Ongoing Support, Beyond the Evaluation

  • Surrogacy can bring emotional challenges, and early support helps maintain healthy relationships between intended parents and gestational carriers. We assist in identifying potential conflicts early, repairing miscommunications, guiding difficult conversations about boundaries, updates, medical decisions, and expectations, and providing tools to reduce long-term frustration and burnout.

    We also offer:

    Post-match check-ins for ongoing relationship health

    Therapeutic birth plan meetings to align expectations and ease anxiety

    Time-sensitive consultations for urgent concerns

    Agencies often engage us proactively to foster resilient, trusting surrogacy relationships, preventing crises before they arise.

  • Many carriers benefit from continued emotional support beyond screening, especially when facing miscarriage, medical terminations, trauma, complicated births, or postpartum mood changes. Our individualized therapy offers a safe space to process experiences, build resilience, and maintain well-being throughout and beyond the surrogacy journey.

  • Surrogacy is an evolving process. Makana Health provides ongoing tailored support to help intended parents manage the emotional and relational complexities of building a family through surrogacy. These sessions assist with:

    Processing emotions like excitement, anxiety, and grief

    Enhancing communication with carriers and agencies

    Navigating medical decisions and birth planning

    Preparing emotionally for parenthood amid challenges

    Exploring identity and adjustment in third-party reproduction

    Reflecting on boundaries, gratitude, and connection with the surrogate

    Whether early or near delivery, our support offers a grounding space to feel prepared and supported through this life-changing journey.

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What Sets Us Apart?

To help ensure that every candidate is emotionally prepared and well-qualified to embark on the family planning journey, Makana Health follows a careful and customized evaluation process that includes the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), a well-established tool for understanding mental health and personality, as well as additional screening tools for depression and anxiety. All comprehensive mental health evaluations and consultations are completed via HIPAA-compliant video conferencing. Our services ensure privacy, accessibility, and personalized care in a secure virtual environment.

Makana Health champions diversity and inclusivity through ongoing expansion of our translation capabilities, making clinical evaluations and consultations accessible for every patient, regardless of language. We honor and embrace all forms of family, affirming each individual’s journey, and we proudly stand as allies to the LGBTQIA+ community.

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