Navigating the Emotional Journey of Fertility Treatment
Let’s chat about the nitty gritty of the course!
Learn a little bit about your course instructor, Nelly Sandeep.
Hello there! I am so happy that you are here. As a Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical (LCSW-C) specializing in trauma, I’ve witnessed firsthand the emotional toll that fertility treatment can take. After navigating my own fertility journey, I was struck by the lack of information and support available for what can be a deeply stressful and sometimes even traumatic experience. This realization ignited a passion within me to support others on this path. To that end, I developed a course, Navigating the Emotional Journey of Fertility Treatment, designed to help individuals reflect on their current lives and identify ways to strengthen their emotional resilience during fertility treatment. I am confident that this course will provide you with the supportive tools needed to navigate this challenging journey!
What will I get out of this course?
This course includes 4 hours of recorded educational content. The content is broken down into smaller modules so that you can go at your own pace! A summary of what is discussed is provided under each video so that you can pick and choose which videos that you want to do if you do not want to go in order. I chose to make many small recordings rather than a few larger ones so that you can squeeze in a video in a convenient way and also pick which content feels best for you. Once you sign up for the course, you have unlimited access to the content!
What topics are covered in the course?
Part one
Common emotions related to fertility treatment.
Every day techniques and therapeutic techniques to cope with these emotions.
Why validation is important.
Review 7 ways to validate yourself.
13 examples of validating statements you can practice.
Reflecting on your coping history and what has helped and what has hurt.
Reflecting on how you would like to ideally cope.
Begin thinking about communication and how to effectively communicate in treatment with your medical team and if applicable, with a partner.
Part two
Discuss how support can assist during fertility treatment.
Discuss 6 different types of support that can be helpful to obtain during fertility treatment.
Engage in reflections to help you identify someone to help you with each of the 6 different types of support.
Discuss why supporting yourself is important.
Discuss ten ways to support yourself in fertility treatment.
Review coping skills.
Reflect on what you’re juggling in life right now and think about re-prioritizing.
Reflect on what you actually want out of your support system.
Discuss different types of therapeutic support.
Part three
Discuss ways to cope with changes in your mood and body throughout treatment.
Discuss ways to cope with administration of shots and resources available to you during this time.
Discuss ways to cope with external life changes such as not being able to drink alcohol, engage in intercourse, or exercise.
Discuss ways to manage waiting periods.
Use reflection questions to evaluate how well you’ve been doing with communication, support, and financially.
Use reflection questions to evaluate how well you’re been doing emotionally and what can help you do better.
Learn 5 ways to manage a hectic schedule due to fertility treatment.
Reflect on your smaller wins and progress in fertility treatment to stay motivated and engaged.
Discuss additional resources for your journey and how to find them.
Your bravery in facing this challenge shows how much love you already have to give. You’re not alone in this. This course will allow you to find ways to support yourself on a deeper level which will increase emotional resilience on your journey.
FAQs
Do I have to be a therapist to be in this course?
Nope! This is an educational course meant to support people who are going through fertility treatment. The course is not tailored to a specific type of treatment, such as IUIs or IVF, but provides support on coping with general stress and outcomes related to fertility treatment, therefore making it useful to ANYONE in fertility treatment.
Do I have access to this course for a while?
Yes! You have unlimited access to this course so you can refer back to videos and content whenever you want. You can also go at your own pace!
What stage of treatment do I have to be in to benefit from this course?
The course is designed to move through fertility treatment with you, meaning it starts with the emotional experience of being in fertility treatment, to identifying ways to support yourself while in it, to coping with parts of fertility treatment that may occur after months of being in it. Recordings are broken up accordingly so that people can go to the video that makes the most sense to them. It would be ideal if someone found this course at the start of treatment, but the course is still extremely beneficial to people who have already started treatment and are currently navigating this journey.
Would this be helpful to do with my partner?
Yes! This course has a lot of details about fertility treatment and reflection questions. It can be helpful to go through it with their partner so that they can think about ways to support you, prepare for some of your potential needs, and even learn ways to support themselves along the process.
Do I have to watch the videos in order?
Nope! Although videos build up on each other as the course goes on, and you may hear me reference parts of the videos directly before the video you are witching, you do not have to go in order. The videos are broken up in this way so that you can pick and choose what you want to watch depending on where you are in your journey.
Does this course replace the need for therapy?
This course is NOT a replacement for therapy. It is a course designed to provide educational content for people going through fertility treatment. It can be used in conjunction with or in addition to therapeutic support but it is not a replacement.
Explore a comprehensive course designed by a licensed therapist with firsthand experience in this area. This course provides valuable insights, guided reflection, and practical tools to help you strengthen your emotional resilience during fertility treatment.