Infertility and Pregnancy Loss Therapists in Bergen County
Infertility and loss
can be soul crushing
We want you to experience peace
When you dreamed about having a baby, you never imagined how difficult or devastating trying to build a family could be. You made the decision to become a mom, not anticipating you would have difficulty having a child of your own. Maybe you’re struggling with infertility, and are just physically and mentally exhausted. Perhaps you’re grieving after multiple miscarriages or a stillbirth. The bumpy journey to motherhood has you dealing with a rollercoaster of emotions. Doubt, fear, sadness, anger – they are consuming your life, and you feel no one understands what you are going through, even your partner. We want to help you make it through this difficult time by providing a safe place to talk about what you are experiencing. We’ll help you work through the angst and grief, and teach you skills to make peace with your situation and whatever path forward you may take.
Infertility isn’t fair
You’ve been trying to get pregnant for months – or even years – without any success. Your ovulation cycle is all you can think about. Sex has become a means to an end, rather than an intimate act with your partner. You’ve scoured the internet and read countless articles and forums, and you’re doing everything you can think of to make a baby. But nothing is working. Each month you get your hopes up, only to be completely crushed. You may even have spent substantial savings on reproductive treatments with dreams shattered when they didn’t work. You think to yourself, “Other people seem to easily get pregnant, even people who don’t want to, why can’t I?”
It’s time to get the support you need on your family planning journey. We will help you process your feelings and manage your stressors so everything doesn’t seem so overwhelming. Our therapists can also work with you to navigate reproductive options, along with adoption or choosing not to have any children, so you can be empowered to move forward in a better mindset.
Coping with a miscarriage or pregnancy loss
You were so excited when you found out you were pregnant. Experiencing the joy of soon becoming a mom, you had so many dreams for your child. You could already envision your future with them in it, looking forward to every milestone, from first steps to birthdays and graduations. Then all your dreams came crashing down. The loss you are feeling is unbearable. You have never felt this kind of gut-wrenching pain before. You are barely getting by, and can’t imagine coming through on the other side of this. At any time of day, you may experience a range of emotions from overwhelming sadness, hopelessness, and numbness to guilt, anger, and wondering what you did wrong. We are here to help you heal.
Our therapists will guide you through the grief and mourning. Together, we’ll work through the pain so that it no longer controls your life. We will never try to get you to forget or abandon your grief, but help you manage your response to it so you can move forward remembering your baby with sweet memories and without guilt.
How therapy can help
You may feel as if you are all alone in this struggle. Friends and family who haven’t experienced the pain of infertility or loss of a child can’t relate to your emotional chaos. You may even feel like because your partner didn’t carry the child, they too can’t comprehend how you are feeling. Therapy can be your supportive lifeline. At Your Path to Empowerment, we are here to listen without judgment. We’ll help you uncover and understand what you want and need at this time, and give you the tools to manage the sadness, stress, grief, and guilt that can come during the dark days.
Self-care
The last thing on your mind right now is making yourself a priority. But neglecting self-care can negatively impact your mental and physical wellbeing. Focusing on your healing will empower you to feel more hopeful, more in control, and strong enough to forge ahead.
There is hope through therapy
Our therapists will help you manage the life you are living at this moment, and guide you through your next steps wherever you are on the journey. During your sessions, we will learn about your hopes, dreams, fears, frustrations, struggles, and pain, then devise a personalized treatment plan to help you deal with the here and now, along with the emotions that will pop up down the road.
Working together, we will help you:
- Process your feelings
- Learn to copy with your emotions
- Understand and manage your triggers
- Feel understood and supported
- Make decisions about how you will addressing building your family
Even though your future may look different than you envisioned, you can still have a family, just built in a different way than you planned.
