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Therapy for Adoption

INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES

 

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


Whether you are adopted yourself, a parent of an adopted child, a couple looking to adopt, or a biological parent, adoption can bring up complex issues and emotions.

Maybe you’re:

  • Having trouble coping with daily stressors

  • Unsure how to tell your child they are adopted or how to navigate conversations around adoption

  • Feeling a strain in your personal relationships (family, friends, romantic)

  • Struggling with the complexities of growing up as a different race/culture than your family

  • Feeling a lack of support from adoptive family and friends or feeling like “they just don’t get it”

  • Wrestling with your identity and “fitting in”

  • Searching for and reuniting with biological/first families

  • Trying to navigate the dichotomy of your heredity vs. environment or nature vs. nurture

  • Feeling abandonment issues in your relationships

Adoption counseling can help your sort through these thoughts and feelings.

 

INDIVIDUAL & COUPLES THERAPY FOR ADOPTION

Adoption is complex, and you deserve to work with a professional who understands the nuances of adoption. 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/caregivers, and other members of the adoption constellation from international, domestic, and foster care adoptions who are struggling with areas such as trauma, grief, loss, cultural 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, control), offering individual therapy tailored to fit your needs.

The issues you are facing may not seem related to adoption, but as an adoption competent therapist, I will be able to help you think about your concerns in a way that takes the adoption experience into account. Whether you are interested in short-term help or ongoing therapeutic support, I can help provide specific guidance to promote effective communication and improve interpersonal relationships.

Therapy for adoption can help you:

  • Recognize if challenges are adoption-related or a typical life stage

  • Help you and/or your child understand their adoption story

  • Build adoptee self-esteem

  • Process grief and loss

  • Navigate an open adoption relationship between family members

  • Exploring your identity

  • Process trauma, posttraumatic stress (PTSD), or abuse

  • Heal attachment issues experienced by children or adults who were adopted and/or in foster care

You have a safe space here.

I’M HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AS YOU NAVIGATE YOUR STORY.