In-person Sessions
Meet in a quiet, private space to talk about fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, family planning decisions, and the emotions that come with them.
Virtual Sessions
Receive support from home or from another comfortable space while you move through treatments, decisions, and the ups and downs of your fertility journey.
Family planning therapy offers a place to sort through the many emotions and decisions that can come with trying to build a family. You might be navigating fertility treatments, infertility, pregnancy loss, donor or surrogacy choices, adoption, or questions about whether and when to have children at all. In sessions, there is room for grief, hope, anger, relief, and everything in between, without pressure to have it all figured out.
At Rae Therapy Group, we move at a pace that feels respectful to what you are going through. Your therapist will invite you to share your story, explore how this journey is affecting your mood, relationships, identity, and body, and help you find ways to feel more supported and grounded. Our goal is not to push you toward any particular outcome, but to help you stay connected to yourself, your partner (if relative), and your values as you make the choices that are right for you. Our goal is also to help you process grief around your journey in a safe space where you feel understood.
Fertility & Family Planning Therapy gives you a warm space to sort through complex emotions, mixed hopes, and difficult decisions around trying to conceive, infertility, pregnancy loss, donor or surrogacy options, adoption, or choosing not to have children. Over time, therapy can help you feel less alone, move through grief, and hold both hope and disappointment in a way that feels more manageable.
Working with a therapist can also ease the emotional strain that this process can put on relationships, work, and your sense of self. Together, you can explore how this journey affects your mood, body, and identity, build tools for navigating appointments and uncertainty, and stay connected to your gut knowing while you decide what is right for you. Many people notice more clarity, steadier communication with partners and loved ones, and a deeper sense of compassion for themselves as they move through each step. We understand how delicate and vulnerable this journey is, and we are here to support you through it.
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Fertility and family planning therapy is therapy that focuses on the emotional, relational, and identity related parts of trying to build a family. This can include individual and partner support around infertility, pregnancy loss, reproductive treatments, donor or surrogacy choices, adoption, and decisions about whether or when to have children.
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Therapy can help if fertility challenges are starting to affect your mood, relationships, work, or sense of self. You might feel consumed by treatment cycles, overwhelmed by grief, stuck in comparison with others, or torn between different options. If you feel like you are carrying a lot on your own, that is often a good time to reach out.
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In the first session, your therapist will invite you to share your story, where you are in the process, and what feels most painful or confusing right now. You can expect gentle questions about your medical and personal history, your support system, and your hopes or fears, as well as space to ask questions and see if it feels like a good fit.
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We work with individuals, couples and multiple partners. Some people come on their own to process feelings that are hard to share with others, and others attend with a partner to improve communication, understand each other’s reactions and differing feelings, and make decisions together about treatment or next steps.
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Yes. Pregnancy loss can be deeply painful and often misunderstood or minimized by others. Therapy offers a space to grieve, make sense of what happened, honor the significance of the loss, and explore its impact on your body, relationships, and plans for the future.
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Yes. We specializie in working with LGBTQ individuals and couples who are navigating donor choices, surrogacy, adoption, or other paths to parenthood. Therapy provides a place to talk about the unique legal, social, and relational layers of LGBTQ family building and to make choices that feel aligned with your values and identities.
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If you feel uncertain about becoming a parent, therapy can help you slow down, explore the beliefs and pressures around this decision, and listen more clearly to your own voice. You do not need to have an answer when you start. The goal is to help you feel more grounded and informed as you consider what is right for you.
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While therapy cannot change the medical outcome, it can help you cope with waiting, appointments, side effects, and the emotional ups and downs of each cycle. Together you can build tools for managing anxiety, set boundaries around conversations that feel draining, and create rituals or routines that support your body and mind.
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It is common for partners to have different timelines, fears, or levels of readiness. In therapy, you each have space to share your perspective, understand what is underneath your differences, and look for common ground. The focus is on honest communication and respect, not on forcing a particular outcome.
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Yes, in almost all situations your sessions are private and will not be shared with others without your written permission. There are a few legal and ethical exceptions related to safety, which your therapist will explain clearly so you understand how confidentiality works and can feel as safe as possible in the process.
You do not have to face fertility challenges or family planning decisions on your own. With the right support, it is possible to feel more understood, less overwhelmed, and more grounded as you decide what is right for you.
