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Therapy for Adoption

INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES

 

A safe space to explore the complex emotions related to adoption.

Does this sound familiar?

  • You're struggling to cope with daily stressors in ways that feel connected to your adoption story

  • You're unsure how to navigate conversations about adoption with your child

  • You feel a strain in your personal relationships

  • You're wrestling with identity and the feeling of "fitting in"

  • You're searching for or reuniting with biological family

  • You're navigating the complexities of growing up in a different racial or cultural family

  • You feel abandonment patterns showing up in your relationships

  • You feel like others just don't understand your experience

Whether you are adopted, a parent of an adopted child, a couple looking to adopt, or a biological parent — adoption can bring up complex issues and emotions that don't always have obvious answers. You deserve to work with a professional who truly understands the nuances of adoption — not just intellectually, but from lived experience.

 

A LIFETIME OF EXPERIENCE

I have a literal lifetime of experience with adoption as an adoptee, an aunt whose nephew was placed for adoption, and a professional who has worked in the adoption community since 2018.

I work with teen and adult adoptees, parents and caregivers, and all members of the adoption constellation — from international, domestic, and foster care adoptions — navigating trauma, grief, identity, attachment, parenting, life transitions, and relationships.

I typically approach therapy through the lens of the 7 Core Struggles in Adoption: loss/abandonment, rejection, grief, guilt/shame, identity, intimacy, and control.

WHO I WORK WITH

Teen Adoptees · Adult Adoptees · Adoptive Parents · Biological Parents · Prospective Adoptive Couples · Foster Care · International Adoption · Domestic Adoption · Open Adoptions · Transracial Adoption

Areas of focus:

  • Identity & Belonging — Exploring who you are, where you come from, and how adoption has shaped your sense of self.

  • Grief & Loss — Processing the unique grief that comes with adoption — for adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive families alike.

  • Attachment & Relationships — Understanding how early experiences have shaped your relational patterns — and how to shift them.

  • Family Conversations — Helping parents navigate age-appropriate adoption conversations and build openness with their child.

  • Search & Reunion — Support before, during, and after searching for — and reconnecting with — biological family.

  • Cultural Identity — Navigating the complexities of transracial or transcultural adoption and developing a whole sense of self.

Adoption Therapy Available Across Louisiana, Ohio, and Minnesota

Whether you're in Lafayette, Columbus, Minneapolis, or anywhere in between — adoption-competent therapy is available to you via telehealth. Melissa LaCour is licensed in Louisiana, Ohio, and Minnesota and is currently accepting new clients in all three states.

Know yourself. Show up fully.

In-person in Lafayette, LA · Telehealth in Louisiana, Ohio & Minnesota.

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