Adoption Therapy in Lafayette, LA & Online

You can work with a specialized adoption therapist in Lafayette by looking for clinicians trained in adoption competency or with lived experience in the adoption constellation. At my office in Lafayette, LA, I offer specialized counseling for adult adoptees, adoptive parents, and families. As both an adult adoptee and a Licensed Professional Counselor with C.A.S.E. (Center for Adoption Support and Education) adoption-competent training, I provide care rooted in the 7 Core Issues in Adoption—so you won't have to waste time explaining basic adoption dynamics.

A therapist who is also an adult adoptee offers lived experience alongside clinical training. Clients don't have to spend sessions explaining basic adoption dynamics or managing feelings around performative gratitude. Melissa LaCour, LPC, integrates C.A.S.E. adoption-competent training with lived understanding to provide specialized care for adoptees and families.

Yes, many licensed counselors in Louisiana provide hybrid care. I offer in-person therapy sessions at my office located at 143 Ridgeway Drive in Lafayette, LA, as well as telehealth therapy for clients anywhere in Louisiana. (Additionally, I am able to provide virtual therapy to clients residing in Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio.)

Yes. Melissa LaCour provides telehealth adoption therapy across Louisiana, Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio. In-person counseling sessions are also available at her office in Lafayette, LA.

You can access specialized relationship counseling in-person in Lafayette or online statewide across Louisiana. My practice focuses on helping adults untangle unhealthy relational patterns, resolve anxious or avoidant attachment styles, and set firm boundaries without building walls. Whether you are navigating relationship transitions, identity shifts, or recurring conflict, therapy provides a space to understand how past experiences impact your current connections.

Because I am a specialist, I am a private-pay, out-of-network provider. My standard fee is $175 for a 50-minute individual session and $250 for a 60-minute couples/family session. Being private pay allows us to focus entirely on your clinical care without session limits, mandatory diagnoses, or insurance company oversight.

Adoption-competent therapy directly addresses the 7 Core Issues in Adoption—Loss, Rejection, Shame & Guilt, Grief, Identity, Intimacy, and Control—developed by Sharon Kaplan Roszia and Deborah N. Silverstein. Rather than treating adoption as a single past event, we use this framework to examine how these seven themes impact your adult life, attachment style, and relationships. As an adoption-competent therapist trained through C.A.S.E. (Center for Adoption Support and Education) and an adult adoptee myself, I use this model to help you unpack systemic adoption dynamics, navigate search or reunion, process abandonment wounds, and build an authentic sense of self.