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Supportive Spaces

A compassionate place to land
at every step of your fertility journey.

Confidential, and community-centered peer support spaces facilitated by licensed mental health professionals and clergy trained in infertility and Jewish family-building.

What are Supportive Spaces?

Yesh Tikva’s Supportive Spaces are an inviting virtual space where everyone can listen and share. Our goal is to provide a caring environment where you can meet others navigating similar fertility journeys, family building stories and more. Each group is designed to help individuals and couples feel less alone while navigating infertility, IVF, pregnancy loss,  and other complex family-building journeys. Each meeting will bring together people who share lived experiences and who seek a grounded, emotionally safe place to process, connect, and find strength within the Jewish community.

 

Supportive Spaces are rooted in empathy, dignity, and belonging. Whether you are beginning fertility treatment, navigating halachic or communal questions, recovering from miscarriage, considering donor conception, or searching for connection during a deeply isolating time, you deserve support that is compassionate, informed, and culturally sensitive.

Emotional Support

Safe, confidential sessions designed to help you process infertility, pregnancy after infertility, donor conception, loss, or complex feelings around Jewish life-cycle moments.

Jewishly-Grounded

Facilitated by licensed clinicians and rabbis who understand both Jewish life, culture, and lifecycles alongside the emotional realities of infertility and family-building.

Small and Connected

Sessions are kept intimate to promote trust, belonging, and real conversation and true connection. While you may meet someone new at each meeting, all meetings are between two and less than ten participants.

Upcoming Supportive Spaces

Supportive Spaces typically run monthly or every other month depending on the holiday calendar. 

1:1 Support Sessions

for Men or Couples​

These private sessions with Rabbi Michael Bleicher, LCSW provide individualized support for men or couples navigating the emotional and practical complexities of infertility in the Jewish world.

30-minute slots are available on Sundays: 
• January 4th, 2026
• February 8th, 2026

at 9pm EST | 6pm PST
and 9:30pm EST | 6:30pm PST

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Pregnancy and Parenting

After Donor Conception

Our Pregnant & Parenting Post–Donor Conception Support Space, led by Kenzi Locks, LCSW HWC, offers a compassionate, confidential place to explore the emotional, relational, and identity questions that arise when pregnant and raising a donor-conceived family. Single parents by choice are welcome! 

Wednesday, January 14th, 2025
at 9PM EST | 6PM PST

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Support for Grandparents-in-Waiting

for Parents of Adult Children Facing Infertility

Our Grandparents-in-Waiting Supportive Space, led by Marian Getzler-Kramer Ph.D, offers a compassionate, confidential place for parents of those experiencing infertility to process their own emotions while learning how to support their adult children with empathy, boundaries, and understanding.

Tuesday, January 6, 2026
at 8:30PM EST | 5:30PM PST

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All Paths

Contemplating and Pursuing Different Pathways to Parenthood​

All Paths provides a gentle, confidential space for anyone considering or navigating alternative family-building options. Together with Kenzi Locks, LCSW HWC, we explore the emotional, practical, ethical and spiritual dimensions of donor conception, adoption, surrogacy, fostering, and more—honoring each person’s unique journey and hopes.

Wednesday, January 7, 2026
at 8PM EST | 5PM PST

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Don't see the right Supportive Space for you?

Don’t see a Supportive Space that fits your needs right now? We know not every experience has a group dedicated to it, and you still deserve care and connection. Our free, confidential Support Line is always available—and our Fertility Friends program can connect you with a peer mentor with a similar experience who truly understands what you’re navigating.

Support Line
Fertility Friends

Frequently Asked Questions

Most Supportive Spaces meet monthly or every other month, depending on the group. Each session typically lasts 60 minutes.

No. All Yesh Tikva Supportive Spaces are free of charge, thanks to the generosity of our donors and community partners. Our mission is to ensure no one navigating infertility in the Jewish community walks alone, regardless of financial circumstances.

All participants commit to a confidentiality at the beginning of every gathering to ensure that Supportive Spaces remain safe, respectful, and private. What is shared in the group stays in the group.

No. These are drop-in groups. Some participants stay for years, others come once or twice. We’re happy to welcome you for however long you’d like to be with us!

No. Our Supportive Spaces welcome individuals from all Jewish backgrounds and denominations — including Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, Renewal, traditional, secular, and anyone who identifies culturally or spiritually with Judaism. You do not need to belong to a specific denomination or hold particular beliefs or knowledge to participate.

We understand that infertility intersects deeply with Jewish life, ritual, and community expectations, and we strive to create a space where every person’s experience is honored with respect and sensitivity, regardless of their level of observance or affiliation.

Our Supportive Spaces are designed for individuals who identify as Jewish, as group discussions often center around Jewish experiences, cultural touchpoints, religious questions, and communal dynamics related to infertility. If you are not Jewish but are partnered with someone Jewish or meaningfully connected to the Jewish community, please reach out to us. We’re happy to discuss whether a particular group may be a supportive and appropriate fit for your needs.

Please be advised: Supportive Spaces are facilitated by trained mental health professionals for the purpose of fostering emotionally safe, peer-based connection. These gatherings are not psychotherapy, do not include clinical assessment or treatment, and do not establish a therapeutic relationship with any facilitator or with Yesh Tikva. Facilitators act solely in a supportive, non-clinical role. Participation and disclosure in a Supportive Space is voluntary and at your own discretion. If you are in need of clinical care, crisis intervention, or ongoing mental health treatment, please seek support from a licensed provider in your area. Yesh Tikva can provide referrals upon request.

Our support groups are free of charge and are always run by certified mental health field professionals. We offer support groups for couples, just women and just men. Together we create an intimate Jewish fertility community.


Virtual Support Group Guidelines and Waiver

To make this group safe, supportive, productive, and the best experience possible for group members, it is important for each member to make a commitment to actively attend the group. In doing so, you get the benefit of yours and others’ efforts. Please agree to abide by the following:

To be part of this group, I understand that I must join with my camera on and it must remain on for the duration of the group.

I understand that I may not describe anything discussed in group with others, or any details about other members, including their names, appearance or any other related personal information.

I understand that I may not record the group sessions in any way.

If I see other group members out in public, I will be respectful of their boundaries as some people would like to remain anonymous in the community.

I have been advised that Yesh Tikva will make every attempt to respect my privacy and boundaries.

I understand that this is an open group and new participants may join between sessions.

I understand that Yesh Tikva will use a third party video conferencing solution to facilitate the virtual support group meetings. Although these calls may be encrypted for protection from malicious eavesdropping, Yesh Tikva cannot guarantee this. By participating in the call, each member has reviewed and accepted the security of the facilitating platform.

I understand that facilitators will not share my personal contact information with others.

I understand that this group is not a substitute for care you may need from a licensed healthcare practitioner. It’s purpose is to provide peer support and self-help education.

I understand that the group leader will not reveal information about me without my written permission except where disclosure is required by law: Anyone who indicated they wish to harm themselves or others.

Self-Care in Emergencies: If at any time I feel like harming myself or injuring another, I will let the group facilitator know and or contact my individual therapist or psychiatrist. If I cannot reach them, I will call either 911 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room.

Our supportive spaces are free of charge and are always facilitated by certified mental health field professionals to provide peer support and self-help education. Together we create an intimate Jewish fertility and family building community.


Virtual Support Group Guidelines and Waiver

To make this group safe, supportive, productive, and the best experience possible for group members, it is important for each member to make a commitment to actively attend the group. In doing so, you get the benefit of yours and others’ efforts. Please agree to abide by the following:

To be part of this group, I understand that I must join with my camera on and it must remain on for the duration of the group.

I understand that I may not describe anything discussed in group with others, or any details about other members, including their names, appearance or any other related personal information.

I understand that I may not record the group sessions in any way.

If I see other group members out in public, I will be respectful of their boundaries as some people would like to remain anonymous in the community.

I have been advised that Yesh Tikva will make every attempt to respect my privacy and boundaries.

I understand that this is an open group and new participants may join between sessions.

I understand that Yesh Tikva will use a third party video conferencing solution to facilitate the virtual support group meetings. Although these calls may be encrypted for protection from malicious eavesdropping, Yesh Tikva cannot guarantee this. By participating in the call, each member has reviewed and accepted the security of the facilitating platform.

I understand that facilitators will not share my personal contact information with others.

I understand that this group is not a substitute for care you may need from a licensed healthcare practitioner. It’s purpose is to provide peer support and self-help education.

I understand that this group is not a substitute for care I may need from a licensed healthcare practitioner. It’s purpose is to provide peer support and self-help education. I understand that facilitators are trained mental health professionals to create a safe and compassionate environment for peer support. However, these gatherings are not mental health counseling or therapy, and they are not a substitute for individual mental health treatment. Participation does not establish a therapeutic relationship between myself and anyone else in the gathering. If I need professional mental health care, I know that I am encouraged to seek support from a licensed provider. I'm understand that Yesh Tikva staff can help me connect with an appropriate provider.

Self-Care in Emergencies: If at any time I feel like harming myself or injuring another, I will let the group facilitator know and or contact my individual therapist or psychiatrist. If I cannot reach them, I will call either 911 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room.

Our supportive spaces are free of charge and are always facilitated by certified mental health field professionals to provide peer support and self-help education. Together we create an intimate Jewish fertility and family building community.


Virtual Support Group Guidelines and Waiver

To make this group safe, supportive, productive, and the best experience possible for group members, it is important for each member to make a commitment to actively attend the group. In doing so, you get the benefit of yours and others’ efforts. Please agree to abide by the following:

To be part of this group, I understand that I must join with my camera on and it must remain on for the duration of the group.

I understand that I may not describe anything discussed in group with others, or any details about other members, including their names, appearance or any other related personal information.

I understand that I may not record the group sessions in any way.

If I see other group members out in public, I will be respectful of their boundaries as some people would like to remain anonymous in the community.

I have been advised that Yesh Tikva will make every attempt to respect my privacy and boundaries.

I understand that this is an open group and new participants may join between sessions.

I understand that Yesh Tikva will use a third party video conferencing solution to facilitate the virtual support group meetings. Although these calls may be encrypted for protection from malicious eavesdropping, Yesh Tikva cannot guarantee this. By participating in the call, each member has reviewed and accepted the security of the facilitating platform.

I understand that facilitators will not share my personal contact information with others.

I understand that this group is not a substitute for care you may need from a licensed healthcare practitioner. It’s purpose is to provide peer support and self-help education.

I understand that this group is not a substitute for care I may need from a licensed healthcare practitioner. It’s purpose is to provide peer support and self-help education. I understand that facilitators are trained mental health professionals to create a safe and compassionate environment for peer support. However, these gatherings are not mental health counseling or therapy, and they are not a substitute for individual mental health treatment. Participation does not establish a therapeutic relationship between myself and anyone else in the gathering. If I need professional mental health care, I know that I am encouraged to seek support from a licensed provider. I'm understand that Yesh Tikva staff can help me connect with an appropriate provider.

Self-Care in Emergencies: If at any time I feel like harming myself or injuring another, I will let the group facilitator know and or contact my individual therapist or psychiatrist. If I cannot reach them, I will call either 911 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room.

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