Blair Wexler-Singer MSW, RSW (She/Her)

Blair Wexler-Singer (BSC, MSW, RSW) is a social worker and psychotherapist registered in the provinces of Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia, practicing in the field of reproductive counselling. She has a certificate in Perinatal Grief and Loss and has over 17 years’ experience working extensively with people who have endured trauma, grief and loss, addiction, mental illness, and attachment challenges.

Blair is passionate about providing positive foundations and wrap-around support for individuals, couples and groups hoping to grow their families through collaborative and assisted fertility options. She provides sensitive education and thoughtful guidance to help clarify roles, expectations and potential outcomes during pre-conception, pregnancy, and postpartum stages, as well as to those wishing to explore pathways to adoption, or considering life without children.

Blair earned her Master of Social Work degree at Columbia University and completed her bachelor’s degree in Therapeutic Recreation at Dalhousie University. Her therapy approach is strengths based, mindful and solution focused. She is a current member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, Alberta College of Social Workers, and the British Columbia College of Social Workers. She is a member in good standing of the Ontario Association of Social Workers, and the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (CFAS), where she holds the position of Vice Chair of the Counselling Special Interest Group (CSIG). She is also a professional member of Fertility Matters, Canada’s national fertility patient advocacy and support organization.

With a background in family and child welfare, Blair worked as the Foster Care Coordinator at Jewish Family & Child Service (JF&CS), where she provided mentorship and family support to both foster and adopt families. Blair became highly skilled at developing and implementing psycho-educational training workshops, as well as regularly conducted mandatory assessments for prospective foster, kinship, and adopting families.

Personally, Blair comes to fertility counselling after her own first-hand experience with surrogacy, having been a Gestational Carrier for close friends. Already indirectly familiar with the pain of infertility and loss through her role in foster and adoption work, this journey provided her with new insights into the world of assisted fertility, IVF and Collaborative Family Planning. Her surrogacy experience had a profound impact on her, leading to a mentorship with Dara, extensive professional development in the area of Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR), and ultimately, a full-time career shift into reproductive/fertility counselling where she officially joined Informed Fertility in 2022.

Along with Dara, her experience includes compassionately and respectfully conducting the required counselling and assessments for 3rd Party Donor and Surrogate arrangements, pre-IVF and Egg Freezing Counselling, as well as providing support to those dealing with infertility, miscarriage, and bereavement.

Beyond her education and wealth of experience, Blair is warm-hearted, flexible, open-minded, and strongly believes in an inclusive and anti-discriminatory approach to care. She lives in Toronto, Ontario with her family and dog, is very proud to have been a gestational surrogate and a current Family Building Practitioner with Informed Fertility.