What is EMDR therapy
Reprocessing the Past, Reclaiming the Present
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy. It's a form of psychotherapy that helps individuals heal from symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences. These experiences could be anything from traumatic events, such as accidents or assaults, to distressing childhood experiences.
How Does Trauma Impact Fertility
Trauma can impact fertility both physically and emotionally. On a physical level, chronic stress from unresolved trauma can disrupt hormonal balance, affect ovulation, sperm quality, and even interfere with the body’s ability to maintain a healthy pregnancy. Emotionally, trauma can create deep feelings of fear, anxiety, shame, and self-doubt, which may make coping with fertility treatments or setbacks even more overwhelming. Trauma can also influence how people experience their bodies, relationships, and medical care, sometimes leading to avoidance, emotional numbness, or heightened sensitivity during fertility treatments like IVF. Addressing trauma with compassionate, targeted therapy can help create a healthier emotional and physical environment for those trying to build a family.
Who Can EMDR Help?
People Struggling with Anxiety and Depression
Individuals Experiencing Reproductive Trauma
Those with Negative Self-Beliefs or Shame
People with Past Trauma or Childhood Wounds
Individuals Facing Intense Cultural or Family Expectations
Fertility may bring you to therapy, but it doesn't have to be the only focus. Our services can also help you work through deeper emotional challenges using trauma-informed care and EMDR therapy
Before EMDR
Before EMDR therapy, individuals often feel weighed down by anxiety, emotional distress, negative self-beliefs, and physical symptoms related to unresolved trauma or stressful experiences. After completing EMDR therapy, most people report feeling lighter, calmer, and more resilient, with reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression, improved coping skills, a more positive self-image, and greater emotional stability. Triggers from the past lose their power, and individuals often experience both emotional and physical relief, allowing them to move forward with a renewed sense of control and well-being.
After EMDR
After completing EMDR therapy, many people feel lighter, calmer, and less burdened by past experiences, with emotional triggers losing their intensity and a greater sense of peace and acceptance emerging. Individuals often develop stronger coping skills, improved emotional control, and increased resilience while experiencing a significant reduction in symptoms of anxiety, depression, and trauma-related distress. Self-compassion and a positive self-image tend to grow as negative beliefs are replaced with more supportive ones, and many report physical benefits like reduced tension and better sleep, along with clearer thinking and more positive thought patterns. While some temporary side effects, such as tiredness or vivid dreams, may occur after sessions, these are usually short-lived and part of the healing process.
When EMDR Therapy Meets IVF
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy can be a powerful tool for individuals or couples going through IVF by helping them process and heal from the emotional trauma often tied to infertility, medical procedures, loss, and repeated disappointments. In individual sessions, EMDR can target distressing memories — like failed IVF cycles, pregnancy losses, or painful diagnoses — and reduce the intense emotional charge they carry, helping the person feel calmer, more resilient, and more hopeful moving forward. In couples sessions, EMDR can help each partner process their own experiences while strengthening emotional connection, improving communication, and reducing feelings of blame, guilt, or isolation. By addressing past and present emotional wounds, EMDR helps create space for individuals and couples to engage in the IVF process with greater emotional balance and support.
Free Consultation
Taking the first step toward support can feel daunting, but you don’t have to do it alone. We warmly invite you to reach out for a free initial consultation. It’s a chance to connect, ask questions, and see how we can support you on your journey—no pressure, just a conversation. We’re here to listen.
