The Therapist Thrival Guide 25. Infertility and Mental Health: Support and Advice for Therapists
This episode is for therapists that are experiencing infertility themselves or supporting loved ones or clients that are walking through infertility. In honor of maternal mental health month and infertility awareness week, Sara Livingston-Burke, LPCC and Jennie Karnish, LPCC join to discuss the impact of infertility on one's mental health, how to support loved ones or clients walking through infertility.
RESOURCE LINKS:
- "Fighting Infertility: Finding My Inner Warrior Through Trying to Conceive, IVF, and Miscarriage" book by Samantha Bucsh: https://amzn.to/3ppfQK2
- "Infreakinfertility: How to Survive When Getting Pregnant Gets Hard" book by Melanie Dale: https://amzn.to/3Mc2Ekv
- "Queer Conception: The Complete Fertility Guide for Queer and Trans Parents-to-Be" by Kristin Liam Kali: https://amzn.to/3pfj8zh
- "Baby Making for Everybody: Family Building and Fertility for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parents" by Marea Goodman and Ray Rachlin: https://amzn.to/42KfxI9
- "The Joy of Later Motherhood" book by Bettina Gordon-Wayne: https://amzn.to/42Y8jR1
- "It Starts with the Egg" book by Rebecca Fett: https://amzn.to/42n4Dbn
Find it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/W2uCMbekqFU
OUR HOSTS:
Miranda Barker, MSW, LICSW, has been practicing as a therapist for several years. She previously worked as a child protection investigator, adoption social worker, case manager, and the Director of Brand Content at Ellie Mental Health. Follow her on LinkedIn.
Dr. Lucas Volini, LMFT, has been practicing as a marriage and family therapist for over ten years. He has worked as a couple's therapist, a graduate and undergraduate professor, researcher, author, and the Senior Director of Innovation at Ellie Mental Health...But he mostly sees himself as a professional recreational golfer.
The Therapist Thrival Guide is a podcast by Ellie Mental Health. We want to move therapists beyond surviving and into the realm of thriving by covering all the things that graduate school didn't teach you! This mental health podcast is hosted by Miranda Barker, LICSW and a rotating cast of seasoned therapists. Each episode features a therapist speaking to their areas of expertise to help us learn how to thrive as therapists.
Ellie is a national mental health brand organized around community-based outpatient mental health clinics. It all began with a single office in St. Paul, Minnesota back in 2015, and has expanded to an explosive number of locations across the country.