Infertility Therapists in Palos Park, IL
Veronica Ricobene, LCPC, helps children, teens, and adults across Illinois build practical skills to manage overwhelming emotions, strengthen relationships, and move toward meaningful change. As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor at LifeStance Health, she provides individual therapy for clients ages 6 through older adulthood, offering compassionate, evidence-based mental health care tailored to each stage of life. Veronica specializes in ADHD, anxiety, and trauma, and she also supports individuals navigating depression, childhood behavior issues, school avoidance, and life transitions.
Veronica Ricobene, LCPC, helps children, teens, and adults across Illinois build practical skills to manage overwhelming emotions, strengthen relationships, and move toward meaningful change. As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor at LifeStance Health, she provides individual therapy for clients ages 6 through older adulthood, offering compassionate, evidence-based mental health care tailored to each stage of life. Veronica specializes in ADHD, anxiety, and trauma, and she also supports individuals navigating depression, childhood behavior issues, school avoidance, and life transitions.
Bailey has a passion for helping clients of all ages better understand themselves, navigate life transitions, and develop practical tools to cope with stress, anxiety, and emotional challenges. Her approach is collaborative, strengths-based, and trauma-informed, with an emphasis on safety, trust, and empowerment. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques to help clients identify patterns, build coping skills, and make meaningful, values-aligned changes.Bailey has a passion for helping clients of all ages better understand themselves, navigate life transitions, and develop pra
Bailey has a passion for helping clients of all ages better understand themselves, navigate life transitions, and develop practical tools to cope with stress, anxiety, and emotional challenges. Her approach is collaborative, strengths-based, and trauma-informed, with an emphasis on safety, trust, and empowerment. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques to help clients identify patterns, build coping skills, and make meaningful, values-aligned changes.Bailey has a passion for helping clients of all ages better understand themselves, navigate life transitions, and develop pra
Robyn has experience across therapeutic settings. Her experience includes inpatient treatment, partial hospitalization program treatment, community-based services and outpatient settings. Robyn specializes in treating individuals who suffer from suicidal ideations, self-esteem issues, relationship difficulties, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, trauma (with extensive training and experience with domestic violence & sexual assault), adjustment phases, and substance abuse/dependence.
Robyn has experience across therapeutic settings. Her experience includes inpatient treatment, partial hospitalization program treatment, community-based services and outpatient settings. Robyn specializes in treating individuals who suffer from suicidal ideations, self-esteem issues, relationship difficulties, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, trauma (with extensive training and experience with domestic violence & sexual assault), adjustment phases, and substance abuse/dependence.
Victoria Stoklosa-Caldwell is an LCPC, who has been practicing since 2017. She graduated from Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, IL with a MA in Counseling Psychology. Victoria believes in a non-judgmental approach that creates a warm, empathic, genuine, and understanding environment for clients to build a trusting and respectful relationship. She utilizes various therapeutic techniques and approaches based on client needs. Victoria’s main areas of focus include clinical mental health counseling for children, teens and adults, gerontological counseling and spiritual counseling.
Victoria Stoklosa-Caldwell is an LCPC, who has been practicing since 2017. She graduated from Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, IL with a MA in Counseling Psychology. Victoria believes in a non-judgmental approach that creates a warm, empathic, genuine, and understanding environment for clients to build a trusting and respectful relationship. She utilizes various therapeutic techniques and approaches based on client needs. Victoria’s main areas of focus include clinical mental health counseling for children, teens and adults, gerontological counseling and spiritual counseling.
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I specialize in working with people who feel trapped in obsessive thinking, anxiety, and reproductive trauma, including infertility, pregnancy loss, complicated pregnancies and births, and the transition into parenthood.
Sometimes your mind won’t turn off; when worry begins to loop, fears can feel louder than logic, or grief has woven itself into everything, you may start to wonder if something is wrong with you. There isn’t. Obsessive thoughts often show up after loss, medical trauma, or prolonged uncertainty. You may find yourself stuck in “what ifs,” constantly scanning your body, googling symptoms, or mentally rehearsing worst-case scenarios about your fertility, your pregnancy, or your ability to be a good parent. You’re trying to protect you in a world that has felt unpredictable, painful, or unsafe.
I specialize in working with people who feel trapped in obsessive thinking, anxiety, and reproductive trauma, including infertility, pregnancy loss, complicated pregnancies and births, and the transition into parenthood.
Sometimes your mind won’t turn off; when worry begins to loop, fears can feel louder than logic, or grief has woven itself into everything, you may start to wonder if something is wrong with you. There isn’t. Obsessive thoughts often show up after loss, medical trauma, or prolonged uncertainty. You may find yourself stuck in “what ifs,” constantly scanning your body, googling symptoms, or mentally rehearsing worst-case scenarios about your fertility, your pregnancy, or your ability to be a good parent. You’re trying to protect you in a world that has felt unpredictable, painful, or unsafe.
Are you struggling to cope with infertility, pregnancy loss or other health concerns?
Together we will work to create a plan to help you take back control over your mood and your life. You will learn skills to help improve communication, coping, and boundary setting. With practice, these changes will become a normal way of life and you will feel more confident in riding out life's rough seas and sailing toward a happier future.
Are you struggling to cope with infertility, pregnancy loss or other health concerns?
Together we will work to create a plan to help you take back control over your mood and your life. You will learn skills to help improve communication, coping, and boundary setting. With practice, these changes will become a normal way of life and you will feel more confident in riding out life's rough seas and sailing toward a happier future.
Infertility and pregnancy loss can bring waves of grief, confusion, and frustration, often leaving you feeling unseen or unsupported by those around you.
As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in reproductive mental health, my own journey through infertility, loss, and years of treatment motivated me to focus my work on helping others navigate their own experiences. I am here to walk with you, help you rediscover hope, and support you through each step of your journey.
Infertility and pregnancy loss can bring waves of grief, confusion, and frustration, often leaving you feeling unseen or unsupported by those around you.
As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in reproductive mental health, my own journey through infertility, loss, and years of treatment motivated me to focus my work on helping others navigate their own experiences. I am here to walk with you, help you rediscover hope, and support you through each step of your journey.
I work with individuals, couples, and families, and have extensive experience helping adults navigate anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, identity development, infertility and reproductive challenges, parenting, divorce, and periods of transition and uncertainty.
Many people come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, anxious, emotionally stuck, or dissatisfied in relationships despite appearing highly functioning on the outside. Often these struggles reflect longstanding patterns that developed earlier in life and continue to shape present-day experiences. Therapy offers the opportunity to better understand these patterns within a thoughtful, collaborative relationship.
I work with individuals, couples, and families, and have extensive experience helping adults navigate anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, identity development, infertility and reproductive challenges, parenting, divorce, and periods of transition and uncertainty.
Many people come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, anxious, emotionally stuck, or dissatisfied in relationships despite appearing highly functioning on the outside. Often these struggles reflect longstanding patterns that developed earlier in life and continue to shape present-day experiences. Therapy offers the opportunity to better understand these patterns within a thoughtful, collaborative relationship.
I specialize in supporting women and men coping with infertility and through the perinatal period and beyond.
I personally understand the complexities of this journey and the unique emotional and psychological challenges and experiences that come with it. I utilize a direct, yet compassionate and warm approach, providing a balance of support and challenge, that allows for flexibility, humor, and connection in the therapeutic process.
I specialize in supporting women and men coping with infertility and through the perinatal period and beyond.
I personally understand the complexities of this journey and the unique emotional and psychological challenges and experiences that come with it. I utilize a direct, yet compassionate and warm approach, providing a balance of support and challenge, that allows for flexibility, humor, and connection in the therapeutic process.
I am client-focused when working with individuals and families, providing space for them to openly discuss the impact family building has had on their mental health. I encourage clients to actively participate in their treatment and collaboratively work with each client to identify their therapeutic goals. I use a mixture of modalities, from cognitive-behavioral techniques to holistic and integrative approaches. I always strive to bring culture and identity into the therapy space as I believe one’s lived experiences are often shaped by their personal identities.
I am client-focused when working with individuals and families, providing space for them to openly discuss the impact family building has had on their mental health. I encourage clients to actively participate in their treatment and collaboratively work with each client to identify their therapeutic goals. I use a mixture of modalities, from cognitive-behavioral techniques to holistic and integrative approaches. I always strive to bring culture and identity into the therapy space as I believe one’s lived experiences are often shaped by their personal identities.
I want to help you find the solutions and the life changes that you already have inside of yourself.
I want to be your guide on this journey. I consider it such a privilege and honor to walk alongside of you as you take brave steps to discover who you are and begin to process your pain, struggles, and unhealthy coping patterns, and transform them into life-giving joy and fulfillment
I want to help you find the solutions and the life changes that you already have inside of yourself.
I want to be your guide on this journey. I consider it such a privilege and honor to walk alongside of you as you take brave steps to discover who you are and begin to process your pain, struggles, and unhealthy coping patterns, and transform them into life-giving joy and fulfillment
To the outside world, you are thriving. You are successful, capable, and in control. Internally, you are obsessed with details, use busyness to outrun your brain, or overthink every decision you make.
I specialize in the “High-Achieving Mind” because I know the terrain. I understand the specific suffering of the professional who tries to “outwork” anxiety, perfectionism, and/or OCD. I also understand the unique grief of fertility struggles and IVF. This is often the intersection where high-performance meets biology, and you can no longer optimize, track, and execute your way to success.
To the outside world, you are thriving. You are successful, capable, and in control. Internally, you are obsessed with details, use busyness to outrun your brain, or overthink every decision you make.
I specialize in the “High-Achieving Mind” because I know the terrain. I understand the specific suffering of the professional who tries to “outwork” anxiety, perfectionism, and/or OCD. I also understand the unique grief of fertility struggles and IVF. This is often the intersection where high-performance meets biology, and you can no longer optimize, track, and execute your way to success.
Whether you’re navigating infertility, pregnancy or postpartum changes, adoption or surrogacy, or the day-to-day stress of new parenting, you deserve support that meets you with compassion and steadiness.
I specialize in reproductive loss and trauma, infertility, the impact of medical conditions on fertility and birth, perinatal mood concerns, birth trauma, and parental stress. In our work together, we’ll focus on easing distress, strengthening coping, improving sleep, and building resilience at a pace that feels right for you.
Whether you’re navigating infertility, pregnancy or postpartum changes, adoption or surrogacy, or the day-to-day stress of new parenting, you deserve support that meets you with compassion and steadiness.
I specialize in reproductive loss and trauma, infertility, the impact of medical conditions on fertility and birth, perinatal mood concerns, birth trauma, and parental stress. In our work together, we’ll focus on easing distress, strengthening coping, improving sleep, and building resilience at a pace that feels right for you.
In addition, I am also a trained infertility specialist.
I specialize in providing personalized, evidence-based interventions tailored to each client’s unique needs. As a trained EMDR therapist, I utilize Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help clients process and heal from past trauma, emotional distress, and negative thought patterns.
In addition, I am also a trained infertility specialist.
I specialize in providing personalized, evidence-based interventions tailored to each client’s unique needs. As a trained EMDR therapist, I utilize Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help clients process and heal from past trauma, emotional distress, and negative thought patterns.
Are you seeking emotional support during your fertility or family-planning journey? Prenatal psychotherapy offers a compassionate space to explore the emotional and psychological aspects of preconception, pregnancy, and birth preparation. Together, we explore doubt, stress, fear, and family-of-origin patterns while using mind–body-informed and experiential therapeutic practices. Sessions go beyond reflection by integrating skills-based approaches that support emotional regulation, conscious choice, and meaningful, lasting change as you prepare for parenthood. Clients come to me who desire a more interactive approach to therapy.
Are you seeking emotional support during your fertility or family-planning journey? Prenatal psychotherapy offers a compassionate space to explore the emotional and psychological aspects of preconception, pregnancy, and birth preparation. Together, we explore doubt, stress, fear, and family-of-origin patterns while using mind–body-informed and experiential therapeutic practices. Sessions go beyond reflection by integrating skills-based approaches that support emotional regulation, conscious choice, and meaningful, lasting change as you prepare for parenthood. Clients come to me who desire a more interactive approach to therapy.
For over a decade I have worked with Adult and Adolescent Patients coping with various Life Challenges. I maintain a supportive and collaborative therapeutic relationship with my Patients as they negotiate their identified challenge areas. Specific areas of focus within my practice are Life Stage Challenges; Grief and Loss; Fertility and Postpartum; and Anxiety and Depression. Over the last five years, I have incorporated Animal Assisted Psychotherapy with my Canine Co-therapists. While not all sessions are appropriate for Animal Assisted Psychotherapy, the addition of Canine Co-therapists has been met with positive feedback.
For over a decade I have worked with Adult and Adolescent Patients coping with various Life Challenges. I maintain a supportive and collaborative therapeutic relationship with my Patients as they negotiate their identified challenge areas. Specific areas of focus within my practice are Life Stage Challenges; Grief and Loss; Fertility and Postpartum; and Anxiety and Depression. Over the last five years, I have incorporated Animal Assisted Psychotherapy with my Canine Co-therapists. While not all sessions are appropriate for Animal Assisted Psychotherapy, the addition of Canine Co-therapists has been met with positive feedback.
One of my favorite quotes is "the absence of illness is not wellness." It reminds us that feeling better isn't solely about healing from our past or suppressing the feelings that ail us, but that wellness is an active and intentional process that requires a commitment to self. What practices are we putting in place to sustain better? Are we working toward something meaningful, or simply running from discomfort? Most importantly, do we have the grace and self compassion necessary to get us where we are going? Let’s work through the hard together and move toward a life where wellness becomes the foundation for your self-actualization.
One of my favorite quotes is "the absence of illness is not wellness." It reminds us that feeling better isn't solely about healing from our past or suppressing the feelings that ail us, but that wellness is an active and intentional process that requires a commitment to self. What practices are we putting in place to sustain better? Are we working toward something meaningful, or simply running from discomfort? Most importantly, do we have the grace and self compassion necessary to get us where we are going? Let’s work through the hard together and move toward a life where wellness becomes the foundation for your self-actualization.
In practice I specialize in OCD, infertility, postpartum, trauma, peri/post-menopause, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and adjustment related stressors.
I am well versed in working with clients from a myriad of cultures, values and backgrounds. I treat the therapeutic process as collaborative and dynamic, and I utilize various modalities best suited for your presenting concerns. Often the experiences of our past greatly impact our present. We explore these connections to help you make meaningful change.
In practice I specialize in OCD, infertility, postpartum, trauma, peri/post-menopause, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and adjustment related stressors.
I am well versed in working with clients from a myriad of cultures, values and backgrounds. I treat the therapeutic process as collaborative and dynamic, and I utilize various modalities best suited for your presenting concerns. Often the experiences of our past greatly impact our present. We explore these connections to help you make meaningful change.
Perhaps you're navigating a major life transition, struggling with the demands of parenthood, coping with infertility, or finding it difficult to balance everyone's needs while feeling like you've lost sight of your own.
As a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Provider (PMH-C), I specialize in supporting individuals through pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, reproductive challenges, parenting stress, anxiety and life transitions. I draw from principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
Perhaps you're navigating a major life transition, struggling with the demands of parenthood, coping with infertility, or finding it difficult to balance everyone's needs while feeling like you've lost sight of your own.
As a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Provider (PMH-C), I specialize in supporting individuals through pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, reproductive challenges, parenting stress, anxiety and life transitions. I draw from principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
As someone who has personally navigated infertility, I understand the anxiety, grief, and pressure that can come with this journey.
While I possess extensive experience in various domains, my primary areas of expertise include Infertility, Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum, Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Parenting, and navigating life transitions. Additionally, I am well-versed in providing support with Gender and Racial Identity, as well as Neurodivergence, Depression, and Anxiety,
As someone who has personally navigated infertility, I understand the anxiety, grief, and pressure that can come with this journey.
While I possess extensive experience in various domains, my primary areas of expertise include Infertility, Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum, Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Parenting, and navigating life transitions. Additionally, I am well-versed in providing support with Gender and Racial Identity, as well as Neurodivergence, Depression, and Anxiety,
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Infertility Therapists
How can infertility affect couples and their relationship?
Clients who are dealing with infertility may experience conflict and communication problems. It’s not unusual for shame, blame, and guilt to arise in cases of infertility, whether the source of the problem is one partner or both. This means that clients are upset and pulling away from their partner just when they need them the most. Some clients may find it difficult to spend time around friends and family who are pregnant. Friends and family can also make hurtful comments that increase tension during this time.
How does therapy for infertility issues work?
The therapist will begin by gathering information about the client or couple and make a treatment plan for their specific concerns. In addition to addressing common mental health issues, such as anxiety, depression, and trauma reactions or PTSD, therapists can help clients improve their decision-making and deal with stressors unique to infertility. Some examples include coping with the “two-week wait” before a pregnancy test, the distress associated with a failed attempt or miscarriage, and the shame and blame sometimes associated with reproductive concerns.
What type of therapy is best for infertility issues?
Many therapists offer psychotherapy for individuals and couples who are dealing with infertility issues. Some helpful therapeutic approaches include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which can aid clients in reframing negative thoughts about their situation. Expressive writing and art therapy can help clients process difficult feelings. Clients might also benefit from group therapy to experience support from others who are dealing with the same problems.
How long does therapy for infertility issues take?
There is no set length for therapy that addresses infertility or reproductive concerns. Some clients might find it helpful to continue therapy during their pregnancy to have healthy ways to cope with any associated stress, anxiety, depression, or trauma. Some clients who decide not to pursue fertility treatments might benefit from the support of a therapist. The duration of therapy varies depending on the individual client’s specific needs and goals.