Fertility Counseling in Chicago: Finding Calm, Clarity, and Connection

Trying to grow your family can bring up deep emotions—hope, grief, frustration, and everything in between. At Balanced Awakening, we help you find calm, clarity, and connection as you navigate fertility challenges with care and confidence.

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Compassionate, Mind-Body Support on Your Path to Parenthood

Trying to grow your family can bring up a mix of emotions—hope, longing, grief, frustration, even guilt. You may find yourself feeling isolated or wondering why this process seems so hard when it’s supposed to be joyful. At Balanced Awakening, we offer fertility counseling to help you move through the emotional and relational challenges of infertility and fertility treatment with greater calm, clarity, and connection.

Whether you’re navigating infertility, IVF or IUI treatments, pregnancy loss, or the emotional uncertainty of trying to conceive, therapy can help you feel grounded and supported through each step of the journey.

What Is Fertility Counseling?

Fertility counseling provides emotional and psychological support for individuals and couples who are trying to conceive—whether naturally, through assisted reproductive technology, or with the help of a donor or surrogate.

Our therapists offer a safe space to explore the complex emotions that often accompany this process—grief, anger, anxiety, jealousy, self-blame, and relationship strain—and to find healing and hope along the way.

How Fertility Counseling Helps

  • Cope with the stress of fertility treatments (IVF, IUI, egg freezing)

  • Process feelings of loss, grief, and disappointment after unsuccessful cycles or miscarriage

  • Reconnect with your partner and improve communication and intimacy during high-stress times

  • Explore your identity, values, and meaning in the fertility and family-building process

  • Find emotional clarity around decision-making (continuing treatment, using donors, adoption, child-free life)

  • Cultivate a sense of peace and empowerment through mind-body awareness and self-compassion

Our goal is to help you feel emotionally steady and supported—no matter what unfolds on your fertility journey.

Our Approach: Integrating Mind, Body, and Connection

At Balanced Awakening, our therapists combine evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with somatic and mindfulness-based techniques.

We believe that fertility counseling isn’t just about coping—it’s about reconnecting to your body’s wisdom, strengthening your relationships, and finding renewed trust in yourself.

We also collaborate with reproductive endocrinologists, OB/GYNs, and other medical providers when appropriate, ensuring that emotional and medical support align for holistic care.

Special Focus Areas in Fertility Counseling

  • Connectedness & Support

    Reclaiming a sense of wholeness and belonging in your body and relationship.

  • Hands surrounding a digital icon of a fetus and skull silhouette, representing pregnancy and prenatal health.

    Assisted Reproduction

    IVF, IUI, egg freezing, donor conception, and surrogacy journeys.

  • Person in a beige knit hat and yellow striped sweater walking through a dirt trail between two rows of dried corn stalks in a cornfield

    Uncertainty & Loss

    Miscarriage, failed cycles, and the grief of infertility.

  • A person with short hair and light skin, resting their chin on their hand, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression, against a dark background.

    Communication & Relationship Stress

    Supporting couples through conflict, intimacy changes, and emotional distance.

  • A woman with long hair and glasses sitting outdoors on grass, holding a young boy on her shoulders, and they are kissing. The background shows trees and a bright sky.

    Secondary Infertility

    Struggling to conceive after a previous pregnancy.

  • Half pomegranate surrounded by scattered almond seeds on a plain light background.

    Decision Making

    Navigating whether, when, and how to continue family-building efforts.

  • A young child wearing a white sweater and red shorts is holding hands with an adult as they walk along a sandy beach near a body of water.

    Adoption & Fostering

    Emotional preparation and adjustment to new family structures.

  • A man and woman sitting together on a bench by a lake, surrounded by trees, enjoying each other's company.

    Emotional Resilience & Self-Compassion

    Rebuilding trust in yourself and your body while nurturing calm and hope along the journey.

Meet Our Fertility Therapists

In-Person & Virtual Counseling in Chicago

We offer fertility counseling in Chicago—in person at our Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Andersonville, and Loop offices—and virtually throughout Illinois.

Our comfortable, welcoming therapy spaces provide a sense of calm and safety for your healing journey. Whether you prefer to meet face-to-face or online, you’ll receive the same compassionate, high-quality care.

Contact Us 
Balanced Awakening Lakeview
4043 N Ravenswood Ave, Ste 301
Chicago, IL 60613
  
Balanced Awakening Andersonville
5215 N Ravenswood Ave, Ste 201 & 208
Chicago, IL 60640
  
Balanced Awakening Loop
25 E Washington St, Ste 1505
Chicago, IL 60602
  
Balanced Awakening Lincoln Park
561 W Diversey, Ste 205
Chicago, IL 60614
 

What Our Clients Are Saying

  • During our first session Hannah was proactive in creating a plan of action to properly diagnose me and address my concerns. Detailed. Office is beautiful. Love the decor, relaxing ambiance and free tea.

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  • She was very kind and thorough during intake and the entire office looks like something out of a lifestyle magazine.

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  • The office is lovely and welcoming, the in-take paperwork helped me prepare for what I wanted to talk about and gave me a starting point.

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  • Dr. Yang is warm and empathic, and made me feel comfortable from the very beginning.

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  • Emma has been very supportive through major life changes for me. Her sweet and gentle nature made it easy for me to feel safe to open up to her. I am very grateful for her support and kindness.

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  • It was my first visit and she made me feel so safe. I opened up right away!

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Fertility Therapy FAQs

  • Fertility counseling provides a safe, compassionate space to explore the emotional and relational challenges that arise while trying to conceive. You and your therapist may process grief, anxiety, or loss, learn coping tools for fertility treatment stress, and strengthen communication with your partner.

  • The length of therapy varies. Some clients come for short-term support during fertility treatment, while others continue throughout their family-building journey. Your therapist will collaborate with you to set goals and determine a pace that feels right.

  • Yes. Fertility challenges can deeply affect mental health and relationships. Therapy helps reduce anxiety, manage uncertainty, and restore a sense of calm and hope. Research also shows that emotional support can improve overall well-being throughout fertility treatment.

  • Yes — we offer virtual fertility counseling across Illinois through a secure telehealth platform. This allows you to receive consistent support no matter where you are in your treatment or travel schedule.

  • Absolutely. Our fertility therapists are familiar with IVF, IUI, egg freezing, surrogacy, and donor conception. We understand the emotional toll of waiting, procedures, and outcomes — and we collaborate with your fertility specialists when you’d like integrated care.

  • Our therapy rate for the first two sessions is $250. After that, 55 minute sessions are $225.

    Most of our therapists are in network with United Healthcare/Optum, BCBS PPO and Aetna insurance.

  • We hold space for the deep grief that comes with pregnancy loss and failed cycles. Therapy can help you process the pain, honor your experience, and gently reconnect with hope and self-compassion.

  • Yes. Couples counseling can be deeply supportive when fertility challenges create strain or disconnection. Many partners find it healing to learn communication tools, rebuild emotional closeness, and navigate decisions together.

  • We primarily work with women, couples, and teens, offering a supportive space that centers women’s emotional and relational well-being. However, some of our therapists also work with men individually through virtual therapy, which you can learn more about on our For Him page

  • You can book an appointment directly with one of our fertility therapists, or schedule a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation to get matched with the therapist who’s the best fit for your needs. We’ll help you start your fertility counseling journey with care, clarity, and ease.

You Don’t Have to Face This Alone

If you’re struggling with the emotional impact of fertility challenges, know that help is available. Therapy can offer understanding, relief, and a renewed sense of hope—wherever you are in your journey.

Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to connect with a fertility therapist in Chicago who truly understands.