Fertility Support
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About us
Fertility Support offers heterosexual and LGBTQ+ individuals and couples a caring and compassionate space to uncover, explore and re-frame emotions and thoughts linked to fertility and gynecological issues.
Our team includes specialised psychotherapists who have ample experience working on issues such as; assessing fertility options (including IVF, surrogacy, donors or adoption), pregnancy-related issues (including high risk-pregnancies or birth trauma), exploring a “child-free” or ”child-less” lifestyle, considering a termination, coping with medical issues such as endometriosis, PCOS or adenomyosis, and dealing with erectile dysfunction, among other issues.
We offer individual and couples therapy as well as group therapy programmes and one-day retreats where individuals can find compassionate care, understanding and a new way forward.
Training, qualifications & experience
All of our therapists are registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and/or the UK Council for Psychotherapy.
Member organisations *
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).
Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Further information
Fertility Support offers individuals and couples therapy sessions as well as group therapy and one-day retreats. Our services focus on three aspects: Relieve individuals’ and couples’ emotional difficulties through psychotherapy, normalise feelings through group therapy and learn about specific concerns through one-day retreats.
Individual therapy: Individual psychotherapy sessions can help clients who are dealing with powerful emotions associated with fertility and gynaecological concerns; emotions which need one-on-one support and a confidential space. Individual sessions are also beneficial for those who are in couples therapy and want to make sense of their own thoughts and feelings individually.
Couples therapy: Through a fertility journey, there may be instances where the couple’s dynamic is challenged by conflicting views, differing emotional responses, different backgrounds, or communication difficulties. In these situations, couples therapy may be beneficial. During these sessions, couples can explore their emotions, experience grief together, process their journey so far, consider options together, and explore a way forward.
Group Therapy: We offer virtual group therapy programmes focused on issues such as parenthood, pregnancy loss, and male infertility. These groups offer participants an opportunity to meet others who are experiencing similar issues. Group conversations help normalise emotions, concerns and questions whilst also helping participants feel less isolated. These programmes help participants feel supported and reassured from hearing each other’s perspectives in a compassionate and understanding space.
Retreats: Fertility Support offers one-day retreats focused on a specific issue such as IVF or egg freezing. These London-based retreats bring together expert advisors who can answer questions the topic at hand as well as relevant themes such as nutrition, relaxation techniques, among other. More importantly, these retreats offer time and space to consider the emotions that an IVF or egg freezing process may bring and techniques to cope with them.
