Third-Party Reproduction Psychological Services
Clarity, support, and steady guidance for complex family-building decisions.
Building a family through donation or surrogacy can hold a lot at once—hope, grief, relief, uncertainty, excitement. It’s not “just medical,” even when the calendar and protocols make it feel that way.
Along the way, your clinic or agency may request a psychological evaluation or consultation. Sometimes it’s a requirement. Sometimes it’s something you choose because you want to feel steadier going into the next step, not just bracing for it.
I offer third-party reproduction evaluations and psycho-educational consultations that are warm, structured, and clinically grounded, without turning your story into a checklist. This is a space where you can ask the questions you’ve been holding, name what’s tender, and move forward with clarity.
Third-party reproduction evaluations and consults are designed to support ethical, informed family-building. We’ll focus on emotional preparedness, coping supports, and next-step planning.
This is not a “pass/fail” test or a judgment about whether you should become a parent.
It’s an opportunity to slow down and make sure you’re supported, especially when the process is moving fast and the stakes feel high.
Confidentiality and reporting: If a clinic/agency requires documentation, I’ll explain what information is typically included in a summary report, what stays private, and what consent looks like before we begin.
Intended parents and recipient parents using donor eggs, donor sperm, embryo donation, and/or a gestational carrier
Egg and sperm donors completing required psychological screening
Gestational carriers completing required evaluation (and, when applicable, joint consultations)
If you’ve been carrying the emotional weight quietly—trying to “be fine” so nothing slows down—this is a place where you don’t have to minimize what you’re holding.
What this is (and what it isn’t)
Who these services are for
Services Offered
1) Family Building Consultations For Intended & Recipient Parents
This consultation supports intended and recipient parents preparing for the emotional, relational, and psychological aspects of third-party reproduction — not just the medical steps.
If you are building your family through donor conception, embryo donation, or surrogacy, this space offers structured, compassionate support grounded in reproductive psychology and ethical best practices.
Many people seek this consultation while navigating fertility treatment decisions, donor options, or next steps after infertility. It can be helpful at any stage of the family-building process.
This service is for individuals and couples pursuing:
Egg or sperm donation
Embryo donation
Gestational surrogacy
Other third-party reproductive pathways
It is appropriate for those early in decision-making as well as those already in treatment.
Consultations are individualized, but often include:
Fertility decision-making and clarity around next steps
Emotional responses to infertility, loss, and changing plans
Coping with uncertainty during fertility treatment
Partner communication and alignment
Meaning-making around genetics and family building
Donor conception disclosure planning
Preparing for future conversations with children
Support planning for treatment, pregnancy, and postpartum
This work acknowledges that hope and grief often coexist in fertility journeys. Both are welcome here.
If your clinic or agency requires documentation, a summary can be provided to the referring team with your written consent.
These consultations are supportive, structured, and ethically grounded. They are not donor or gestational carrier psychological evaluations or gatekeeping, but a space for thoughtful preparation and informed decision-making.
2) Donor Psychological Evaluations (Egg & Sperm)
Professional guidelines from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) recommends that egg and sperm donors complete psychological screening and implications counseling before moving forward with donation. In plain terms: this is a chance to make sure you’re supported, informed, and not walking into a meaningful decision without a map.
The screening includes a clinical interview and standardized questionnaires to get a clear picture of psychological wellbeing and readiness. The implications counseling is more psycho-educational and future-focused. It is a different kind of work: practical, future-oriented, and grounded in real-life scenarios. We’ll talk through privacy and disclosure choices, identity considerations, boundaries, and the possibility of future contact. We’ll also make space for the relational pieces: how donation intersects with your relationship with a partner, your values, and any children you have now or may have later.
When documentation is required by a clinic or agency, I provide a written summary report to the referring team with your consent, and I’ll share tailored resources you can keep as you move forward. Donor evaluations are structured and ethically informed.
3) Gestational Carrier (Surrogacy) Evaluations & Consultations
Surrogacy arrangements often require evaluations for gestational carriers and intended parents as part of ethical, clinic- and agency-based standards of care. These appointments are designed to support clarity, informed consent, and emotional readiness, not to make anyone feel scrutinized or “graded.”
In practice, the evaluation helps identify strengths, anticipate pressure points, and make sure there is a realistic plan for communication, boundaries, and support throughout the process. Because surrogacy involves multiple relationships, legal and medical steps, and an emotionally significant outcome, it’s important to talk through expectations early, before stress, uncertainty, or a major milestone puts extra strain on everyone involved.
These sessions support:
Expectations, communication plans, and boundaries
Emotional stress points across pregnancy and after delivery
Support systems for everyone involved
Coping planning if the process unfolds differently than hoped
When documentation is required, I provide a written summary to the referring clinic or agency with consent, and I’ll also share resources and recommendations that support wellbeing during pregnancy, delivery, and the transition afterward.
My Clinical Approach & Credentials
My work is evidence-based, culturally responsive, and collaborative. I’m a licensed, board-certified psychologist with specialized experience in reproductive mental health, trauma-informed care, and the emotional realities that can show up when bodies, families, and systems intersect.
I’ve completed advanced training in perinatal mental health and third-party reproductive evaluations through the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), Integrative Therapy of Greater Washington, and Postpartum Support International (PSI), along with additional specialized training focused specifically on third-party reproduction psychological evaluations.
My goal is to help you feel informed, supported, and steady—without pathologizing your pain or minimizing your strength.
Note: I provide psychological evaluation and consultation services. I do not provide legal advice or serve as a matching agency.
