Meet Our Speaker

The Center for Reproductive Mental Health

Telehealth in DC, MD, VA, PA

Washington, DC

Laura Covington, PhD, LICSW, owns a private practice, The Center for Reproductive Mental Health, in the Washington, DC area.  Her special interest include providing counseling to individuals, couples and groups around reproductive health issues, including primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), and reproductive traumas, with a focus on the military and combat-related injuries that impair fertility. Dr. Covington provides counseling for managing various reproductive health diagnoses, the use of donor conception and/or gestational carriers, and the transition to pregnancy and parenting after fertility challenges.  She has written several publications on various topics related to reproduction, the perinatal period, and reproductive mental health counseling. She has an interest in providing education and training around assisted reproductive technology (ART) care and third-party reproduction, including a 10-month Fertility Counseling Postgraduate course.   She also volunteers on the Support Group Oversight Committee with RESOLVE and is a member of the ASRM Mental Health Professional Group and ESHRE.