At Althought Therapy, we recognize that decisions about starting or expanding a family are among the most significant and personal choices a person can make. Whether you’re thinking about having children soon, considering waiting, or exploring your options, our family planning services are designed to support you with empathy, respect, and clinical expertise.
We provide a safe, judgment-free environment where your values, goals, and health needs are always at the center of the conversation.
I provide family planning counseling both online and in person. Many clients choose a hybrid approach—meeting in person when it works best for their schedule and connecting virtually for added flexibility. In-home sessions are also available for individuals with disabilities, personal circumstances, or parents with young children.
Let’s take the first step toward making informed, confident decisions about your future.
Family planning therapy offers a supportive space for individuals and couples to explore one of life’s most personal and impactful decisions—whether, when, and how to become parents. Grounded in psychological insight and emotional wellbeing, this work goes beyond the logistics of reproductive health to address the complex emotional, relational, and identity-based dimensions of building a family.
In therapy, we examine the hopes, fears, cultural narratives, and personal histories that shape your reproductive choices. Whether you are considering parenthood for the first time, navigating fertility challenges, exploring alternatives like adoption, or reconciling divergent desires within a relationship, family planning therapy provides clarity and compassion. Together, we aim to align your choices with your values, mental health, and life goals—empowering you to move forward with confidence and intention.
This work also acknowledges the mental health implications of reproductive decisions. We help you navigate the anxiety, grief, stress, or relational strain that may emerge during this process. For couples, we support open communication, strengthen emotional attunement, and foster mutual understanding around shared or differing reproductive desires.
At its core, family planning therapy honors your autonomy while recognizing that reproductive decisions are deeply intertwined with psychological wellbeing, relational dynamics, and a sense of life purpose. Our goal is to support you in making thoughtful, grounded choices that feel emotionally and ethically congruent—for yourself, your partnership, and your future family.
Becoming a parent is as much an emotional transition as it is a physical or logistical one. Therapy can help you explore your readiness for parenthood by addressing the psychological shifts that come with this life stage. We focus on identity development, emotional resilience, relationship dynamics, and mental health concerns like anxiety, depression, or past trauma that may impact your parenting journey. Emotional preparation is a vital part of family planning, ensuring you step into parenthood with insight, confidence, and support.
For couples, reproductive decisions can bring up differing values, timing concerns, or past experiences. Couples therapy for family planning provides a structured and supportive environment to clarify shared goals, manage disagreements, and strengthen your emotional connection during a time that can otherwise be stressful. Whether you’re exploring when to have children, how many, or navigating fertility options, therapy helps couples align emotionally and communicate more effectively through these major life transitions.
Fertility struggles can be emotionally overwhelming and isolating. If you’re experiencing infertility, undergoing IVF, or facing difficult reproductive choices, therapy offers a space to process the grief, uncertainty, and emotional toll these challenges bring. We offer mental health support tailored to individuals and couples navigating fertility-related distress, helping you build resilience, maintain relationships, and protect your psychological wellbeing during a vulnerable time.
Our family planning support integrates the latest research in reproductive psychology with a whole-person perspective—honoring emotional, relational, cultural, and developmental factors. We create space to explore fertility choices, timing, identity shifts, and the complexities of becoming or growing a family with compassion and clarity.
Choosing Althought Therapy means choosing care that is respectful, inclusive, and centered on your needs. Our clinicians are trained in reproductive health and offer guidance that is both medically accurate and culturally sensitive. Whether you’re starting your first conversation about family planning or revisiting your options after a life change, we’re here to help.
Taking the first step is simple. Schedule your appointment online, fill out a confidential intake form, and meet with one of our counselors to discuss your goals. Together, we’ll develop a plan that fits your timeline and values.
Family planning therapy offers a safe, nonjudgmental space to explore your thoughts, emotions, and questions about becoming a parent—or deciding not to. This may include discussing timing, fertility concerns, relationship dynamics, identity shifts, or navigating grief and uncertainty.
Yes. Therapy can help couples clarify values, improve communication, and process the emotional complexities of differing views. The goal is not to force agreement but to foster understanding, connection, and informed decision-making.
Not at all. Support is available for those who are unsure, delaying parenthood, considering child-free living, exploring assisted reproduction or adoption, or healing from past reproductive trauma.
Yes. We provide emotional support for those undergoing IVF, IUI, egg freezing, donor conception, or surrogacy—helping you manage stress, navigate decision fatigue, and maintain emotional grounding throughout the process.
Absolutely. We offer inclusive, affirming care for all family structures—supporting the unique pathways, emotional questions, and systemic challenges LGBTQ+ individuals and couples may face.
That’s okay. Therapy can help you explore your ambivalence with curiosity and compassion, without pressure or agenda. We hold space for complexity and help you connect with your deeper values and priorities.
If you’re feeling anxious, conflicted, overwhelmed, or isolated in thinking about parenthood or family building, therapy can help. You’re not alone—and you don’t have to figure it all out by yourself.
Contact me today to schedule a consultation or to ask any questions you may have about couples therapy. I am dedicated to helping you achieve your goals and live a happier life.
