u/karenhorneyy

Any good interventions for working with infertility and bad relationship with the body?

I have been supporting this client for many months, she is only 39 and have had a number of unsuccessful IVF treatments. She has never had a good relationship with her body throughout her life as she used to be a "chubby" kid (her words) and she has always gained weight very easily while she didn't like sports. Now she can't shake off this feeling that her body is constantly letting her down, no matter what she does for it while battling with infertility. Do you have any tips for me to work with her relationship with her body? Anything somatic, etc? I have given a lot of validation, tried cognitive reframing, psychoeducation, etc. but I feel helpless, something she feels too, due to the nature of this complex issue.

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u/karenhorneyy — 3 days ago