Episode 5 - Conversations with a Specialist Fertility Counsellor - featuring Tracey Sainsbury

The Male Fertility Podcast

This week on The Male Fertility Podcast, Shaun and Ciaran are joined by specialist fertility counsellor, Tracey Sainsbury.

Tracey is a specialist fertility counsellor, dedicated to providing compassionate support and guidance to individuals and couples navigating the complexities of fertility challenges. She is an advisory board member for various organisations and charities. Beyond these advisory roles, Tracey is a respected trainer for both the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) and the Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology (CICS), where she shares her wealth of knowledge and experience with fellow professionals, fostering a community committed to excellence in fertility care. Tracey is also a Mum thanks to adoption and a former foster carer.

They kick start this episode by talking about what counselling is, and how it works. Ciaran comments on how influential and important it was for him during his experience with infertility.

Tracey explores the differences between men and women when it comes to opening up and talking during their sessions.

Tracey shares the ways to take control of your fertility, which can be vital in coping with something that often feels so out of our control.

She talks about how couples can maintain intimacy in their relationship, when often this can break down when sex becomes functional, and focused solely on reproduction.

The group discuss donor conception, what the procedures to pursuing this route looks like, and what people should expect - including implications to bear in mind for the future. Shaun asks Tracey what the current advice around disclosure with donor conceived children is, and what useful advice she has for methods of doing so.

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