Therapy for
Support through the emotional side of fertility
CBT-based counseling for adults and couples facing the stress and grief of fertility challenges and treatment.
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Choose a time and send your request. It takes about 30 seconds and one short form.
4.95from 113 reviews
In-network with
- UnitedHealthcare
- Aetna
- Medicare
- Oscar Health
- Meritain Health
- Oxford Health Plans
- Cigna
- Optum
- Highmark BCBS WNY
- Univera Healthcare
- MagnaCare
- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Industry-leading, structured care
Progress measured monthly, not guessed at
We respond within one business day
Every clinician state-licensed
Why MindView
Most therapy for Fertility Counseling has no structure. Ours has four stages and a scoreboard.
Most practices deliver therapy for Fertility Counseling however the therapist you happened to get was trained. We run one format for every client, and we measure it.
- 01
Intake
What is actually going on, rated 0 to 10 as your baseline.
- 02
Your history
Why it is happening. History, relationships, work, health.
- 03
Treatment plan
Written and collaborative, built against those causes.
- 04
Monthly review
Standardized measures, reviewed with you. You see the trend.
A license is where our training starts, not where it ends.
Every clinician is state-licensed before they see a single client. Then they train with us across every modality, and how to match one to the problem in front of them.
What clients say
4.95 averagefrom 113 reviews
- 5 out of 5 stars
MindView Therapy has great customer service and is very flexible, with good therapist availability and clear communication of any changes. Genuinely a great place for therapy with zero judgement.
Kailani M.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
The support staff was very helpful in assisting me to find the right provider. And the provider they found me is personable, a good listener, has good advice, and appears to be quite knowledgeable. I'm very happy with my decision to go with MindView.
Kevin R.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
I truly felt seen, heard and understood by my therapist. Goals and next step expectations were clearly explained for processing.
Diane S.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
I had a great onboarding experience with MindView. My therapist took the time to do a really thorough intake, which I appreciated, and the staff keeps communication clear and consistent. Plus, they handled my insurance verification hassle free.
Jennifer P.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
I'm new to this therapy place, however the couples therapist we are seeing is amazing so far. She's a great listener and I can't wait to see how much further we can get with her guidance.
Maritza M.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
Great therapists, excellent customer service.
Meta
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- 5 out of 5 stars
My therapist has been incredibly supportive and compassionate. She creates a safe, welcoming space, and I truly feel heard and understood. I'm very grateful for her guidance. Highly recommend.
Laura S.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
The clinician is helpful. I would recommend this to my friends. I can communicate better with my family members. Thanks for your cooperation.
Sharmin S.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
The process to find a therapist was very smooth and quick. The intake did take some time, but it was a very thorough process. Overall a great service and very helpful.
Jorge Z.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
Helpful, and they let you know everything in advance.
Naphtali S.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
MindView Therapy has been wonderful to work with. The team is kind, responsive, and made the entire process feel easy from the start. I always felt heard and supported, and I really appreciate the compassionate care I've received. Highly recommend.
Angela D.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
I've had a great experience with MindView. They are easy to communicate with and handle my needs quickly. I've had some great sessions with my therapist and would highly recommend checking them out.
Kylah B.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
My therapist has done a great job of teaching me how to translate my thoughts into personal feelings, as well as helpful techniques to deal with my anxiety.
Ladale N.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
I cannot say enough good things about my counselor. From the very start she made me feel heard, respected, and supported without judgement. She is a great listener and challenges me to grow in healthy ways.
Barbara D.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
She is such a great therapist. She really listens to what you are saying and helps you figure out situations.
Leah D.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
The process from start to finish is made so easy. You get assigned to someone quickly and can choose from various time slots to work around your schedule. No sitting on a phone waiting, just quick and to the point with every step.
Shannon G.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
I've had such a positive experience with MindView Therapy. The sessions have given me so much clarity and practical tools to handle life's ups and downs. I feel more equipped and confident moving forward. If you are looking for a supportive and insightful therapy experience, I highly recommend them.
Lucie L.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
She is an amazing therapist. She understands me and where I am coming from without hesitation. It is a complete judgement-free zone.
Barbie Z.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
I've had a really wonderful experience at MindView. My therapist is a great listener and always made me feel heard and understood. I've seen meaningful progress. Would recommend.
Manana D.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
Kind, helpful, and good at what they do! My therapist is truly one-of-a-kind, and has helped me so much.
Nick B.
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Fertility counseling is therapy for the emotional side of trying to conceive, including treatment, loss, and the strain it puts on a relationship. At MindView, licensed therapists use cognitive behavioral tools to help adults and couples manage grief, anxiety, and uncertainty while they go through it, not only after.
Does this sound like you?
- You know the exact day of your cycle and the exact day of everyone else's announcement.
- You said congratulations, then cried in the car, then felt monstrous for it.
- Your calendar is medical appointments and your marriage is a scheduling conversation.
- You have started avoiding baby showers and inventing reasons that sound better than the real one.
- Hope has become a thing you brace against instead of something you look forward to.
- You are managing everyone else's feelings about this and none of your own.
You do not have to be in crisis to start. If several of these sound familiar, therapy can help.
If several of these sound familiar, that is worth talking about.
Choose a time and send your request. It takes about 30 seconds and one short form.
What is fertility counseling?
Fertility counseling is therapy for the emotional weight of trying to conceive, including treatment, loss, waiting, and the pressure it puts on a relationship. It is mental health care, not medical care, and it runs alongside whatever your clinic is doing.
It is not reserved for the end of the road. Most people wait far too long to get support, treating counseling as something for after a final answer rather than for the years of uncertainty that come first.
The strain here is not small. Chronic stress affects sleep, mood, and concentration, and NIMH’s guidance is clear that when those symptoms persist for two weeks or more, professional support is the right call.
Why is this so hard in a way people underestimate?
Because it is grief without a funeral. You are mourning something that never arrived, repeatedly, on a schedule set by a calendar and a lab. There is no ritual for it and no obvious place to put it.
It is also hope on a cycle. Each month or each round asks you to be optimistic and then, often, to absorb a loss. Being asked to hope again after that is its own kind of exhausting, and going numb starts to look like self-protection.
Then there is everyone else. Pregnancy announcements, family questions, unsolicited advice about stress and vacations. You end up managing other people’s comfort with your own worst subject.
Couples rarely grieve in sync. One partner wants to talk, the other wants to function. Both are coping, and both can end up feeling alone in the same house.
How does counseling help?
Your therapist gives the grief a place to exist without a schedule. Naming it as loss, plainly, is more useful than being told to stay positive, which is the advice most people are drowning in already.
Cognitive behavioral tools address the specific anxieties of this process: the intrusive thoughts, the two-week waits, the catastrophizing before a call, and the rumination after one. You get concrete strategies for the parts of the week that are hardest.
For couples, the work often centers on the gap between how each of you copes, and on rebuilding a relationship that has quietly become a project management meeting.
Counseling also helps you set boundaries with family, decide what you owe anyone in the way of updates, and hold onto a life that is not entirely organized around a result.
Your first session is an intake, where you rate the intensity of the grief and the anxiety on a 0 to 10 scale. The early work covers your history and what you want changed, and the treatment plan is built with you. Sessions run weekly and flex around your treatment cycles, and once a month you complete standardized measures so progress is tracked rather than assumed. The plan is adjusted based on what those show.
Does counseling improve my chances of conceiving?
We will not tell you that it does. Counseling is mental health care, not fertility treatment, and any practice that suggests therapy will change a medical outcome is selling you something.
What we can say plainly is that this process is hard on people, and that support during it is worth having on its own terms. You do not need therapy to be a fertility intervention in order for it to be worth an hour a week.
This also means you will never hear “just relax” in this room. That advice is both useless and quietly cruel, since it implies you are the obstacle. You are not the obstacle. You are the person going through it.
Your medical decisions stay with your medical team. Your therapist supports you, not your protocol.
What about pregnancy loss?
It belongs here, and it is one of the most under-supported losses there is. A miscarriage is a bereavement, and it is routinely treated by everyone around you as a medical event that you should have moved past by now.
There is often no ritual, no acknowledgment, and no permission to grieve openly, particularly for losses that happened before anyone was told. The absence of a public loss does not make it a private non-event.
Grief after loss frequently sits alongside anxiety about trying again, and the two pull against each other. Hope starts to feel like exposure. Your therapist works on both, and does not ask you to choose one.
Partners often grieve differently here, and the mismatch can leave each of you feeling unmet in the same house. That gap is workable, and it is common material in these sessions.
What does care at MindView look like?
We work with adults 18 and over in Queens and Buffalo, individually or as couples. Your therapist follows your lead on what to work on and does not give medical opinions about your treatment.
Sessions are conducted by telehealth, which matters when your week already contains clinic appointments, blood draws, and a job.
We are in-network with most major insurance plans. Note that behavioral health coverage is separate from any fertility benefit, so check your mental health coverage, then book a session online or call (646) 493-4007.
What does it look like?
- •Grief, sadness, or a sense of loss around fertility
- •Anxiety about treatment, timing, or outcomes
- •Strain on your relationship or feeling alone in the process
- •Difficulty being around pregnancy news or reminders
- •Stress that follows you into sleep, work, and daily life
Who is this for?
- •Adults and couples navigating fertility challenges
- •People going through treatment such as IUI or IVF
- •Anyone carrying grief or anxiety around trying to conceive
What does therapy here actually look like?
The first three sessions follow a clear structure, so you always know what is coming next.
- Getting started
Your therapist asks what brought you in, where you are in the process, and what has been hardest. You rate the intensity of the grief, the anxiety about treatment and outcomes, and the strain on your relationship on a 0 to 10 scale, which becomes the baseline. You set a recurring weekly time before you leave. Nothing is minimized, and you will not be told to relax.
- The wider picture
Your therapist walks through your life across stages, looking at family, relationships, health, work, and what you expected your life to look like, for the patterns and strengths behind what you are carrying now. You can decline any question you do not want to answer.
- Building the plan
You build the plan together. Goals are tied to the fertility process, with concrete objectives like managing the two-week waits, handling the intrusive thoughts, setting boundaries with family, and closing the gap between how you and your partner cope. You also set one personal goal that matters to you.
- Ongoing
Weekly sessions work the plan and flex around treatment cycles and appointments. Once a month you complete standardized measures so you and your therapist can see whether the anxiety and grief are easing, and the plan is adjusted based on what those show.
Therapy here is measured, not guessed
Once a month you have a measurement-based care review. You complete standardized measures, and your therapist reviews the trend with you. If something is not working, the plan changes. Regular therapy is the work. The review is the navigation system that keeps it pointed at the right target.
Sessions are weekly for the first two months to build a foundation, then frequency is reassessed with you. You set the pace, and you share only what you are comfortable sharing.
You do not have to figure this out alone.
Choose a time and send your request. It takes about 30 seconds and one short form.
Common questions
Do you take insurance, and what will counseling cost?
We are in-network with most major plans. In New York: UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Medicare, Oscar Health, Meritain Health, Oxford Health Plans, Cigna, Optum, Highmark BCBS WNY, Univera Healthcare and MagnaCare. We confirm your benefits before your first session.
What happens in the first session?
Your therapist asks where you are in the process, what has been hardest, and what kind of support you want. You will not be given advice about relaxing, dieting, or trying a different clinic.
How long does counseling take, and will it help my chances?
Counseling supports your mental health. It does not treat infertility and no one here will suggest that therapy changes a medical outcome. What it changes is how supported and steady you are while you go through it.
Do I need a diagnosis to start?
No. You do not need a formal infertility diagnosis or any mental health diagnosis. If this is taking a toll on you, that is enough of a reason.
Can we do this by telehealth, and how soon can we start?
Yes. Sessions are conducted by telehealth and fits around clinic appointments and treatment cycles, which is often what makes it possible at all. Most people are scheduled within days.
Can we come as a couple?
Yes. Fertility challenges affect both partners and the relationship between them, often unevenly. We see individuals and couples, and many people do some of each.
How do I get started?
- 1
Check your insurance
Most major plans are accepted, and checking takes under a minute.
See if we take your insurance - 2
- 3
Meet your therapist
Your first session is an intake. Your therapist asks what brought you in, and you set a weekly time together.
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