Margaret Russ
MSW, RSW

Margaret Russ is a Reproductive Health Counsellor who provides counselling for a wide range of infertility issues which include: decisions regarding treatment options, what to do if each partner wants to go in a different direction and depression resulting from failure to conceive. She is also a resource for community based support services. Margaret has her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Social Work and has conducted research in the area of infertility at the graduate level. She is a Registered Social Worker and a member of the Southern Ontario Infertility Counsellor’s Association (S.O.N.I.C.) and Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (C.F.A.S.).

Counselling for infertility issues can help individuals and couples process their emotions and improve decision making ability, cope with loss and grief and gain insight into the complex psychological issues of assisted reproductive technology and third party reproduction. In addition, Margaret can help you with:

Dealing with a failed cycle

Coping with a miscarriage

Addressing issues of negative familial relations, anger, guilt, depression and sexual problems

Providing insight regarding psychological dimensions of third party reproduction and implications

Teaching relaxation and coping techniques as well as stress reduction strategies

Coping with the associated fears of pregnancy after treatment

Facilitating in decision making around ending treatment and other family building options

Margaret is experienced in all phases of treatment decisions and the stress that infertility causes. She can help design a stress reduction plan to compliment your medical treatment, so that you will feel more in control as you go through the treatment process.

 

Patients undergoing IVF are entitled to one counselling session for no additional charge.

You can book your confidential appointment at the

 reception desk. Sessions are one hour long at a fee of

$90 + GST per session