Grief Recovery Services

Feelings of stress, depression, anxiety, frustration, fear, anger, and emptiness are commonly expressed by women experiencing infertility. If you live in the Corpus Christi area there is now a program in the coastal bend to help you. Chrysalis offers a variety of workshops and individual programs including clinical hypnotherapy and counseling to address the stress involved with infertility. Our dedication is to help women alleviate the physical symptoms of stress associated with infertility and pregnancy complications. We can help you to reduce stress and enhance your chance of conception and having a healthy full term pregnancy. The Fertility Enhancement Program is a 5 Week Holistic Educational Wellness program. This group is lead by a trained and licensed mental health provider and registered nurse. We are on most insurance plans to provide individual, couple, and group counseling to help with depression, anxiety, and stress that are commonly seen with couples trying to conceive. Fees: 5 week program, plus materials—is $40.00 a session. Co-pays vary for individual, group, and couple counseling depending on the insurance plan.

There are few medical conditions as stressful as infertility and research has showm that the stress of infertility is comparable to that of cancer, HIV/AIDS and other devastating illnesses. Thought counseling and body mind fertility programs you can learn ways to alleviate symptoms such as sadness, anger, anxiety, insomnia and physical pain. A study conducted by Alice Domar, Ph.D., and her colleagues at Beth Israel/Deaconess Hospital in Boston found that participants in a mind/body medicine program for infertility experienced significant improvements in depression, anxiety and anger following completion of that program. Dr. Domar also found that within one year of completing the program 55% of the participants achieved an ongoing pregnancy. The Chrysalis Mind/Body Fertility Program is modeled after this successful class and past groups taught by Cathy Armstrong in Corpus Christi also enjoyed similar success.