Approach and Methods

Making sure that the support you receive is truly useful is extremely important to me, and I make sure to incorporate evidence based strategies into our work together.

My approach to therapy is individualized, educational and authentic, offering you tools and emotional space to process your experience, make informed decisions, and move forward with clarity and strength.

I’ve included a bit of background on some of the therapeutic modalities that I incorporate into my work below.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT focuses on the connection between our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Infertility often brings painful thought patterns: “My body is failing me,” “This is my fault,” “It’s never going to happen.” During the two-week wait, before appointments, or after another pregnancy announcement, your mind can jump to worst-case scenarios or get stuck in cycles of self-blame and comparison. In CBT, we’ll slow those moments down, notice the thoughts driving your distress, and look at them more closely and with more compassion. Alongside that, we’ll build practical coping strategies for managing anxiety, navigating triggering situations, and getting through the hardest parts of treatment, so infertility takes up less space in your daily life.

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

CPT is an evidence-based therapy for trauma. Infertility can be traumatic in ways that often go unrecognized: failed cycles, pregnancy loss, TFMR, frightening medical experiences, and the loss of control over your own body and timeline. These experiences can leave behind painful beliefs, such as “I can’t trust my body,” “I should have done something differently,” or “Good things don’t happen to me.” In CPT, we’ll identify the beliefs that keep you stuck, examine them carefully and with compassion, and make sense of what happened in a way that’s more balanced and accurate. The goal is to ease the hold these experiences have on you, so they become part of your story without defining it.

Self-Compassion

Self-compassion has three core components: mindfulness, self-kindness, and common humanity. Infertility often brings intense self-criticism: blaming your body, replaying decisions, or feeling like you’re falling behind everyone around you. It can also be deeply isolating, especially when it seems like everyone else is getting pregnant easily. Self-compassion offers another way to relate to yourself in these moments. Together, we’ll practice noticing pain without being swept away by it, responding to yourself with the same warmth you’d offer a close friend, and remembering that you’re not alone in this. Over time, this can soften shame, reduce overwhelm, and help you feel more steady through the uncertainty of treatment.

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

ACT helps you change your relationship with difficult thoughts and feelings rather than fighting them. With infertility, so much is out of your control, and grief, fear, and uncertainty can start to run your life: putting plans on hold, avoiding friends with children, or living from one cycle to the next. The goal of ACT isn’t to make those feelings disappear, but to help you carry them differently so they have less control. Together, we’ll build psychological flexibility, the ability to stay present and act with intention even when things are hard. We’ll clarify what matters most to you and take small, meaningful steps toward a fuller life, both inside and outside of treatment.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

EFT is an attachment-based therapy that focuses on the emotions and needs underneath our reactions. Infertility can stir up loneliness, fear, shame, and questions about your worth, and those feelings often show up as anger, numbness, or withdrawal. In individual work, EFT helps you understand and make room for these deeper emotions and respond to your own needs with more compassion. EFT is also a leading approach for couples. Partners often grieve differently or cope in opposite ways, which can create distance just when you need each other most. EFT helps you recognize the cycles that pull you apart and find your way back to connection, so you can face this together.