Category: Ask A Therapist

Ask a Therapist: Withholding a Known Donor’s Identity until Child is 16

An intended parent wonders about the impact of withholding their known donor's identity until the child turns 16.

January 16, 2025Ask A Therapist, anonymity, disclosure, early disclosure, education, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, grief, guides and resources: parents, identity release, known donor, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation

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Ask A Therapist: Struggling with Donor Conceived Son’s Boundaries

A recipient parent struggles with the boundaries his donor conceived son has created around sharing information about siblings and the donor.

December 16, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, education, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, grief, guides and resources: parents, identity release, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, siblings, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation, Uncategorized

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Ask a Therapist: Seeking Advice to Support a Single Mom by Choice

A concerned friend wants to know how best to support a single mom by choice who has a strained relationship with her adult donor conceived daughter.

December 2, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, education, genetic identity, grief, identity release, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, siblings, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation

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Ask a Therapist: Feeling Attracted to a Donor Conceived Sibling

A donor conceived person struggles with feeling attracted to a newly discovered sibling.

October 11, 2024Ask A Therapist, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, mental health, offspring, resources: donor conceived persons, siblings, sperm donation

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Ask a Therapist: Known Donor Considers Meeting His Donor Conceived Children

A known sperm donor considers meeting his minor donor conceived offspring.

October 4, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, genetic identity, guides and resources: donors, identity release, known donor, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, mental health, offspring, siblings, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation

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Ask a Therapist: Telling a New Sibling Their Father Was Not the Donor

A donor conceived person wonders how to inform a new sibling that their father was not the donor and that the sibling is instead also donor conceived.

August 30, 2024info and guides, Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, education, egg donation, embryo donation, featured, genetic identity, grief, identity release, late disclosure, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, resources: donor conceived persons, siblings, sperm donation

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Ask a Therapist: Dealing with Child’s Deep Distress after Adulthood Disclosure

A recipient parent seeks advice and resources to address her daughter's deep distress from the late disclosure of being donor conceived.

July 16, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, genetic identity, grief, guides and resources: parents, late disclosure, mental health

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Ask a Therapist: Advice and Resources for Known Donor Arrangement

A future recipient parent wonders about advice and resources available for entering into a known donor arrangement.

May 26, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, egg donation, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, identity release, known donor, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, mental health, offspring, smbc, sperm donation

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Ask a Therapist: Estrangement after Ignoring Child’s Curiosity about the Donor

A recipient parent wonders how to fix a strained relationship with her child after failing to respond to the child's curiosity about the donor while growing up.

May 4, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, grief, guides and resources: parents, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, smbc, sperm donation

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Ask a Therapist: Struggling with Stored Donor Embryos

A recipient parent struggles with extra stored donor embryos and clinic restrictions.

March 30, 2024Ask A Therapist, anonymity, education, embryo donation, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, offspring, siblings

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