Individual Counseling
Led by Sophia Nagornaya

Holding Hope in the Waiting

IVF & Fertility Support Group
When everyone else's life seems to be moving forward, waiting can feel incredibly lonely.
For
Individuals in treatment
Length
6 weekly sessions
Setting
Online
Investment
$750

Fertility struggles touch nearly every part of life.

The medical appointments are one piece. There is also the waiting. The uncertainty. Hope rising and falling with every cycle. Pregnancy announcements you want to celebrate that somehow still hurt. Questions about your body, your future, your relationships, and sometimes your sense of who you are.

Through all of it, the rest of the world keeps moving like normal.

Holding Hope in the Waiting is a six-week online support group for people navigating infertility, fertility treatment, and IVF who want a place where they do not have to explain why this is hard.

Inside the group

A place where you can hold both

Hope and disappointment. Gratitude and grief. Strength and exhaustion.

There does not have to be one right way to feel.

Rather than following a rigid curriculum, sessions respond to what the group needs while working through themes like:

  • Grief and ambiguous loss
  • Treatment anxiety
  • The emotional roller coaster of waiting
  • Relationships and intimacy
  • Navigating pregnancy announcements
  • Family gatherings and social situations
  • Identity and self-worth
  • Coping with uncertainty
  • Holding onto hope without denying the hard parts

You may still be waiting. You do not have to wait alone.

Who leads it

Your Facilitator

Dr. Sophia Nagornaya Wilson, Ph.D.

Sophia Nagornaya

Group facilitator · Pivot Counseling
Sophia also leads Finding Your Footing, our young adult support and skills group.
The details

Format, Schedule, and Investment

Format
Online
Length
6 weekly sessions
Structure
Closed group. Members move through the six weeks together.
Approach
Responsive to the group rather than a fixed curriculum.
Led by
Sophia Nagornaya
Starts
Late September to mid-October, once the group has enough members
$750 for the full series
$125 per session. Nothing is due when you join the interest list.
Join the list

Join The Fertility Support Group Interest List

Some groups run on set schedules, and some need enough interest before a new cohort starts. Joining an interest list does not obligate you to enrol.

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