Online therapy for infertility from just $25/session with licensed therapists (PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LMHC, LMFT) specializing in evidence-based approaches including CBT, grief therapy, and acceptance-based approaches. At Grouport, we offer online individual therapy, online group therapy, and virtual IOP options designed to help you process the grief of an infertility diagnosis, navigate the impact on your identity and relationships, and find a path forward whether that includes continued treatment, alternative family-building, or building a meaningful life without biological children.
Whether you prefer personalized one-on-one care or the shared support of a therapist-led group, our online infertility therapy connects you to expert guidance from the comfort of your own home. Online therapy is especially well-suited for infertility because the grief is often invisible to others, the medical appointments already consume your schedule, and the emotional weight of the experience can make adding another in-person commitment feel impossible. Starting from home gives you a safe, private space to process what you are going through.
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At Grouport, we offer a range of online therapy options to help individuals facing infertility process the grief of the diagnosis, navigate the impact on their identity and relationships, and make decisions about their path forward from a place of clarity rather than despair. Many members choose to mix and match therapy formats.
Online therapy for infertility: personalized, flexible, and therapist-led. Process the grief of infertility, navigate its impact on your identity and relationships, and find a path forward that feels meaningful.
Whether you're interested in group therapy, individual sessions, couples or family therapy, or IOP, or a combination, you'll start by selecting the type of support that fits your needs. You can also choose the care frequency that works best for you. Complete our onboarding form and sign up directly for the plan that suits you best.
After signing up, you'll connect with a dedicated care coordinator who will walk you through available therapists, group options, and scheduling. You'll make the final choice about your care, including which therapists you'll meet with and when, based on your goals, preferences, and schedule.
Attend your weekly online sessions, whether group, individual, couples, family, or IOP, at the cadence that works best for you. Our team will be here to support you every step of the way, ensuring you're happy with your care plan and helping you make changes whenever needed.
Whether you're interested in online group therapy for infertility, individual therapy sessions, a combination of both, or our virtual IOP for more intensive care, you'll start by selecting the format that fits your needs and schedule. You can customize the frequency of sessions and even pair live therapy with our DBT self-guided program for added support between sessions. Just complete our onboarding form and sign up directly for the plan that suits you best.
After signing up, you'll connect with a dedicated care coordinator who will discuss your mental health challenges, goals, and preferences. They'll walk you through the range of therapy options best suited to your needs for managing infertility. You'll make the final choice about your care, including which therapists you'll meet with and select session times that are most convenient for you.
Attend your weekly online therapy sessions to build coping skills, mood regulation strategies, and stability tools tailored to infertility. Our team will be here to support you at every step of the way, ensuring you're happy with your care plan and helping you make changes whenever needed.
Your grief is real and it deserves support. Therapy provides a space where your loss is fully seen and taken seriously.
Common signs to watch for include:
If you recognize these patterns in yourself or a loved one, working with a licensed therapist can help.
Infertility does not stay contained within the doctor's office. It radiates into every area of your life: your mental health, your relationship, your social world, your sense of self, and your ability to imagine a future. Understanding these effects is not about making the grief worse; it is about recognizing the full scope of what you are dealing with so you can get the support you deserve.
The grief of infertility is one of the most underrecognized forms of loss. You are mourning a person who never existed, a future that may never happen, and a version of yourself that you may never become. Because there is no tangible loss that others can see, the grief is often minimized: "You can always adopt," "Maybe it is not meant to be," "At least you have each other." These responses, however well-intentioned, invalidate the depth of what you are experiencing and leave you grieving alone.
Infertility tests relationships in ways that few other experiences do. The diagnosis may land differently for each partner. One may want to keep trying while the other is ready to stop. Intimacy becomes scheduled around ovulation rather than desire. Conversations about the future become loaded. Financial strain from treatment adds pressure. If one partner has the medical diagnosis, guilt and resentment can develop on both sides. Without intervention, the very relationship you would need to raise a child together can erode under the weight of trying to create one.
Studies consistently show that people experiencing infertility have rates of depression and anxiety comparable to those diagnosed with other serious medical conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and chronic pain. The combination of grief, loss of control, uncertainty, medical procedures, hormonal changes, and social isolation creates a mental health burden that is often severely underestimated by the medical system treating the infertility itself.
Infertility progressively shrinks your social world. Pregnancy announcements from friends feel like personal attacks. Baby showers become endurance tests. Family gatherings where relatives ask about your plans for children become unbearable. Social media is a minefield of ultrasound photos. You begin avoiding the situations and people that trigger your grief, which provides temporary relief but increases the isolation that makes the grief harder to bear.
For many people, becoming a parent is not just something they want to do; it is central to who they believe they are meant to be. Infertility disrupts that identity at a fundamental level. You may feel lost, purposeless, or unable to imagine a meaningful future without children. This identity disruption is compounded by a culture that often treats parenthood as the default path and childlessness as something to be pitied or explained.
Infertility demands an exhausting series of high-stakes decisions, often made under emotional duress: whether to pursue treatment, which treatment, how many rounds, when to stop, whether to consider donor eggs or sperm, whether to explore surrogacy or adoption, or whether to stop trying and build a child-free life. Each decision carries enormous emotional weight, and the grief and anxiety of infertility make clear thinking harder at the exact moment the decisions demand it.
Starting therapy when you are already exhausted and unmotivated can feel like a big ask. Here is what your first few sessions typically look like.
Your therapist will ask about your infertility journey: when you received the diagnosis, what you have been through medically, how it is affecting you emotionally, and what your relationship and support system look like. For many people, this is the first time they have told the full story to someone who is not a doctor and who is not going to respond with solutions, platitudes, or discomfort. Simply being heard is often the first moment of relief.
Together, you will explore the specific losses you are grieving, because infertility involves multiple losses: the loss of the child you imagined, the loss of the pregnancy experience, the loss of genetic continuity, the loss of the family you planned, and potentially the loss of your identity as you imagined it. Your therapist will help you name and validate these losses, which is critical because disenfranchised grief that goes unacknowledged does not resolve.
You and your therapist will define what progress looks like for you. This might include processing the grief enough to function without being consumed by it, making a decision about next steps (continuing treatment, stopping, exploring alternatives) from a place of clarity, repairing the strain infertility has placed on your relationship, re-engaging with the parts of your life you have been avoiding, or beginning to imagine a meaningful future regardless of the outcome.
Your therapist will introduce evidence-based techniques tailored to your situation: grief therapy for processing the loss, CBT to challenge the self-blame and hopelessness, ACT to help you live meaningfully in the presence of uncertainty, and couples work if the relationship needs support. You will leave with a clear plan and the beginning of a space where your grief is fully seen and taken seriously.
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“I highly recommend this to anyone who is struggling with anxiety or depression. The therapists are top notch and have made me feel really comfortable and my anxiety has improved tremendously in only a few sessions!”
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"I joined Grouport to work on myself and to heal. I’m learning so much at every session! The change I see not only in myself but in my fellow group members is abundantly encouraging and profoundly fulfilling. Group therapy with Grouport is a powerful healing tool."
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“I was feeling very down at the end of 2020 and I was ready to do something drastic that I know I'd likely regret. The group definitely helped show me that there are people who feel the same way as I do.”
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"Grouport's approach to DBT is a real strength. This approach provides tools and methods for working with difficult emotions and getting a handle on them. It has given me hope where other approaches have failed."
At Grouport, our virtual infertility therapy integrates several evidence-based techniques designed to help you process the grief, manage the emotional toll, navigate the impact on your relationship and identity, and find a way forward:
Infertility grief is unique because it involves mourning something that never existed: a child, a pregnancy, a future. Traditional grief models were designed for losses that have already occurred, but reproductive grief requires approaches that address ambiguous loss, the grief of what might never be. Grief therapy for infertility helps you name the specific losses (not just "a baby" but the pregnancy experience, the genetic connection, the family holidays you imagined, the identity you planned), process the emotions attached to each one, and move through the grief rather than getting stuck in it. This is not about "getting over it." It is about integrating the loss into your life so it does not consume it.
CBT for infertility targets the specific thinking patterns that intensify the emotional pain: self-blame ("This is my fault," "My body is broken"), catastrophizing ("I will never be happy without children"), comparison ("Everyone else can do this except me"), and fortune-telling ("Treatment will fail, so why bother"). CBT helps you identify which of your suffering is coming from the infertility itself and which is being generated by how you are interpreting it. It also addresses the guilt and shame that infertility produces, particularly the irrational but persistent belief that you are somehow responsible for your diagnosis.
ACT is especially well-suited for infertility because the core challenge is living meaningfully in the presence of profound uncertainty. You do not know if treatment will work. You do not know what your family will look like. You do not know when or whether the grief will end. ACT teaches you to hold that uncertainty without being paralyzed by it: to notice the painful thoughts and feelings, accept their presence without fighting them, and take action aligned with your values even when the outcome is unknown. ACT also helps with the impossible decisions infertility demands by grounding them in what matters to you rather than in fear.
Infertility affects both partners, but often in different ways. Couples-focused interventions address the specific relational challenges the diagnosis creates: grieving on different timelines, disagreeing about whether to continue treatment, the loss of sexual intimacy when sex becomes a medical task, the guilt and resentment that can develop when one partner carries the diagnosis, financial stress from treatment, and the communication breakdowns that occur when both partners are too overwhelmed to support each other. Therapy helps you and your partner grieve together, make decisions as a team, and protect the relationship that infertility is testing.
For many people, parenthood was not just a goal but a core part of their identity. Infertility forces a reckoning with fundamental questions: Who am I if I am not a parent? What gives my life meaning? What does my future look like? Meaning-making work helps you process the identity disruption, explore what a meaningful life looks like beyond the path you originally imagined, and develop a sense of self that is not dependent on a single outcome. This is not about giving up on parenthood; it is about ensuring that your sense of purpose and worth survives regardless of the outcome.
DBT skills provide practical tools for managing the emotional intensity that infertility generates. Distress tolerance skills help you survive the hardest moments: a negative pregnancy test, a failed treatment cycle, a friend's pregnancy announcement. The TIPP technique can reduce acute emotional flooding. Emotion regulation skills help you identify and manage the complex mix of grief, anger, jealousy, and shame that infertility produces. Interpersonal effectiveness skills help you communicate your needs to your partner, set boundaries with family members who ask insensitive questions, and navigate social situations where your grief may be triggered.
Every Grouport therapist is a licensed, accredited mental health professional with specialized training in infertility grief, reproductive loss, and identity transitions.
Our therapists typically have over a decade of clinical experience across diverse settings, with specialized expertise in infertility, reproductive grief, identity transitions, and identity transitions, and evidence-based interventions like grief therapy, CBT, acceptance and commitment therapy, and couples counseling.
We continually evaluate outcomes through internal studies and outcomes studies with researchers from leading universities such as Carnegie Mellon, University of Essex, and University of Cologne.
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80%
of our members start with moderate to severe mental health symptoms
70%
of our members feel significantly better within just 8 weeks
50%
of our members achieve remission levels within just 8 weeks
Group, individual, couples, family, IOP, and teen therapy — all online, all therapist-led. Mix and match care options to fit your needs — and get discounted pricing when you bundle.
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Infertility often co-occurs with other mental health conditions. Our licensed therapists are experienced in treating a wide range of challenges, and many members address multiple concerns simultaneously through our flexible therapy options.
Grouport provides online group therapy, individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, teen therapy, intensive outpatient program (IOP), all held virtually over video chat. We also offer a DBT self-guided program. Many members combine multiple therapy types to best fit their needs.
Therapy does not treat the medical condition of infertility. It treats the emotional and psychological impact: the grief over the diagnosis, the anxiety and depression that frequently accompany it, the strain on your relationship, the identity disruption, the social isolation, and the difficulty making clear-headed decisions about your future under emotional duress. Research shows that psychological interventions significantly reduce distress in people experiencing infertility and can improve relationship satisfaction and quality of life.
Yes. Research consistently shows that the psychological distress of infertility is comparable to that of people diagnosed with cancer, heart disease, and chronic pain. The grief is compounded by the fact that it is often disenfranchised: there is no funeral, no condolence cards, and the people around you may not understand why you are grieving something that "never happened." This lack of recognition makes the grief harder to process and increases isolation.
Yes, every Grouport therapist is accredited and licensed. Our network includes Licensed Psychologists (PhD, PsyD), Licensed Social Workers (LCSW), Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC), and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT). Our therapists specialize in evidence-based approaches including grief therapy, CBT, acceptance and commitment therapy, and couples counseling.
Infertility therapy focuses on the emotional and psychological impact of the infertility diagnosis itself: processing the grief, navigating the identity crisis, managing the impact on your relationship, and making decisions about your future. Fertility counseling focuses on the active process of trying to conceive and the emotional challenges of fertility treatment (IVF, IUI, TTC anxiety). Many people benefit from both at different stages of their journey.
Yes. One of the most agonizing aspects of infertility is the decision about when to stop treatment, pursue alternative family-building (adoption, donor, surrogacy), or choose a child-free life. These decisions are almost impossible to make clearly when you are in the middle of active grief and anxiety. Therapy provides a space to process the emotions first, then approach the decision from clarity rather than despair. Your therapist will not tell you what to decide. They will help you understand what you want, what you fear, and what matters most to you so the decision is yours and feels right.
Completely normal and very common. Partners often grieve infertility on different timelines and in different ways: one may be ready to stop trying while the other is not, one may grieve openly while the other withdraws, one may want to talk about it constantly while the other needs space. These differences can create conflict and emotional distance at the exact moment you need each other most. Couples therapy helps you understand each other's grief process and support each other rather than drifting apart.
Many people notice meaningful improvement in their ability to cope and function within 8-12 weeks. Processing the deeper grief, rebuilding identity, and making major life decisions typically takes 3-6 months. Some people benefit from longer-term support, particularly during ongoing medical treatment or major transitions. Therapy often continues alongside medical treatment rather than replacing it.
Finding the right therapy starts with understanding your needs. If you need private space to process the grief and make decisions, individual therapy is ideal. If you benefit from being with others who understand the specific pain of infertility, group therapy reduces isolation powerfully. If infertility is straining your relationship, couples therapy is critical. Schedule a free call with a care coordinator for a personalized plan.
We offer flexible therapy options with straightforward pricing:
Online Group Therapy: Averages $32/session ($140/month).
Online Individual Therapy: Averages $103/session ($448/month).
Online Couples Therapy: Averages $114/session ($492/month).
Online Family Therapy: Averages $148/session ($640/month).
Virtual IOP: Averages $311/week ($1,348/month).
Online Teen Therapy: Averages $103/session ($448/month).
DBT Self-Guided Program: One-time fee of $500.
Payment Options: Monthly, Quarterly (Save 10%), Biannually (Save 15%). No long-term commitment. Switch therapists anytime. Cancel anytime!
Infertility significantly increases the risk of both depression and anxiety. The combination of grief, loss of control, medical uncertainty, hormonal changes from treatment, social isolation, relationship strain, and financial stress creates a mental health burden that is often underestimated. Treating the depression and anxiety directly, alongside the infertility grief, is an important part of comprehensive care.
The decision to stop trying is not the end of grief; it is often the beginning of a different phase. You may grieve the finality of the decision, navigate the transition to a child-free life, deal with the reactions of family and friends, and rebuild an identity and sense of purpose that does not center on parenthood. Therapy supports you through this transition and helps you build a life that feels meaningful and full, not defined by what is absent from it.
Our therapy outcomes are backed by outcomes studies with researchers from leading universities such as Carnegie Mellon, University of Essex, and University of Cologne. 80% of our members start therapy with moderate to severe symptoms. Within just 8 weeks, 70% of members see clinically significant reduction in anxiety and depression, and 50% achieve remission levels.
You can cancel your subscription at any time. No long-term commitment is required. Simply email us at support@grouporttherapy.com and we will send you a quick cancellation form to fill out. If your sessions occur within the member portal, you can also cancel under the manage subscription tab.
Whether infertility has been consuming your emotional energy, straining your relationship, and leaving you grieving a loss that no one around you seems to fully understand, therapy can help. You do not have to grieve this alone.
