About Rina

Rina is a Registered Social Worker who brings both clinical training and lived experience to her work with clients facing infertility, pregnancy loss, and complex family dynamics. After her own experience with secondary infertility and a failed round of IVF, she went on to have twins, and that journey continues to shape how she shows up for the people she works with today.

Rina has a particular focus on supporting South Asian couples navigating infertility, where cultural expectations and family pressure can add another layer of weight to an already difficult experience. Whatever brings someone to therapy, Rina creates a space where they can say the things that feel too hard to bring up anywhere else.

Areas of focus

• South Asian family building
• 2SLGBTQIA+
• Early parenthood / newborn challenges
• IVF / IUI / fertility treatments
• Grief / miscarriage / stillbirth / birth trauma
• Pregnancy / postpartum

Approach

Rina integrates Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and is continuing to grow her toolkit with training in IFS, Psychodynamic therapy, and DBT. She holds space for clients to process what they don’t feel they can bring to anyone else, reflecting their strengths back to them and collaborating on real, practical next steps.

What to expect

A session with Rina feels warm and unhurried. She listens closely and asks thoughtful questions that open up deeper insight and growth, and she’s invested in helping clients build a plan for what comes next, along with practical tools for managing anxiety and stress. She loves when clients leave feeling lighter, and truly heard.

Qualifications

• Registered Social Worker (RSW)
• Master of Social Work (MSW), Toronto Metropolitan University
• Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), Dalhousie University
• Bachelor of Arts in Education, Empire State University
• AMI Montessori training, Foundation for Montessori Education
• Certificate in Narcissistic Relationships and Emotional Abuse
• Certificate in Palliative Hospice Care

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About Ashley

Ashley has robust experience and unique insight into the fertility world through her own fertility journey which included many years of treatments, delivering stillborn, surrogacy advocacy and a cervical cancer diagnosis. She is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) and has immersed herself into all things fertility and third party reproduction and finds tremendous value in supporting those going through various reproductive challenges.

Ashley is compassionate and knowledgeable about surrogacy and donor conception and has supported many Intended Parents and surrogates on their journey. She also works closely with those who have received reproductive cancer diagnosis’ and provides therapeutic support through treatments.

Areas of focus

• Onco-fertility / Reproductive cancer
• IVF / IUI / fertility treatments
• Grief / miscarriage / stillbirth / birth trauma
• Pregnancy / postpartum
• Surrogacy / donor conception
• Implication counselling
• Psychosocial assessments

Approach

Ashley’s approach to therapy is warm, grounded, and deeply human. She understands that this process is not about ‘fixing’ emotions or staying positive, it’s about having a cozy place to land while you move through uncertainty, hope, grief, and large decisions.

Her work is trauma-informed and integrative, drawing from attachment-based, emotion-focused, and strengths-based approaches. In practice, this means we pay attention to how fertility experiences show up in your body and relationships, not just in your thoughts.

What to expect

You can expect sessions with Ashley to feel supportive, honest, and collaborative. Sometimes soft and validating, sometime gently challenging. And often, surprisingly light! Laughter shows up here too.

Ashley works at your pace, meeting you where you are at without judgement or pressure to feel a certain way.

You don’t have to have the right words. You can show up exactly as you are.

Qualifications

• Registered Social Worker (RSW)
• Bachelor of Social Work, Laurentian University
• Currently pursuing Master of Social Work (MSW) and clinical supervision training

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About Sarah

Sarah became a therapist because she genuinely cares about people, and believes every person’s story is unique. Her own lived experience with perinatal mental health, including postpartum depression and anxiety after becoming a first-time mom, deepened her empathy for how overwhelming and isolating that transition can be. She knows firsthand how pregnancy, birth, and the early newborn stage can bring unexpected emotional challenges, identity shifts, and changes within relationships.

That experience strengthened Sarah’s passion for supporting individuals and families navigating the complexities of parenthood with compassion, hope, and practical support. Above all, she wants her clients to know they don’t have to face life’s challenges alone.

Areas of focus

• IVF / IUI / fertility treatments
• Grief / miscarriage / stillbirth / birth trauma
• Pregnancy / postpartum
• Men’s mental health
• Psychosocial assessments

Approach

Sarah’s approach is warm, collaborative, and rooted in genuine curiosity. She takes the time to understand each client as a whole person rather than focusing only on what brought them to therapy, drawing from CBT, Solution Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), attachment based principles, person centred therapy, and trauma informed practice. She’s naturally reflective, asking thoughtful questions while offering practical strategies clients can use outside of sessions too.

What to expect

A first session with Sarah is all about getting to know you, no pressure to have everything figured out or know exactly what to say. Conversations feel warm, collaborative, and genuine, and together you’ll explore what’s important to you and work at a pace that feels comfortable. Her hope is that you leave each session feeling heard and supported, with a greater sense of clarity and confidence than when you arrived.

Qualifications

• Registered Social Worker (RSW)
• Bachelor of Social Work, York University
• Currently pursuing Certificate in Trauma and Resilience Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University

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About Amy

Amy has been a social worker for 27 years, and she knows the weight of infertility firsthand. Her three children all came after years of failed fertility treatments, and along the way, she carried the guilt and shame that so many people feel when their journey doesn’t go the way they hoped. She also knows what it means to have real support carry you through it, and that’s what she offers every client who sits down with her.

Amy believes we should be able to talk about mental health as openly as we talk about physical health. She’s spent years building that kind of space for people, including within the trans community, where she supports clients through name and gender marker changes and everything that comes with that, emotionally and otherwise. For Amy, every path to parenthood, and every version of who you are, deserves support.

Areas of focus

• Gender-affirming care
• Fertility preservation
• IVF / IUI / fertility treatments
• Grief / miscarriage / stillbirth / birth trauma
• Pregnancy / postpartum
• Psychosocial assessments

Approach

Amy draws from CBT and EFT, and describes herself as client-centered, solution-focused, compassionate, and collaborative. She adapts her approach to each client, tuning into what makes them feel most supported.

What to expect

Amy’s aim is to make her clients feel relaxed, supported, validated, safe, and empowered. She’s driven by helping others, watching change happen, and seeing families grow. Using her experience, skill and understanding to empower people is what fulfills her.

Qualifications

• Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist (RSW)
• Bachelor of Social Work, University of Western Ontario
• Certified in CBT, EFT, and Anti-Oppressive Therapy

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About Gordon

Gordon’s path into social work comes from both his personal experiences and the people he’s had the privilege of supporting. Born in Sudan, he spent part of his childhood navigating poverty, instability, and family separation before moving to Canada on an athletic scholarship. Those experiences taught him resilience, and showed him how hard it can be to ask for help when you’re expected to appear strong.

As a Black man and former varsity athlete, Gordon has seen firsthand how much stigma surrounds mental health, especially among men, athletes, and people from diverse cultural backgrounds, and that understanding continues to shape how he practices today. He’s supported children, teens, university students, athletes, and adults through anxiety, depression, life transitions, and identity development, always working to create a space where people feel genuinely heard and accepted, without judgment.

Gordon is especially passionate about supporting families through the emotional complexities of fertility, family building, pregnancy, and parenthood. He believes everyone deserves a safe place to process it all, without feeling alone.

Areas of focus

• Men’s mental health
• Male factor infertility
• 2SLGBTQIA+
• Grief / miscarriage / stillbirth / birth trauma

Approach

Gordon’s approach is collaborative, compassionate, and shaped around the person in front of him. He believes you’re the expert in your own life, and his role is to walk alongside you as you work through challenges and build on the strengths you already have.

He draws from a range of evidence-based approaches, including CBT, DBT, ACT, Solution-Focused Therapy, and strengths-based, trauma-informed practices, adapting to whatever fits your needs and goals best. What makes his approach different is the blend of his own lived experience with his professional training. He works to build a relationship rooted in trust, curiosity, and genuine care, one where you can show up exactly as you are.

What to expect

Gordon believes therapy should feel both supportive and empowering. He’ll offer compassion and validation, and he’ll gently challenge you too, when it helps you grow. Above all, he wants you to leave every session knowing you don’t have to face things alone.

Gordon believes therapy should feel both supportive and empowering. He’ll offer compassion and validation, and he’ll also gently challenge you when it serves your growth. Above all, he wants clients to leave knowing they don’t have to face life’s challenges alone.

Qualifications

• Registered Social Worker (RSW)
• Master of Social Work (MSW), University of Toronto
• Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Waterloo
• Fundamentals of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

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About Ariel

Ariel is a Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist who has been supporting individuals and couples in the fertility and surrogacy community since 2015. She understand how deeply isolating and emotional infertility, pregnancy challenges, and pregnancy loss can feel, and provides a safe, non-judgmental space to work through those experiences.

After experiencing a complicated miscarriage as a surrogate in 2016, Ariel realized how few mental health professionals truly understand the fertility journey. This inspired her to return to school, and in 2021 she founded Carried with Love to provide fully virtual therapy for those going through infertility, pregnancy loss, pregnancy complications, and postpartum mood disorders.

Ariel combines her professional training with personal experience to offer compassionate, individualized support. Her goal is to help you feel heard, understood, and empowered through every step of your path to parenthood.

Areas of focus

• IVF / IUI / fertility treatment
• Grief / miscarriage / stillbirth / birth trauma
• Pregnancy / postpartum
• Surrogacy
• Implication counselling
• Psychosocial assessments

Approach

Ariel’s approach to therapy is collaborative and individualized. She draws from a range of evidence-based modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness, and Emotionally Focused Therapy, tailoring techniques to your unique needs and goals.

She focuses on helping you build practical, long-term coping skills that go beyond fertility and pregnancy challenges. Together with her clients, Ariel works on strategies to manage stress, navigate uncertainty, process grief or loss, and strengthen their emotional resilience. Her goal is to provide support that is both immediately helpful and transferable to all areas of life, empowering you to feel more confident, grounded, and in control throughout your journey.

What to expect

Therapy with Ariel is relaxed, collaborative, and focused on you. She aims to create a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore your experiences, process your emotions, and work toward meaningful change.

She values building a strong therapeutic relationship and being a witness to your growth and transformation.

Qualifications

• Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist (RSW)
• Bachelor of Social Work, University of Western Ontario
• Bachelor of Arts in Childhood and Social Institutions, Western University

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