Media & Speaking Engagements
Stefanie Bonnell, LCSW, is a nationally recognized reproductive mental health expert, speaker, and educator. She brings more than a decade of clinical experience to conversations about infertility, IVF, pregnancy and infant loss, pregnancy after loss, third-party reproduction, ambiguous loss, and the emotional realities of building a family.
Through media appearances, professional trainings, conferences, and collaborations with fertility and healthcare professionals, Stefanie translates complex emotional experiences into language that feels clear, useful, and immediately relevant.
Featured Appearances
The Egg Whisperer Show
Healing After Miscarriage
Stefanie was featured as a guest expert on The Egg Whisperer Show, a long-running fertility education podcast hosted by nationally recognized reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh. She joined Dr. Dana McQueen for an important conversation about healing after miscarriage.
Jones Foundation Infertility Counseling Conference
The Space of Maybe
Stefanie was selected to present at the 2026 Jones Foundation Infertility Counseling Conference, the nation’s largest conference dedicated to infertility counseling. Her presentation, The Space of Maybe: Clinical Strategies for Supporting Clients Through Reproductive Uncertainty explored how clinicians can support clients through the ambiguity, waiting, and emotional strain of not knowing what comes next.
Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine
(CCRM) Chicago
High-Functioning and Falling Apart: When You Can’t Out-Grit Biology
Selected by CCRM Chicago as the featured mental health expert for its 2026 National Infertility Awareness Week program, Stefanie joined reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Victoria Wesevich to explore why infertility can be especially destabilizing for high-achieving people.
Featured Writing
Professional Engagements
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