FERTILITY Counselling

An essential part of your journey

We offer fertility counselling to help you through every step of your fertility journey. Our highly experienced counsellors provide the highest standard of care to support your emotional well-being, whether you’re trying to conceive naturally or going through fertility treatment.

Counselling isn’t about having something “wrong” with you—it’s about giving yourself space to reflect, heal, and grow.

Miriam Christie, Counsellor

How we can help

IVF support counselling

IVF treatment can be long, lonely, and intense with many highs and lows along the way. IVF Support Counselling is available to anyone, both men and women, going through the IVF process.

Implications counselling

Implications Counselling is for those who wish to embrace donor conception. Sessions will facilitate discussion about the ways in which this will impact your life/lives and how you can help best navigate this journey.

Fertility support counselling

Fertility Support Counselling is available to anyone, both men and women, who are on their fertility journey. Whatever stage you are at, talking to someone can help your emotional well-being and reduce stress.

Free 20 minute session

For those who wish to learn more about fertility counselling and meet a counsellor. Our counsellors offer a free 20-minute introduction session to help you understand the process and take a potential first step.

Each counselling session is a space where your autonomy is respected and does not give advice or direct you into a particular course of action.

Julie Wray, Counsellor

Meet our counsellors

Miriam is an integrative psychotherapist with expertise in working with people experiencing fertility and perinatal mental health issues. Miriam places emphasis on creating an empathic, confidential space for you to explore, resolve or reconcile with any issues or feelings brought about by your fertility journey. Miriam holds a Master's in Integrative Counselling and is accredited by The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society. She is registered and working towards accreditation with the British Infertility Counselling Association.

Miriam Christie MA in Integrative Counselling / Advanced Diploma in Integrative Humanistic Counselling

Julie is an experienced psychotherapist whose main modality is humanistic. She has experience in working within the fertility industry and working with people who experience mental health issues. Her approach is to offer a warm, confidential, empathic place where you can explore any issues that have been brought about by your fertility journey. She has a degree in Person Centred Counselling and is accredited by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. She is a member of the British Infertility Counselling Association and she is working towards accreditation.

Julie WrayMA in Integrative Counselling / Advanced Diploma in Integrative Humanistic Counselling

Access Counselling partners

We work with fertility clinics across the UK to provide patients with access to counselling they need to support them through their journey. This includes fertility support counselling, IVF support counselling, and implications counselling.

How Access Counselling works if you're referred by a clinic

1) You will receive a welcome email from Access Counselling, which will contain a link to create your account.

2) When you log in to your account, go to the “Packages & Memberships” section and you will see the number of sessions you are entitled to.

3) You can book a fertility support counselling session with any of our counsellors. You may be asked to put a card on file, but it will not be charged.

4) Complete the intake form and then you will be sent a video link.

5) You can share the link with whomever you want to have the session (e.g your partner).

6) Attend your fertility support counselling session, which will run for 50 minutes.

7) At the end of this session you can book further sessions with the counsellor if you wish.