This resource includes information about physicians, complementary care providers, surrogacy, egg donation and sperm donation agencies, adoption agencies, lawyers, pharmacists and other professionals committed to assisting you.
Ellen is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 25 years of clinical experience working in the mental health field, specializing in fertility. As a therapist, prior fertility patient, biological parent and stepparent, Ellen understands the impact choices and unforeseen challenges have on people's lives and the need for a “safe haven” to explore them and move forward. Her style is interactive, focused and highly personalized.
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She provides detailed and personalized Assessments, Evaluations, Consultations and Ongoing Care for all person’s involved in a fertility journey, focusing on each participant’s specific hopes, dreams and challenges. Her personal and professional experience and continuing educational professional training provide her with the knowledge to skillfully assess prospective egg donors and surrogates and the compassion and problem solving skills to provide guidance to individuals and couples pursuing fertility treatment.
Ellen’s has compassion, knowledge, problem solving skills and experience interacting and collaborating with all who are involved in creating today’s families:
• Intended Parents • Involved Grandparents • Egg Donors (Identified, Known or Anonymous) • Sperm Donors (Identified, Known or Anonymous) • Gestational Carriers/Surrogates (Self-recruited or via Agency) and their spouses and/or significant other • Fertility Clinics/Reproductive Endocrinologists & Staff • Third Party Assisted Reproduction Agencies (Egg Donor, Sperm Donor, Surrogate, Gestational Carrier, Embryo Donation) • Obstetrician/Gynecologists and Staff • Attorneys • Children Created with the Assistance of Medical Intervention
Most clients using Ellen come to her Newport Beach, California office. If they are not available to do so, arrangements are made to videoconference consultations; thus, Ellen works with many domestic and international clients.
She continues her professional growth in the field of infertility through awareness of evidence-based research and her involvement as a professional member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Mental Health Professional Group (MHPG), Fertile Hope, Pacific Coast Reproductive Society and Resolve. Ellen was a member of the Donor Recipient Family Task Force, ASRM MHPG and was instrumental in setting up the Professionally led Support Groups for Resolve of Orange County. She is also a founding member and past Board Member of the Ovarian Cancer Orange County Alliance.
Emily Laitmon, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in NYC and Westchester specializing in women’s issues, couple counseling, relationships, infertility and family building. She is also a bereavement counselor and offers support to several hospitals in genetics. She is a group facilitator and coach for AFA. Ms. Laitmon has written articles and led seminars on emotional challenges of infertility, pre-natal loss and couple therapy. She adopted a son and after repeated IVFs was successful with a daughter.
Emily Laitmon, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in NYC and Westchester specializing in women’s issues, couple counseling, relationships, infertility and family building. She is also a bereavement counselor and offers support to several hospitals in genetics. She is a group facilitator and coach for AFA. Ms. Laitmon has written articles and led seminars on emotional challenges of infertility, pre-natal loss and couple therapy. She adopted a son and after repeated IVFs was successful with a daughter.
Georgia Witkin, Ph.D.
Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York
635 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor New York, New York 10022
Dr. Georgia Witkin is a clinical psychologist and expert on infertility, egg donation, egg freezing and therapy for couples. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science as well as in the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical Center. She is also director of the Stress Research Program at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
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Dr. Witkin is a contributor for the Fox News Channel and was previously the health reporter for NBC. She has authored 11 books on stress and is a frequent contributor to magazines such as Newsweek, Time, Parade, and Self. She is also senior editor of grandparents.com
She is also director of the Stress Research Program at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She has received awards from national infertility support organizations RESOLVE and the American Fertility Association for her work in helping individuals and couples and for bringing awareness of infertility-related issues to a broad audience through her work on television.
Gretchen Kubacky, Psy.D.
Gretchen Kubacky, Psy.D.
2550 Overland Avenue, Suite 100 Los Angeles, California 90064
Gretchen Kubacky, Psy.D. is a Health Psychologist located in West Los Angeles, California. Her practice focus is chronic illness, especially endocrine disorders, including infertility, PCOS, and thyroid disorders.
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Dr. Kubacky is also a Certified Bereavement Facilitator with a specialty in sudden loss, complex bereavement, and disenfranchised loss, such as suicide, miscarriage, and loss of a child. Dr. Kubacky serves on the Board of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association (LACPA), chairs the LACPA Health Psychology Committee, and is Co-Editor of the Los Angeles Psychologist magazine. She is a popular speaker, writer, and blogger on topics related to women’s health and work/life balance issues.
