Co-founded by Lesli Desai, LICSW, PMH-C and Melissa Rubin, DNP, ARNP, PMH-C, the collective is home to highly trained professionals who work to provide inclusive clinical excellence to gestational and non-gestational families throughout the reproductive spectrum.

This spectrum includes, but is not limited to:

  • Trying to conceive
  • Coping with infertility
  • Pregnancy loss (miscarriage, abortion, TFMR, stillbirth, neonatal loss)
  • Pregnancy after loss
  • Pregnancy
  • Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
  • Transition to parenthood through all forms of family building, including donor gametes, surrogacy, adoption, foster care, and childfree-by-circumstance

 

The Collective provides training to new clinicians and clinicians who want to expand their reproductive work. For our founders and clinicians, our work includes making services available and accessible to individuals who identify as part of LGBTQIA2S+ communities. We hope the collective will become a hub for reproductive excellence and a legacy within the greater Seattle area.

 

Our Logo

When we began to form our collective, we wanted to create a group that was simple, clean, and inclusive – and we wanted to acknowledge and hold space for individuals and families who were pregnant and postpartum, as well as those struggling with fertility and pregnancy loss. We feel strongly that our practice be accessible and approachable to those who identify as birthing or non-birthing parents and the wide spectrum of reproductive experiences and identities across one’s lifespan.

The colors in our logo were selected as a merging of two private practices and their unique histories and backgrounds, as well as in our efforts to be gender inclusive. The arch or rainbow is a nod to inclusivity, moving from darkness to light, and the eternal hope for recovery and comfort that can be found in our care team and community connections. Conveniently, the arch or rainbow is a nod to the experience of pregnancy that forms so many families. And as clinicians in the Pacific Northwest, it hopefully also connects to ideas of umbrellas and shelter from the storm that our staff provides.

We hope that you find comfort and hope in the services we provide and feel welcomed by the team at Reproductive Resilience.