We're here to bring empowered support & clarity to your journey
What makes us different
Professionals who’ve often been in your shoes
Trauma informed, present focused therapy so you can move forward
Accessible, virtual care – when and where you need us
We believe that infertility requires a different type of therapeutic support
Our approach to fertility wellness is counselling that happens in real time, is trauma informed and focuses on the present.
The goal is to help you cope and manage through the ups and downs of infertility. Many clients see their therapist regularly through their entire journey including periods of:
• Infertility treatments
• Pregnancy, challenges and any potential losses
• Surrogacy/donor conception
• Postpartum
Safe, professional and accessible virtual support
Carried with Love is a virtual therapeutic practice which means through the most vulnerable moments of infertility, you don’t even have to leave your couch – or your bed.
Meet Ariel Taylor
Ariel is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) and Psychotherapist who has been involved in the surrogacy and fertility community since 2015 and has guided countless couples and individuals on their journey to parenthood.
After her own complicated miscarriage as a surrogate in 2016, Ariel discovered that there was very little specialized counselling for her painful situation and realized a much larger need for mental heath professionals that deeply understand the fertility world.
Ariel returned to school in 2018 and graduated from Western University in 2021. She opened Carried with Love (CWL) to provide 100% virtual support for those struggling with infertility, loss, pregnancy challenges or postpartum mood disorders. Since opening, CWL has continued to grow and now provides a wide range of therapeutic services and most recently has launched Canada’s first Independent Surrogacy Program.
Ariel has carried 5 babies as a gestational surrogate which resulted in 4 live births – the most recent in the summer of 2023. Although Ariel is now retired as a surrogate, she continues to be an active presence in the fertility community and leverages her strong social media following to normalize all roads to parenthood for women and couples around the world.
Meet our team of talented therapists
Zoe Klein (She/Her)
M.Ed MSW, RSW
Zoe is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) with experience working with individuals at all stages of their pregnancy journey, as well as individuals going through fertility treatment.
She is passionate about helping families move through the process of becoming parents and celebrating all wins along the way. Having personally gone through fertility treatment and experienced loss herself, Zoe understands first hand just how important it is to have the support of people properly versed on the issues people face during this journey and how much an advocate and a confidant can truly make a difference.
Zoe looks forward to working with you and making your parenthood experience the best it can be.
Kim Vander Schelde
Grief and Bereavement specialist
Kim is our dedicated Grief and Bereavement Specialist with a deeply personal understanding of grief. Her four-year struggle with infertility gave her a profound empathy for those facing similar challenges, and she realized that not everyone can cope with the overwhelming emotions that infertility brings, often leaving individuals or couples feeling isolated.
In 2017, Kim began working with families whose children were diagnosed with cancer or had passed away from the disease. Inspired by her own experience with her 18-month-old daughter’s cancer diagnosis and treatment, Kim returned to university to study Thanatology (the study of grief and bereavement). Alongside her personal experiences, she has also worked in a laboratory collecting data and samples for infertility investigations.
Kim firmly believes that having someone to talk to, who actively listens and can genuinely empathize, is often more valuable than any qualifications. Her commitment to supporting others led her to become a chaplain in 2021.
Ashley Greer (She/Her)
BSW, RSW
Her entire life she dreamt of being a mom. She started her journey to parenthood in 2012 with the assumption that it would be so easy and it was far from that. She experienced infertility and what felt like endless appointments, procedures and even delivered stillborn. She felt isolated and didn’t know who to talk to or where to turn for help. This became the motivation behind her work.
Diagnosed with stage 2 cervical cancer in December 2023, Ashley has taken a keen interest in working with people with cancer, their caregivers, and children. She understands firsthand the stress and anxieties that come with a diagnosis and the challenges navigating the healthcare system.
Ashley is registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers & Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) as both an RSW and SSW. She has immersed herself in the world of all things infertility and alternative family planning. She is a surrogacy advocate and has learned the ins and outs having worked both independently and with agencies giving her amazing insight supporting families through their entire journey.
Annie Peralty (She/Her)
RP(Qualifying)
Annie is a Registered Psychotherapist – Qualifying. She holds an Honours Bachelor of Behavioural Psychology and will be completing her Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology in December 2024. Annie brings an eclectic mix of personal and professional experience to the table.
Through her 10-year fertility journey, where she experienced two late term losses and multiple complications leading to the choice to pursue parenthood as an intended mom through surrogacy, Annie found that her true calling was to help others who are struggling to achieve what seems to come so easily to others. Annie has run support groups for those struggling through infertility and child loss and offered one-to-one support through help lines.
Professionally, Annie made the leap to change careers from working as an educational assistant to psychology when through her own experience she developed a passion for helping others heal and make meaning from their stories. She wanted to learn how to provide safe and effective support in the best way she could. Over the past three years any has worked with families in navigating relationships touched by addiction and severe mental illness, but helping those struggling through infertility, pregnancy loss, and facing the choice to pursue parenthood in less conventional ways like surrogacy remains her biggest passion.
Sarah Tuszinski (She/Her)
MSW, BSW, BA, RSW
Sarah is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in social work. She has trained in the area of grief and bereavement, and is currently completing professional development certificates in therapeutic models of mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy.
She is passionate about all fertility related topics such as trying to conceive, infertility, third party reproduction and conception, and miscarriages. Sarah understands first hand the importance of having support during the ups and downs of trying to conceive. She was thankful to have a fertility therapist that “got it” during her journey to motherhood.
It took Sarah numerous years, diagnoses and fertility treatments to become a mother. Some of which included IVF, IUI, cycle monitoring and ovulation induction. In addition to
female and male fertility diagnoses that ultimately led to embryo donation.
Sarah’s personal and professional experience allows her to have an appreciation of what her clients are going through. She is a warm and genuine therapist that wants to help facilitate the process of healing. Sarah looks forward to being a support during the
fertility journey for her clients.
I have to say how thankful I am to Carried with Love for setting me up with my therapist, Ashley G. We have only had a few sessions and she has been so amazing! Every time we talk, I come out learning something, being set in my place and expectations adjusted as needed and being given helpful ideas and resources so I can be a better parent, mom, wife and surrogate.
Ariel is an amazing therapist. She offered relatable strategies that have been applicable well beyond postpartum. During many challenging times, it was always comforting knowing that i had her support.
Ariel has had an incredible impact on my healing. Her knowledge on fertility and surrogacy is refreshing. She has helped me find ways to heal from past loss and experiences before becoming a mom through surrogacy. Finding her will always leave a positive impact on my well being.
After losing my boys I wasn’t sure who I was anymore. I didn’t know what to do and a friend suggested Carried With Love. Ariel changed my life. Strategies and understanding that allowed me to come back to life again for my family. I do not know what I would have done if it wasn’t for Ariel. I can never thank her enough for helping me find myself again.
After going through my first failed transfer as a surrogate in the middle of COVID, I was overwhelmed with all the emotions of a pregnancy loss but also a loss for my intended parents. I reached out to Carried with Love (CWL) and Ariel helped me work through what I was feeling and why. I am so grateful I came across CWL because without, I don’t think I would have continued. Getting the right support is key. I never felt alone, I felt heard and supported. Ariel’s experience and knowledge is like no others and I’m so grateful I had her by my side throughout my surrogacy journey.