Resources
Useful Links
Looking for more Therapists of Color, LGBTQA+ Affirming Therapists or Therapists experienced in fertility and/or infant loss? Here are a few listings to help you in your search:
Resources for Pregnancy/Infant Loss and Fertility
At Rising Hope Counseling and Wellness, we believe in having an army of support during this difficult time in our lives. Below are therapists, groups, online communities, doulas, that support the BIPOC and LGBTQA+ Communities.
Support Groups and Communities
Postpartum Support International- (scroll towards the bottom for the Support for Loss)
Therapists in Massachusetts that specialize in loss/fertility.
Retreats for Child Loss
Adrian's Elephants
Golden WIllow Retreat
Resources for Fertility
Fertility for Colored Girls (faith-based)/Facebook Page
Doulas (Full Spectrum, Fertility, Postpartum, Bereavement, Abortion, Adoption, etc)
4 The Journey -(Full Spectrum Doula including Adoption Doula)
Black Mama's Village-(Full Spectrum Doula including Adoption Doula)
National Black Doula Association
Fertility Websites
Fertilitypedia.org
Natural-fertility-info.com (website, instagram and youtube)
Steamychick.institute
Fertilityforcoloredgirls.org
https://resolvenewengland.org/
Apps/Websites to explore providers
Irth
Fertility IQ-www.fertilityiq.com/
Society for Reproductive Techology-https://www.sart.org/
Family Building Grants & Financial Resource
https://www.fertilityforcoloredgirls.org/fundraisers
https://cadefoundation.org/grants
Extensive FFCG resources-https://bit.ly/356QWEB
How Do I Check A Therapist out?
Looking for a Therapist can be a very scary task. You are about to embark on a wonderful emotional journey and you want to make sure that your passenger (The Therapist) can support you during this ride. Like with any relationship, you want to make sure this person is a good fit for you. Don’t be afraid to ask questions to check us out! Here are some questions to ask a Therapist to help with your search.
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Are you a licensed health service practitioner? How many years have you been providing mental health services?
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What is your availability? How do I schedule future appointments?
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Describe how you have been feeling and what brings you to counseling. Ask what experience do you have helping people with these types of problems?
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What are your areas of expertise – for example, working with children and families?
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What is your style of interaction with your clients? What kinds of treatments do you use with your clients?
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How long is each session?
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What are your fees? Do you have a sliding-scale fee policy?
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What types of insurance do you accept? Will you accept direct billing to/payment from my insurance company?
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What payment forms do you accept?
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How much therapy would you recommend?
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How do you determine my treatment goals?
