Why see a psychologist? How can we help?
The journey to motherhood and parenthood isn't always straightforward. When fertility difficulties arise, having psychological support alongside you can make a real difference at every stage of the process.
Facing the diagnosis
When you're given a fertility diagnosis, it rarely matches the life you had imagined — and that can shake your emotional balance, bringing sadness, hopelessness, anxiety, and confusion. From there, the work is to accept and face the situation, and to have the tools to do so.
A psychologist helps you work through the insecurities, doubts, fears, feelings of guilt, and the emotional strain that can appear.
Before and during treatment
- We help you start assisted reproduction treatment feeling as calm as possible. Stress doesn't help the process.
- We help you process the information you're receiving from your medical team.
- We help you make decisions and weigh up the different options.
- Treatment can bring significant emotional ups and downs and a lot of stress; we help you manage them.
After several unsuccessful treatments
For people and couples who have been through several unsuccessful treatments, stress can build and clinical symptoms such as anxiety and depression may appear. We can help by offering tools to cope with a situation that is generating real distress.
When turning to gamete donation
For couples who can't use their own gametes and decide to use donation, we support the decision-making process and accompany you throughout — helping you work through any doubts about donation, as well as the questions that come later: whether to tell the child, when, how…
Support in difficult moments
We'll also be with you through particularly challenging situations, including:
- Miscarriages, helping you through the grieving process
- Implantation failures
- Endometriosis
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
- Life after cancer treatment
- Advanced maternal age
- Doubts about starting fertility preservation procedures
If you need psychological support on your fertility journey, get in touch. We offer online and in-person consultations in English, Spanish, and Catalan.