Donor Tissue Counseling
Integrative Services at Spring Fertility
At Spring, our goal is to partner with our patients to create the healthy, happy families of their dreams. We recognize that in addition to being physically intensive, fertility treatments may also be challenging for individuals and couples to navigate mentally and emotionally. Explore support options below.
Explore Virtual Support Groups
These cohorts offer a unique opportunity to receive community support, resources, and guidance.
These groups are all-gender inclusive and open to both Spring and non-Spring patients and partners.
IVF/IUI Support Group
A space to connect and feel understood.
Navigating fertility treatment can be one of the most emotionally demanding experiences of your life. This group is designed for patients pursuing parenthood through IVF or IUI who are looking for connection, support, and tools to help them through the journey.
What we’ll explore together:
- Your path to parenthood- introductions and fertility stories
- Managing expectations, stress, and uncertainty in the IVF/IUI process
- Self-care strategies, finding balance, and reclaiming life outside of treatment
- Relationship, partnership, family, and community challenges along the way
- Shifts in identity, self-worth, and sense of self
Exercises, tools, and topics shaped by the needs of the group
What this space is for: This is a place to connect with others who truly get it- to feel less alone, process grief and disappointment, relieve stress, and build resilience and hope through one of life’s most challenging chapters.
A few things to know:
- This is a ‘closed’ group, meaning we welcome new members through the first session only, after which the group continues as a consistent, committed community
- Partners are welcome – whatever feels right for you
- This group is open to patients currently in treatment as well as those taking a break while considering next steps in treatment
$300 for 6 sessions; out-of-pocket.
WEDNESDAYS | 3:30pm PT / 6:30pm ET (70 mins)
Open to patients located in CA, OR, NY, WA, & FL
Solo Parenthood Support Group
Building your village — from treatment to parenthood and beyond.
This group is a warm, affirming community for those pursuing parenthood independently (whether by choice or circumstance) through IUI or IVF. Whether you are just beginning to explore solo parenthood or are already on your treatment journey, this is a space where you will find understanding, connection, and support from others walking a similar path.
This group welcomes female, non-binary, and trans patients using donor sperm, and is open to both first-time and second-time solo parents.
What we’ll explore together:
- Building community for today and the road ahead- through treatment, pregnancy, early parenthood, and beyond
- Finding and cultivating your support network
- Sperm donor selection and crafting a positive donor conception narrative for your family
- Navigating disclosure, responding to questions, and setting boundaries with confidence
- Managing expectations, stress, and uncertainty in the IVF/IUI process
- Self-care, balance, and self-compassion
- Exercises, tools, and topics shaped by the needs of the group
What this space is for: This is a place to feel seen, supported, and less alone- to process the emotional weight of this journey, celebrate milestones, and build a community that will carry you through treatment and into parenthood.
A few things to know:
- This is a closed group, meaning we welcome new members through the first session only, after which the group continues as a consistent, committed community
- This group is open to patients who are considering solo parenthood or are actively in treatment
$300 for 6 sessions; out-of-pocket.
WEDNESDAYS | 5:00pm PT / 8:00pm ET (70 mins)
Open to patients located in CA, CO, OR, NY, & WA
Fertility Wellness Counseling
Private therapy sessions designed for individuals or couples who are seeking extra support during their fertility journeys. These sessions can be completed in-person at our SOMA clinic location in San Francisco, in Portland, or virtually.
$300 for 45 minutes; out-of-pocket
Donor Tissue Counseling
Whether you’re building your family with the help of 3rd party services, or are electing to become a donor or gestational carrier, we’re here for you. During this counseling session, we’ll discuss important things to consider as you prepare for your cycle.
FOR INTENDED PARENTS
$495 for 90 minutes, out-of-pocket
FOR DONORS & GESTATIONAL CARRIERS
$695 for 120 minutes
Meet Dr. Julia Conant
Dr. Conant’s approach is warm, curious, collaborative and evidence-based. When people are feeling stuck, discouraged, alone, or out of control, she finds that a combination of reflection, along with practical here-and-now solutions, can lead to meaningful change and an overall improvement in well-being.
Meet Dr. Shelby Alsup
Shelby Alsup, PhD, is Spring’s in-house clinical psychology postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Alsup is trained in supporting the wide-ranging emotional aspects of reproductive medicine spanning family planning, infertility, conception, the perinatal period, and early child development.