Ep. 25 | How COVID-19 is Affecting Mental Health of Fertility

Many fertility care patients who already experience a wide range of emotions from infertility challenges are now encountering added stress during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this episode, Dr. Janie Lacy, LMHC, NCC, CSAT, relationship trauma expert and psychotherapist, joins host Mark P. Trolice, M.D., to discuss a noticeable increase in mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Lacy offers advice on how fertility care patients can address underlying emotional issues that might be surfacing during this unusually stressful time, and how they can create new routines to protect their mental health.

Tune in to discover:

• Ways to create new routines to deal with this stressful period
• Why you should not wait until the pandemic passes to address emotional challenges
• How the second wave of COVID-19 effects could be a wave of psychological impacts
• When support groups are helping women who feel isolated during the pandemic
• The reason self-care activities matter more now than ever before

About Dr. Janie Lacy, LMHC, NCC, CSAT

Orlando Relationship Trauma Therapist Janie Lacy’s mission is to use her talents and abilities to help people of all ages, stages, backgrounds, and economic levels achieve their maximum potential through fully developing their minds and their talents. Janie’s belief in a relational approach is implemented through her therapeutic treatments addressing the physical, mental, social/emotional, and spiritual aspects of the individual.

Janie has received extensive training through her graduate program at Palm Beach Atlantic University and through her doctorate program at California Southern University. She works with adolescents, young adults, and individuals helping them heal from low self-esteem, anger management, anxiety, depression, sexual addiction, codependency and relationship trauma.

Janie also helps families and married couples through life’s difficult situations using conflict resolution. Janie is known as a relationship trauma expert and specializes in anger management, sexual addictions and pre-marital/marital/relationship challenges.