Infertility therapists in Laguna Niguel, CA
Browse Infertility therapists in Laguna Niguel, California. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Infertility
Rising Pines Counseling Services
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
I support individuals and couples navigating infertility, adoption, and related emotional challenges. Therapy offers space to process grief, uncertainty, identity shifts, and complex emotions throughout these deeply personal journeys.
11 Years Experience
Online in Laguna Niguel, CA (Online Only)
Infertility
Dr. Carla DeFraine
Therapist, M.Ed, Ph.D.
I trained at Harvard and Vanderbilt, I have a sense of humor, and I am dedicated to the people who enter my office. If things were fine the way they are you would not need me, so be prepared to be challenged, and be prepared to work hard. I will be with you every step of the way.
36 Years Experience
In-Person Near Laguna Niguel, CA
Infertility
Katie Burgess
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, PMH-C
Katie has over 10 years of experience working with families in the foster and adoption process. She supports individuals and families navigating the complexities of adoption, offering a thoughtful space to process identity, attachment, grief, and the evolving dynamics that can arise throughout the adoption journey.
Katie also specializes in perinatal experiences and is a certified perinatal mental health provider with extensive experience in supporting individuals and families through the difficult and sensitive journey of infertility. It can be an isolating and all consuming process. You are not alone and Katie enjoys partnering with individuals and families through this delicate season.
15 Years Experience
Online in Laguna Niguel, CA (Online Only)
Infertility
Dr. Shelby Kittinger
Psychologist, PsyD
In therapy, I support individuals and couples navigating the grief, uncertainty, and identity shifts that often accompany infertility and adoption. Our work centers on meaning-making, emotional regulation, and deepening relational support through these complex experiences.
10 Years Experience
Online in Laguna Niguel, CA (Online Only)
Infertility
Dr. Mitch Keil, PsyD
Psychologist, Keil Psych Group
Infertility can be an extraordinarily lonely experience. It often involves a repeating cycle of hope, waiting, uncertainty, and loss—all while the rest of the world seems to continue moving forward.
The psychological impact can reach far beyond trying to have a child. Infertility and fertility treatment can affect your relationship, sex life, friendships, identity, self-esteem, finances, and even your relationship with your own body. Baby announcements, pregnancies, and seemingly innocent questions from other people can suddenly become painful. Couples may also grieve differently, leaving both partners feeling alone even while going through the same experience.
Our approach to infertility counseling creates a place where you don't have to minimize any of this or stay positive for someone else's comfort. Therapy can help you process grief and disappointment, manage anxiety around fertility treatments or IVF, navigate difficult decisions, communicate more openly with your partner, and work through the complicated emotions that can accompany infertility and pregnancy loss.
There is often grief in infertility even when there hasn't been a single identifiable loss. You may be grieving the timeline you expected, the family you imagined, a sense of control over your body, or the assumption that having children would happen naturally when you were ready.
Therapy won't take away the uncertainty of the process, but it can give you a place to carry it differently—to feel what you're actually feeling, stay connected to yourself and the people you love, and move through an incredibly difficult chapter without having to go through it alone.
16 Years Experience
In-Person Near Laguna Niguel, CA
Online in Laguna Niguel, CA
Infertility
Melissa Berschauer
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
The road to expanding a family can be an emotional rollercoaster that leaves you feeling lonely, overwhelmed, and disconnected from your own body. I provide a steady, safe space to process the intense grief, anxiety, and identity shifts that come with infertility, IVF, and postpartum depression.
14 Years Experience
Online in Laguna Niguel, CA (Online Only)
Infertility
Jeanette Abney
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, SAP
Infertility and adoption issues can be a personal matter. I have many years of experience as I worked within the court system regarding adoptions. I also have many years of experience with working with both males and females as it relates to fertility issues.
27 Years Experience
In-Person Near Laguna Niguel, CA
Online in Laguna Niguel, CA
Infertility
Rose Hanna Counseling Services
Marriage and Family Therapist, Psy.D., LMFT
The path to building a family doesn't always look the way you imagined, and that can bring up grief, stress, and complicated emotions that are hard to voice — even to the people closest to you. Our therapists offer a compassionate space to process the ups and downs of infertility or adoption, without judgment and without needing to have it all figured out.
20 Years Experience
In-Person Near Laguna Niguel, CA
Online in Laguna Niguel, CA
Infertility
Dorit Saberi-Thrive Psychological Services
Psychologist, Ph.D, Diplomate-Academy of Cognitive Therapy; Trainer- Prolonged Exposure for PTSD- CTSA
Personal experience with adoption and serving as resource parent
24 Years Experience
Online in Laguna Niguel, CA (Online Only)
Infertility therapists in Laguna Niguel, CA Statistics
Infertility therapists in Laguna Niguel, CA average 17 years of experience and charge around $207 per session. 98% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (63%), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) (48%), and Family Systems Therapy (41%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$207
Accept insurance
35%
Offer sliding scale
44%
Gender ID
| 67% |
Female |
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| 25% |
Male |
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| 5% |
Non-Binary |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 52% |
In Person and Online |
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| 46% |
Online Only |
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| 2% |
In Person Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 63% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 48% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 41% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 41% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 37% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 35% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 33% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 61% | Young Adult |
| 59% | Senior |
| 48% | Teen |
| 30% | Children |
Client Focus
| 67% | Women |
| 48% | LGBTQ+ |
| 41% | Men |
| 35% | Christian |
| 33% | Black / African American |