Emotional support that runs alongside medical care.
Individual telehealth psychotherapy for your patients in California, from a licensed clinical social worker who sees every fertility client personally.
Fertility treatment asks patients to manage uncertainty, waiting, and loss while keeping up with the rest of their lives. When anxiety, grief, or the strain of a decision starts to outrun what a care team can hold, Burnett Clinical Group offers a confidential place for that work, coordinated with your team when the patient consents.
Four presentations we see most often
Anxiety during treatment
Persistent worry, rumination, and difficulty functioning around monitoring, the two-week wait, and results.
Grief after loss
Unsuccessful transfers, miscarriage, and other pregnancy loss, including the fear that follows when a patient tries again.
Decision stress
Whether to pursue another round, consider donor options or surrogacy, or stop treatment, and what each choice means to the patient.
Strain on the patient's life
Effects on work, friendships, and the marriage, addressed through individual therapy with the patient.
Simple for your staff, clear for the patient
There is no form to complete and no portal to learn. A short email is enough, or the patient can book on her own.
- 1. Send the referralEmail drburnett@burnettclinicalgroup.com with the patient's name, how to reach her, and the reason for referral. Please share only what the patient has agreed to release.
- 2. We reach outThe patient hears from us by email to schedule an intake session.
- 3. Care beginsIf the practice is a fit, she begins weekly sessions with Dr. Burnett by secure video.
- 4. CoordinationWith the patient's written consent, Dr. Burnett coordinates with your team so the emotional support and the medical care work together.
Patients can also book directly: request an appointment.
To add Dr. Burnett to your patient resource list, download the one-page referral sheet (PDF).
What we do, and what we do not
- Services
- Outpatient individual psychotherapy by secure, HIPAA-compliant video. Weekly sessions of 50 minutes.
- Who we serve
- Adult women, 18 and over, residing in California.
- Not provided
- Couples or family therapy, crisis services, treatment for minors, residential care, and psychological evaluations of donors or gestational carriers. We do not prescribe medication.
- Fees and payment
- $200 per 50-minute session. Private pay. A superbill is provided so patients can seek out-of-network reimbursement; benefits vary by plan. A Good Faith Estimate is given before care begins.
- Capacity
- Dr. Burnett keeps a deliberately small caseload and sees every fertility client herself.
- Crisis
- The practice does not provide crisis care. Patients in crisis should call or text 988, call 911, or go to the nearest emergency room.
For patients who need a different level of care or live outside California, we are glad to talk through other options with your team.
IVF Without Losing Yourself
A live, 90-minute psychoeducational workshop for women preparing for, in, or between cycles. Patients build a written plan for the waiting, spiraling thoughts, family questions, and difficult-news days. It is education and practical strategy, not therapy, and it is open to participants in any state.
Workshop details and registration
Patients can also start with a free one-page guide, Surviving the Two-Week Wait.
Dr. Dezetta Burnett, DSW, LCSW
Dr. Burnett holds a Doctor of Social Work and a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California. She began her clinical training in 2008, has been licensed in California since 2014, and teaches graduate social work. Burnett Clinical Group is a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker Professional Corporation.
A patient who is struggling does not have to wait for a crisis to get support.
Send a short email, or share the booking link. We will take it from there.
Send a referral Referral sheet (PDF) Patient booking link