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Grief after infertility and loss rarely shows up as one clean, simple feeling. It’s more like… all the feelings, all at once.

Hope and dread. Relief and heartbreak. Joy for someone else’s news and jealousy at the same time.

That

Sometimes people ask me how I do this work—how I sit with so much pain, so many stories of loss, month after month of hope and heartbreak.

The truth? I don’t just sit with it. I live it, too.

I’m a reproductive grief therapist&hel

I’m Christen, a licensed marriage and family therapist serving clients in South Carolina and Tennessee.

I specialize in working with women who are carrying the kind of grief that isn’t always easy to name or speak aloud—infertility

A fun little thing happened… I was interviewed by South Carolina Voyager as part of their Inspiring Stories series. I was so thrilled to talk about my practice, the work I do with women navigating reproductive grief, and how this became the th

This kind of grief doesn’t get casseroles. It doesn’t get time off work or thoughtful cards in the mail. 
It’s quiet. It’s isolating. And so often, it’s misunderstood.

Reproductive grief can show up in so many ways: ✨ I

No one really prepares you for how isolating reproductive grief can be.

You watch your friends build their families while you’re left grieving a future that never came.
You sit through holidays, baby showers, and group chats that feel like a

I see you. 
With multiple degrees hanging on your wall. A business card with lots of fancy letters beside your name. You’re used to achieving every goal you set for yourself.

But this one? This dream of becoming a mother? 
Somehow, it keeps sl