fertility counselling and ivf support

Counselling can help you to develop strategies to better manage distress, improve coping ability, raise awareness and improve psychosocial wellbeing.

Counselling can help psychologically prepare you for your fertility treatment and identify areas where your treatment team can best support you. Counsellors can help you to explore and normalise your feelings, identify coping strategies, and utilise strengths and support networks.  

Counselling can cover issues such as:   

· Choices and decision-making. 

· Emotional and psychosocial impact of the treatment and its possible outcomes. 

· Relevant legislation and implications. 

In Queensland, implications counselling for donors and recipients of donated gametes and donated embryos is a regulatory requirement. The purpose of these counselling sessions is to prepare you and your partner (if you have one) for the legal, emotional and psychosocial implications related to donating or receiving biological material.  

Counselling may include: 

· Impact of donation on donors, recipients, their families and others. 

· Disclosure of child’s donor conception to child, family and others. 

· Boundaries and expectations of donors and recipients. 

Potential recipients and donors are required to attend a minimum of two counselling sessions. Where a known donor-recipient arrangement is being undertaken, all parties to the arrangements (including partners) will be required to participate in at least one joint session, in addition to one individual/couple session.   

Group support and group therapy can be a powerful way to connect with others who are going through similar challenges. Group sessions provide a safe and supportive environment where you can share your experiences and learn from others. We offer a variety of group therapy services to meet your needs.