Dara Roth Edney

Dara Roth Edney, BSW, MSW, RSW, is a Reproductive Counsellor, Registered Social Worker, and Psychotherapist. She is the founder and Clinical Director of Informed Fertility, a group counselling practice specializing in family building, assisted reproduction and life transitions. With over 20 years of clinical and research experience, Dara supports individuals, couples, and families as they navigate infertility and loss, 2SLGBTQ+ family building, solo parenting, identity-based fertility planning, and complex medical or psychosocial histories. She works with clients pursuing gamete preservation, IUI, IVF, and co-parenting arrangements, and conducts third-party assessments for intended parents, donors, and surrogates. Dara offers grief and relationship counselling, trauma-informed psychotherapy, and pragmatic coaching, providing concrete tools for managing anxiety, depression, complex decision-making, communication, and boundary-setting. She helps clients transition through pregnancy and parenting – or, when treatment is unsuccessful, in finding new pathways and meaning. She also works with donor-conceived adults exploring identity and relationships. A skilled facilitator and conflict resolution practitioner, Dara leads numerous peer support groups and is a sought-after speaker, educator, and consultant. She presents regularly at conferences, delivers workshops to clinical teams, allied professionals, and public audiences, and advises on ethics and government policy related to reproductive health and assisted human reproduction. She holds leadership roles with the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society and Donor Conception Canada and is a member of the Mental Health Professionals Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Dara developed and continues to teach Canada’s first university-level course in fertility counselling, offered through Wilfred Laurier University. Informed by her own lived experiences of infertility, loss, and surrogacy, Dara brings personal understanding and clinical expertise to her practice. She is proud to work closely with fertility clinics, reproductive lawyers, allied health professionals, research and community stakeholders across North America to advance inclusive, informed, patient-centred care. Based in Toronto, Dara and her associates offer counselling in person and virtually across Canada and internationally.