Online Therapy for Infertility and Pregnancy Loss in Baltimore, MD
Therapy for the grief of infertility, failed IVF, miscarriage, stillbirth, and TFMR. Serving Baltimore, Towson, Catonsville, Pikesville, Owings Mills, and throughout Baltimore County.
Grief from pregnancy loss and infertility touches everything
You wake up tired even when you've slept, and you go through the motions of your day, but there's a heaviness underneath all of it that never fully lifts.
Grocery stores are a minefield, weekends feel long, and the things that used to fill you up, like dinner with friends, a Saturday project, or a quiet morning, feel flat now, like you're watching your own life through a window instead of living it.
Maybe you've been through rounds of treatment that haven't worked, and each one has taken something from you that's hard to name. Maybe you've had a loss, or more than one, and the weight of it has settled into your body in ways you weren't prepared for. Maybe you received a diagnosis during pregnancy that led to a decision nobody should have to make, and the grief that followed has been unlike anything you've experienced before.
And then there's the loneliness of it. You've tried to talk about this, and the people in your life either rush to fix it, minimize it, or change the subject. So you stopped bringing it up, and now you're managing other people's comfort on top of your own pain. You've gotten so used to performing "fine" that you've lost track of what you'd actually say if someone gave you room to be honest. The grief has been pushed down for so long that it's started to show up sideways, in the irritability that catches you off guard, the numbness that settles in when you should feel something, the way you've started pulling back from people you used to lean on.
You're looking for help that goes deeper than talking about it, something that actually changes the way this feels.
Specialized therapy for infertility and pregnancy loss
There's a loneliness to infertility and pregnancy loss that's hard to explain to someone who hasn't been through it. You're grieving something most people around you never knew existed, a positive test that ended in blood, a due date that came and went with nothing to show for it, a transfer you'd pinned all your hope on, a pregnancy you had to end because the alternative was worse. And the world keeps moving like nothing happened, because for everyone else, nothing did.
I've trained specifically in how reproductive loss affects the brain and body. You won't spend sessions teaching me why Mother's Day feels like a minefield, or why your sister's pregnancy announcement made you lock yourself in the bathroom, or why you flinch every time someone at work asks if you have kids. That understanding is already in the room, which means we spend your sessions on what matters: how this grief is showing up in your sleep, your relationships, your ability to get through a normal day, and what we can do about it.
When you understand the grief perfectly and your body hasn't caught up
After enough rounds of hope and loss, your body decides that hope is the problem. That's why your hands shake in the waiting room even when you're telling yourself to stay calm, why you scan every social media feed for pregnancy announcements so they can't ambush you, why your whole body tenses when a friend starts a sentence with "I have some news." Your body is trying to protect you from the next loss by never letting you feel safe enough to want something again.
You already know why you react this way, and knowing hasn't softened the reactions. That's not a failure on your part. It means the grief has settled somewhere that logic and insight can't reach on their own, which is exactly where the therapeutic approaches I use are designed to work.
How therapy for infertility and pregnancy loss can help
You open a group text and someone has shared a photo of their newborn, and you feel something warm instead of just the sting. You type a response, you mean it, and you put your phone down without the rest of your evening going sideways.
You're sitting across from your partner on a weeknight and you say the thing you've been holding for weeks. He doesn't say the perfect thing back, but he listens, and when you go to bed that night, the distance between you feels smaller than it has in months.
You take a sick day, not because you're sick but because you need a day that belongs to you. You sleep in, take a walk, sit somewhere quiet and read, and you don't feel guilty about it. That's new.
Your doctor brings up next steps and instead of freezing or nodding along, you ask a question. You push back on something that doesn't feel right. You leave the appointment feeling like you had a say in what happens to your own body, and that steadiness stays with you for the rest of the day.
Someone at a work event asks if you have kids, and instead of the question lodging in your chest for the next three hours, you give a short answer and redirect. By the time you're in the car, you're thinking about something else entirely.
Why online therapy works for infertility and pregnancy loss in Baltimore
Online therapy means you can have your session from wherever feels most private, whether that's home, your car, or a quiet space during the workday. No driving across Baltimore, no sitting in a waiting room, no running into someone you know on the way in.
I provide online infertility and pregnancy loss therapy to clients in Baltimore, Towson, Ellicott City, Catonsville, Pikesville, Owings Mills, Timonium, Columbia, Lutherville, Bel Air, and throughout Maryland. I also serve clients in Bethesda and Annapolis.
Who this works well for
I work with my clients in Baltimore at every stage of the infertility and pregnancy loss experience: during treatment, after a failed cycle or transfer, after a miscarriage or stillbirth, after a TFMR, after deciding to stop trying, or years later when the grief resurfaces. I also work with people who are pregnant after loss and carrying fear through what everyone else treats as happy news.
This is a good fit if you want a therapist who specializes in reproductive loss and who uses approaches that work with your body and nervous system, not just your thoughts. This is not a good fit if you're looking for couples therapy (I work with individuals), parenting support, or fertility coaching.
About Summer
I'm Summer Verhines, a Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical (LCSW-C #34104) practicing telehealth in Baltimore and throughout Maryland.
Before I became a therapist, I spent nine years working in child welfare. That work gave me a close understanding of how loss, grief, and the medical system intersect in ways that change how a person moves through their daily life. It's why I now specialize in working with people navigating infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, and TFMR.
I've trained specifically in how reproductive loss affects the brain and body. You won't spend sessions explaining why you can't walk past the nursery you decorated and then disassembled, or why your best friend's baby shower invitation is still sitting unopened on the counter, or why the phrase "everything happens for a reason" makes you want to scream. That understanding is already in the room, which means your sessions focus on what this grief is doing to your daily life and how to help it loosen its hold.
If you're navigating infertility or pregnancy loss in Baltimore or anywhere in Maryland, I'd like to talk with you. You can schedule a session or reach out through the contact form below.
Logistics
50-minute Sessions are $250.
I also offer 90-minute sessions for $375 and intensive sessions (2-4 hours) ranging from $500 to $1000 for people who want to work intensively.
I don't take insurance directly, but I can provide superbills for out-of-network reimbursement if your plan covers that.
I am available early mornings, evenings, and weekends. I provide services online only.
Self-Schedule or Contact Me Below
For the quickest and most confidential option, you’re encouraged to book directly into my calendar by clicking the Self-Schedule Here button below. That button will take you to my HIPAA-compliant calendar where you may request an appointment. Once I confirm your appointment request (typically within 24 hours), I will email you the new client forms to digitally sign. Then, we will meet on your scheduled day.
If you have questions prior to scheduling, you can also use the contact form below, and I’ll reply within 48 business hours. If you don’t see a reply, please check your junk/spam folder.
I look forward to hearing from you!
— Summer Verhines, LCSW
Contact Summer
Frequently Asked Questions
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The first session is about me understanding what you've been through and how it's showing up in your life right now. I'll ask about your history, but I'm also paying attention to what's happening with your sleep, your energy, your relationships, and the situations you avoid. That tells me where to focus. You don't have to share everything in the first session.
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No. EMDR and ART don't require you to narrate your trauma over and over. We work with what's happening in your body and brain in ways that process the pain without needing you to retell the whole story.
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Most therapists use talk-based approaches, which can help you make sense of what happened but don't always change how your body responds. Body-based approaches like EMDR, Brainspotting, and ART work directly with the nervous system, which is why many people notice shifts faster than they did with traditional talk therapy.
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Yes. Many people find it helpful to have support during treatment rather than waiting until it ends. We can work on the emotional toll as you go.
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I charge $250 per session. I provide superbills, which are detailed receipts you can submit to your insurance company for potential out-of-network reimbursement. The amount you get back depends on your plan. Call the number on the back of your insurance card and ask about out-of-network mental health benefits to find out what's covered before your first session.
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That depends on what you're working through. Some clients come for a few months during a particularly hard stretch. Others stay longer because the grief is layered, multiple losses, years of treatment, complicated decisions. We'll check in regularly about how things are progressing and what you need.