MOTHERING BY CHOICE CIRCLE

A 6-Week Therapeutic Support Group for Single Mothers by Choice

Choosing to become a Single Mother by Choice is a profound act of devotion to yourself, to your future child, and to the life rising in you.

It is a choice rooted in courage, clarity, and love.

And yet, this path can feel emotionally complex, isolating, or misunderstood.

You deserve a place where your experience is held without judgment, comparison, or pressure.

Instead, your heart, body, and desires can be witnessed with tenderness.

The Mothering By Choice Circle is a 6-week therapeutic support group for women choosing solo motherhood through donor conception, IUI, IVF, or other pathways to conception.

Whether you are just beginning to explore this path, already receiving treatments, pregnant, or preparing for early solo parenting,
…this circle offers grounding, clarity, and genuine community.

It is a space where you are held, seen, and supported- emotionally, somatically, and relationally.

This Circle Is For You If You Are…

Considering becoming a Single Mother by Choice

Moving through IUI, IVF, or donor conception

Navigating grief, uncertainty, or emotional intensity

Preparing for pregnancy or early solo motherhood

Desiring support, clarity, and connection

Longing for a space where your story is honoured and understood

Inside the 6-Week Circle, You Will Experience:

  • A supportive community of women on the same path
  • Somatic womb-connection practices
  • Therapeutic guidance and conversations
  • Education and support around fertility treatment, donor conception, grief and resilience, and identity shifts. Depending on our group, we can also offer guidance on early postpartum planning as a solo parent 

This circle offers you the emotional scaffolding and sisterhood you deserve as you step into motherhood on your own terms.

Details

  • Format: 6 in-person sessions
  • Time: Sundays from 2pm–4pm
  • Dates: dates for 2026 to be announced
  • Location: West Edmonton (Zoom access available for remote participants)
  • Facilitated by:
    Caroline Andersen, Fertility Psychologist
    Dr. Shreyasi Brodhecker, Psychiatrist & Womb-Centered Practitioner
  • Cost: Covered by Alberta Health Care with a completed referral form from your health provider.