Supporting Clients Through Fertility Challenges
Onsite Learning Programme
Deepen your therapeutic capacity for holding grief, uncertainty and identity shifts.
This is a reflective, skills‑based continuing professional development (CPD) workshop equipping therapists to support clients navigating the emotional, relational and identity‑based complexities of fertility challenges.
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Programme Type: CPD workshop (certificate of attendance)
CPD: 6 hours
Next Intake(s): 15 August
NFQ: N/A
ECTS: N/A
Academic Validation: N/A
Professional Accreditation: N/A
Overview
Introduction
This is a specialised, practice‑focused workshop offering therapists the confidence and clinical tools to support clients through the emotional and relational complexities of fertility challenges.
Clients experiencing fertility challenges often face profound emotional strain, identity disruption, grief and relational stress. Many therapists feel under‑prepared to navigate the unique complexities of fertility journeys, including uncertainty, medical processes, loss and the impact on the therapeutic relationship. This workshop provides a structured, compassionate framework and practical tools to enhance therapeutic confidence and competence.
Who Should Apply
- Psychotherapists and counsellors
- Trainee therapists
- Perinatal mental health practitioners
- Mental health professionals working with women, couples or individuals on their path to parenthood
- Coaches or support workers in fertility, reproductive health or women’s wellbeing
- Professionals in related fields (e.g. doulas, midwives, fertility support roles)
- Anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of fertility‑related emotional processes
Expert Course Facilitator
Linda Bolger
Linda is a fully qualified counsellor/psychotherapist with a Degree in Counselling & Psychotherapy. She also holds a Professional Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and a Level 9 Certificate in Perinatal Mental Health. She is an accredited member of the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP).
Linda specialises in all areas of women’s health — working with women with a wide range of issues, including:
- Preconception and fertility
- Infertility
- IVF and assisted reproduction
- Pregnancy, miscarriage and loss
- Traumatic birth
- Postnatal anxiety
- Postnatal depression
- Transition to motherhood
- Perimenopause and menopause
- Stress, anxiety and depression
- Self-esteem and confidence
Linda is an Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (Eagala) certified mental health professional and offers equine-assisted psychotherapy sessions.
Additionally, she holds a Level 9 Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education. She lectures part-time on the degree programme at IICP College and offers workshops, training and talks in fertility and perinatal mental health.
