You are not alone.
EMDR Therapy for fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, and difficult birth experiences
Serving Knoxville, Nashville, and online across four states
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You experience matters.
Experiences related to fertility, pregnancy, and birth can bring unexpected challenges, profound grief, and emotions that are difficult to put into words. Fertility treatment can involve repeated medical procedures, uncertainty, disappointment, and the emotional toll of cycles of hope and loss. Pregnancy loss can bring profound grief, while difficult or unexpected birth experiences may leave you feeling unsettled long after the experience itself.
Even when you are moving forward, earlier experiences can continue to affect you. You may find yourself anticipating the worst, feeling disconnected from your body, struggling with medical appointments, or carrying emotional distress that is difficult to explain to others.
EMDR therapy can help you process these experiences, reduce the intensity of distressing memories and triggers, and feel more grounded as you navigate what comes next.
Move forward, without the emotional weight
Here is what’s possible…
Reduce the emotional distress associated with fertility treatment, including repeated procedures, unsuccessful cycles, and ongoing uncertainty.
Find space for grief and healing following pregnancy loss.
Feel less burdened by memories of difficult or unexpected birth experiences.
Experience less anxiety and emotional overwhelm surrounding medical appointments, procedures, and reminders of past experiences.
Develop a healthier relationship with feelings of inadequacy, self-doubt, and self-blame.
Build greater emotional safety, self-trust, and confidence as you navigate what comes next.
Feel more present and connected to yourself, your relationships, and the life you are living now.
Embrace a greater sense of peace and acceptance in your relationship with your body.
Experience greater peace and emotional freedom, rather than having past experiences define what comes next.
Support through the journey
let’s talk about what you’re carrying
There is no single way to experience fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, or birth. Your experience does not have to meet a particular definition of trauma to deserve attention and care.
I primarily use EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), a research-supported approach that helps people process distressing experiences and reduce the emotional intensity associated with them. Together, we identify the experiences and beliefs that continue to affect you and work toward greater emotional flexibility, resilience, and a sense of peace.
Whether you are currently undergoing fertility treatment, processing a loss, or trying to make sense of a difficult birth experience, therapy can provide space to work through what has happened without having to navigate it alone.
MY UNIQUE BACKGROUND
Advanced Trainings
EMDR Certified
EMDRIA Approved Consultant
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
NBCC International Mental Health Facilitator Trainer
Trauma Recovery Network Member
Attachment-Focused EMDR
EMDR Therapy Protocols for Early Intervention & Ongoing Stress
Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol
Group Traumatic Episode Protocol
Group Resource Enhancement Protocol
Global & Local Service
Supported first responders at Ground Zero after September 11th, 2001
Taught a college study abroad course in northern Nepal with a maternal health nonprofit in 2011
Partnered with Rwandan psychologists and nonprofit staff to lead a mental health education course with survivors of the genocide in Kigali in 2017
Collaborated to lead group EMDR to first responders after school shooting in 2023
Provide ongoing group EMDR to mental health clinicians for resiliency building
Currently volunteer with survivors and affected family members of local and regional traumatic incidents
I can hold space for the complex emotions and experiences that can accompany fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, and difficult birth experiences. Whether you are carrying grief, disappointment, fear, or feelings that are difficult to put into words, your experience deserves care and attention. You don't have to minimize what you've been through or measure your distress against anyone else's. Your well-being matters, and I can help you move toward greater peace, self-trust, and emotional connection. Schedule a consultation so we can talk about where you are now and where you hope to be.
Frequently asked questions about EMDR
FAQs
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Eye Movement, Desensitization, and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an extensively researched, effective therapy that helps people recover from trauma and reduce the onset of PTSD symptoms. Developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro in the late 1980’s, it involves moving your eyes or tapping opposite sides of your body to help facilitate expedited brain processing for difficult events.
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Yes. Fertility treatment can involve repeated medical procedures, uncertainty, unsuccessful cycles, and ongoing stress. EMDR can help process distressing experiences and address the emotional responses, negative beliefs, and activating reminders that develop along the way.
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Yes. EMDR can be used to address distressing memories and experiences associated with pregnancy loss, including medical procedures, unexpected news, difficult decisions, and the circumstances surrounding the loss. EMDR does not replace the grieving process; it can help reduce the intensity of distressing experiences while making space for grief.
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No. EMDR can be helpful for a range of distressing experiences, even when someone does not meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. You do not need a formal diagnosis or a particular level of distress to seek support.
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50-55 minute session $200
90 minute EMDR session $300
See EMDR Intensive page for specific pricing for intensive sessions
Less than 24 hours’ notice late cancellation fee is the full rate of the session.