High Risk Pregnancy Support
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A high risk pregnancy can fundamentally change how pregnancy feels—introducing fear, uncertainty, medical trauma, and a loss of control at a time when many expect reassurance and joy.
We provide specialized therapy for individuals and couples navigating high risk pregnancy, including complex medical diagnoses, prolonged monitoring, hospitalization, and uncertainty about outcomes. Therapy offers a space to process fear, grief, and overwhelm while supporting emotional regulation and resilience during an unpredictable time.
A pregnancy may be considered high risk due to medical, obstetric, or fetal factors that require increased monitoring or intervention. These experiences can be emotionally taxing, especially when reassurance is limited or outcomes feel uncertain.
High risk pregnancy concerns may include:
Even when medical care is excellent, the psychological impact of constant monitoring and uncertainty is often underestimated.
High risk pregnancy concerns may include:
- Maternal health conditions (e.g., hypertension, autoimmune illness, diabetes)
- Pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia or placental issues
- Fetal diagnoses or genetic concerns
- Recurrent hospitalizations or bed rest
- Prior pregnancy loss or traumatic birth experiences
- Complications following infertility or IVF treatment
Even when medical care is excellent, the psychological impact of constant monitoring and uncertainty is often underestimated.
What makes a pregnancy “high risk”?
Many people in high risk pregnancies experience:
These reactions are not signs of weakness—they are understandable responses to prolonged stress and medical uncertainty.
Therapy can help you stay emotionally present without being overwhelmed by fear.
- Persistent anxiety or hypervigilance
- Difficulty bonding with the pregnancy
- Fear of loss or premature delivery
- Guilt, self-blame, or anger toward their body
- Emotional numbness or detachment
- Feeling isolated from “normal” pregnancy narratives
These reactions are not signs of weakness—they are understandable responses to prolonged stress and medical uncertainty.
Therapy can help you stay emotionally present without being overwhelmed by fear.
The emotional impact of a high risk pregnancy
Therapy during a high risk pregnancy focuses on stabilization, emotional containment, and trauma-informed support. Sessions may include:
- Managing prenatal anxiety and intrusive thoughts
- Processing medical trauma or frightening diagnoses
- Supporting emotional regulation during prolonged uncertainty
- Navigating complex medical decision-making
- Addressing grief for the pregnancy experience you expected
- Supporting partner communication and emotional alignment
Care is paced carefully and grounded in your current medical reality.
How therapy can help during a high risk pregnancy
For individuals who conceived after infertility or IVF, a high risk pregnancy can feel especially destabilizing. Many clients describe feeling unable to relax or trust the pregnancy after a long history of loss, treatment, or medical trauma.
We specialize in supporting clients who carry fertility-related anxiety into pregnancy and help integrate earlier reproductive experiences into this new phase of care.
We specialize in supporting clients who carry fertility-related anxiety into pregnancy and help integrate earlier reproductive experiences into this new phase of care.
High risk pregnancy after infertility or IVF
High-risk pregnancy often means living in a state of constant vigilance — appointments, scans, waiting, and uncertainty layered on top of fear and responsibility.
Our work is slow, attuned, and grounded in both trauma-informed care and an understanding of complex medical contexts. Therapy is not about “staying positive,” but about having a place where the full emotional reality of this experience can be held.
In person in Calabasas, CA
Virtually for clients located in California, Florida, and Texas
Our work is slow, attuned, and grounded in both trauma-informed care and an understanding of complex medical contexts. Therapy is not about “staying positive,” but about having a place where the full emotional reality of this experience can be held.
In person in Calabasas, CA
Virtually for clients located in California, Florida, and Texas
