Counseling After a Miscarriage or Pregnancy Loss in Denver

Experiencing a miscarriage or pregnancy loss can be one of the most heartbreaking and isolating moments in a person’s life. Even when the people around you mean well, it may feel like no one truly understands the depth of your pain-or how profoundly this loss has affected your emotions, your body, your relationships, and your sense of self.

If you are navigating this grief, please know: you are not alone, and your pain is valid.

At Cherry Creek Therapy in Denver, Jennifer Gardner, MFT-C, offers compassionate, trauma-informed counseling for individuals and couples who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, or pregnancy loss at any stage. Whether the loss was recent or happened years ago, your grief deserves space, understanding, and support.

You do not need to carry this alone.
We’re here to walk with you-gently and at your pace.

Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss: A Deeply Personal Grief

Pregnancy loss can stir a complex mix of emotions that are often overwhelming and unexpected:

• Sadness or emotional numbness

• Guilt or self-blame (“Did I do something wrong?”)

• Anger, confusion, or frustration

• Fear of trying again

• Jealousy or pain around others’ pregnancies

• Shame or embarrassment

• Loneliness (“No one gets it.”)

• Shock or disbelief

• Feeling disconnected from your body

None of these feelings are wrong.
All of them are normal.
And you don’t have to navigate them in silence.

Miscarriage is often minimized by society-yet the emotional impact can be as profound as losing a loved one. Whether your loss was early in pregnancy, later-term, or part of a long fertility journey, your grief is real, and your healing matters.

Why Counseling Helps After Pregnancy Loss

Grief after miscarriage is not just sadness-it touches every part of your life. Counseling provides a gentle, grounding space for you to:

• Understand and process what you’re feeling

• Honor the pregnancy and the hopes you carried

• Navigate painful memories, medical trauma, or unanswered questions

• Reduce self-blame and shame

• Explore anxiety or fear about the future

• Reconnect with your body after emotional or physical shock

• Strengthen your relationship with your partner

• Make meaning of your experience

Therapy doesn’t rush you or expect you to “move on.” Instead, it supports you in moving through your pain with compassion, validation, and guidance.

Common Experiences After a Miscarriage or Pregnancy Loss

Clients often share thoughts like:

• “I feel like I failed.”

• “I can’t stop thinking about what happened.”

• “Everyone else seems fine, but I’m not.”

• “My partner and I are grieving differently.”

• “I’m terrified of being pregnant again.”

• “No one understands that this was a real loss.”

• “I don’t know who to talk to about this.”

You may also experience triggers that others don’t notice:

• Doctor appointments

• Social media announcements

• Baby showers

• Certain dates or holidays

• Physical changes in your body

• Seeing pregnant people

These reactions are completely normal.
Therapy helps you understand them, soften them, and move forward without feeling overwhelmed or alone.

How Our Denver Therapists Support Your Healing

At Cherry Creek Therapy, Jennifer Gardner, MFT-C, takes a trauma-informed, nurturing, and deeply respectful approach to pregnancy loss counseling. Healing looks different for everyone, and we tailor our sessions to meet your emotional, mental, and relational needs.

In therapy, we may explore:

✔ Grief Processing & Emotional Support

Your loss matters. We give you space to feel your emotions fully, without judgment or pressure.

✔ Releasing Self-Blame

Many individuals silently blame themselves when they’ve done nothing wrong. Therapy helps you understand these feelings and separate guilt from facts.

✔ Understanding Trauma Responses

Pregnancy loss can create trauma symptoms-flashbacks, hypervigilance, dissociation, or panic. We help you regulate and reconnect with your body safely.

✔ Navigating Relationships & Communication

Partners often grieve differently. We support both of you in communicating your needs, honoring each other's emotions, and healing together.

✔ Rebuilding Trust in Your Body

It’s common to feel disconnected or betrayed by your body after a loss. Therapy helps restore compassion, trust, and emotional connection.

✔ Preparing for the Future

Whether or not you want to try again, therapy helps you process fear, uncertainty, and hope in a grounded, compassionate way.

You do not have to “be strong” or hide your pain.
This is a place where you can finally breathe.

Evidence-Based Approaches

Jennifer Gardner, MFT-C integrates several powerful therapeutic methods that support deep healing after miscarriage or pregnancy loss:

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Helps you connect with the wounded parts of yourself that feel guilt, grief, shame, or fear-and heal them gently.

EMDR Therapy

Supports healing for trauma responses, intrusive thoughts, medical trauma, or distressing memories connected to the loss.

Trauma-Informed Grief Counseling

Validates your experience while guiding you through complex, layered grief in a safe and structured way.

Mindfulness & Somatic Techniques

Helps you regulate your nervous system, calm emotional overwhelm, and reconnect with your body.

You don’t have to choose a method.
Your therapist will guide you with care and expertise.

How Pregnancy Loss Can Affect Relationships

Pregnancy loss doesn’t just impact the person who carried the pregnancy-it affects couples deeply.

You and your partner may:

• Grieve differently

• Withdraw emotionally

• Struggle with intimacy

• Misunderstand each other’s pain

• Avoid the topic to “protect” one another

• Feel pressure about trying again

Couples counseling can help you reconnect, communicate your needs, and rebuild emotional safety.
You don’t have to navigate this alone, Jennifer is here to support both of you.

Why Choose Cherry Creek Therapy in Denver

When you're grieving something this personal, you need a therapist who offers both expertise and deep compassion.

At Cherry Creek Therapy, you’ll find:

✔ Therapist trained in grief, trauma, and reproductive mental health

You’re supported by someone who truly understands the emotional complexity of pregnancy loss.

✔ A warm, private, non-judgmental environment

Your emotions are welcome here-every single one.

✔ Support at your pace, not a timeline

Your grief has no expiration date. We meet you exactly where you are.

✔ In-person and online therapy options

Convenient for Denver residents, busy professionals, or those seeking comfort at home.

✔ Inclusive care for all pregnancy experiences

Whether your loss involved a miscarriage, stillbirth, termination for medical reasons, fertility struggles, or an unplanned pregnancy, your story matters.

You don’t have to pretend you’re okay.
You just have to show up-and we’ll support you from there.

How to Know When It’s Time to Seek Counseling

You may benefit from therapy if you are experiencing:

• Persistent sadness or numbness

• Anxiety or fear around pregnancy or medical appointments

• Trouble sleeping or overwhelming thoughts

• Difficulty functioning at work or home

• Relationship strain

• Feeling “stuck” in grief

• Avoidance or emotional overwhelm

• Feeling misunderstood, dismissed, or alone

There is no “wrong time” to start healing.
If you’re thinking about reaching out, that’s already a sign you may need support.

Begin Your Healing Journey After Pregnancy Loss

You have been carrying something heavy-emotionally, mentally, and physically.
You don’t have to carry it by yourself anymore.

Jennifer Gardner MFT-C, in Denver, offers gentle, compassionate counseling to help you process your loss, honor your experience, and move forward with strength and tenderness.

Whenever you’re ready, we’re here.

Reach out today to schedule a session.

Your healing is allowed to begin now.

Also Read

• Healing After an Emotional Affair | Denver Couples Therapist

• Emotional Neglect in Childhood: The Silent Trauma Affecting Adults | Denver Therapy

• How Therapy Supports Healing During Major Life Transitions