Lisa Shatford, PhD, C.Psych (She/Her)
Lisa began her career in infertility counselling in 1985 during a pre-doctoral clinical psychology internship in one of Canada’s first IVF programs at The London Health Sciences Centre. She then went on to serve as Staff Psychologist to the IVF program, and has been in private practice since 1990. Dr. Shatford has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Western Ontario. She is a member of the Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, the Canadian Psychological Association, the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, and their Canadian Counseling Special Interest Group.
Services provided by Dr. Shatford include counselling around the stress of infertility diagnosis, decision making about treatment options, coping with loss and disappointment, couples counselling re: the impact of infertility on the relationship, considering third party reproduction options, stopping treatment and moving on, discussing donor conception with the children. She provides the required consultations for third-party treatment. Lisa is working via secure video and is able to provide services to all residents of Ontario.