional impact often extends far beyond medical treatment.

Many people describe infertility as an invisible grief. While appointments, procedures, and test results become part of everyday life, the emotional experience is often misunderstood by others. Friends and family may offer well-intentioned advice or assume that staying optimistic is enough, leaving individuals and couples feeling isolated in their grief.

Therapy provides a compassionate place to explore these experiences, process difficult emotions, and regain a sense of stability during an often unpredictable journey.

My approach to psychotherapy integrates attachment theory, emotion-focused therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and trauma-informed care.

Infertility often affects far more than the goal of becoming pregnant. It can change the way people experience themselves, their relationships, their bodies, and their sense of safety in the future. Many individuals find themselves struggling with grief, anxiety, shame, self-blame, or a profound loss of trust after months or years of unsuccessful treatment.

Rather than focusing only on symptom reduction, therapy provides space to understand these experiences, strengthen important relationships, process grief and trauma, and develop greater emotional resilience while navigating infertility.

For many people, infertility and pregnancy loss are deeply interconnected experiences. Fertility treatment may end in miscarriage. Recurrent pregnancy loss may follow months or years of trying to conceive. IVF can bring hope while simultaneously increasing fear of another loss.

Because my practice specializes in both infertility and pregnancy loss, therapy addresses these experiences together rather than viewing them as separate concerns. Many clients find that understanding how grief, trauma, and attachment intersect helps them make sense of emotions that can otherwise feel overwhelming.

If you would like to learn more about these experiences, you may also find my pages on Pregnancy Loss Therapy and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Therapy helpful.

I provide psychotherapy for adults throughout Maryland via secure telehealth, with in-person appointments available in Gaithersburg.

Many individuals seeking infertility therapy are also receiving care through reproductive endocrinologists or fertility clinics such as Shady Grove Fertility, Johns Hopkins Fertility Center, CCRM Fertility, or University of Maryland Fertility Center. While I am not affiliated with these clinics, psychotherapy can complement medical care by providing a dedicated space to process the emotional impact of infertility, fertility treatment, and reproductive trauma.

Whether you are coping with infertility, unsuccessful IVF cycles, pregnancy loss, recurrent miscarriage, or anxiety about future family building, therapy offers compassionate support from a psychologist who specializes exclusively in reproductive mental health.