Talk to someone who gets it
Coming soon
Vetted fertility counsellors, and peer supporters who have been through treatment themselves. We check every one before they are listed.
What you'll be able to book
Prices will be shown up front, before you book anything.
Navigation sessions
60 minutes with a fertility counsellor, plus a written cost plan you keep.
Counselling sessions
Time to talk through the emotional side of treatment, at your pace.
Peer support calls
Talk to someone who has been through IVF themselves, whatever your family looks like.
How we vet every practitioner
Nobody will be listed until every item below is done.
- Counsellors: professional register checked online and dated
- Peer supporters: Cairn training on boundaries, safeguarding and when to refer on
- Photo ID checked
- Two references taken up
- Their own professional indemnity insurance
- Basic DBS check
- Signed agreement covering scope, confidentiality, data handling and crisis steps
- Everything re-checked every year
What sessions are, and are not
Sessions are planning and emotional support, not medical care. Practitioners never diagnose, prescribe or advise on treatment; that stays with your clinic.
Peer supporters have been through treatment themselves and share what helped them. They are not counsellors or clinicians, and they will point you to a counsellor or your clinic when something needs one.
Want to support people through IVF?
Cairn is looking for its first BICA, BACP or UKCP registered fertility counsellors, and for people from every kind of family who have been through IVF and would like to support others. If that is you, we would like to hear from you.
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