Fertility / IVF
When trying for a baby starts taking over your life.
Individual hypnosis for the waiting, fear, and emotional pressure around trying to conceive and IVF. A place to work with what you are carrying into the next appointment, cycle, or decision.
- One to one
- Online
- English or Russian
There is a lot happening between appointments
You keep checking dates, symptoms, and messages. It is hard to think about anything else.
The next procedure is on the calendar. Your body is already bracing for it.
Someone announces a pregnancy. You are happy for them, and it still hurts.
After a disappointment, you want to move forward but dread going through it all again.
You may be managing work, treatment, and everyone else’s questions while privately moving between hope and disappointment. Even rest can become another task: now you are supposed to relax, too. You deserve room to feel what you feel, without having to put a brave face on it.
Which moment is hardest for you?
We can start with one specific moment: walking into the clinic, waiting for a result, seeing a pregnancy announcement, or lying awake replaying what happened. Choosing a focus makes the work personal and concrete.
Through hypnosis, we work with the feelings, bodily tension, and expectations attached to that moment. Your goal might be to approach an appointment more steadily, step out of constant mental rehearsal, or find some space for the rest of your life while the outcome is still uncertain.
You can want this deeply and still need a break from thinking about it.
You can begin exactly where you are
Tell me what has been hardest lately. We choose a focus and use guided attention, imagery, and hypnosis to work with your response. You can speak throughout and share only the details needed for the work. We finish by returning to the situation and noticing what feels different.
Your session with me
Sebastian Kristof
My medical background helps me understand the context of treatment; my focus here is your experience of it. You can be hopeful, angry, exhausted, or unsure what you want next. I will not ask you to perform optimism.
M.D. · Research background at Yale and UC San Diego · Certified hypnotherapist
More about me →You might be wondering
Do I need to be having IVF?
No. You can come while trying to conceive, before treatment, during a cycle, or after a disappointment. We start with the situation that is affecting you now.
What if I am tired of being told to relax?
Then that is worth saying. Relaxation should not become another thing to get right. We work with the actual reaction you want help with, without treating your emotions as the reason you have not conceived.
Can we focus on an upcoming procedure?
Yes. Tell me which appointment is approaching and what you find difficult about it. We can focus on fear, anticipatory tension, or a previous experience that keeps coming back.
What feels hardest right now?
A few sentences are enough. Tell me where you are in the process and what you would like help with.
Talk about your situationA private message on WhatsApp
Emotional support alongside your fertility care. Hypnosis does not treat infertility or guarantee conception or IVF success; an unsuccessful cycle is not a failure to think positively.