Adoption is the legal process that involves transferring the care of a child from biological parents to adoptive parents. Partners or individuals may choose adoption to raise children for various reasons. Similarly, an adopted person might go through phases when they wonder why their biological parents put them up for adoption. They also might experience confusion regarding the presence or absence of their biological parents in their life.
Available Treatment Options
Therapy for those involved in the adoption process aims to address emotions surrounding the experience. Therapists using therapeutic interventions may include a detailed look at the person’s past and how adoption affected them. Children who have been in the foster care system or were adopted may benefit from Play and Art therapies, which give them a creative outlet to express emotions.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Adoption
We may each enter the counseling space with a different challenge and goal. However, each of us needs connection, purpose and safety. You may be seeking out support because you feel scared, stuck, alone or depressed. Maybe you are simply looking for a place to process and feel heard in a season of change or transition. In order to effectively come alongside and support you, I hope to first buil...
I'm both an LPC and LMFT who enjoys helping people of all ages and stages including children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. The goal of my therapy is build trust and a working alliance so together we process unresolved issues and replace present behaviors, emotions and thoughts causing distress with more effective coping and ways of being that empower you to live the life you've...
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CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS. I am a Board Certified Clinical Counselor who has been licensed to practice psychotherapy for 22 years. I use evidence based methodologies such as Cognitive/Behavioral, Client Centered, EMDR, and Hypnotherapy. Additionally, methods from Psychology's Third Wave, like EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and Mindfulness have helped keep me on the cutting edge of...
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I have extensive experience in supporting individuals and families through illness, death and dying, grief and loss and all the feelings, anxiety, depression, and PTSD that may come with it. Most of my career I have worked within the health care field providing support to patient and their families and friends coping with illness, trauma, anticipatory grief and/or bereavement. I have supported...
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I specialize in the areas of Trauma, Sexual abuse, Dissociative Disorders, Depression, Anxiety, Phobias and short term crisis resolution. I help my clients by utilizing EMDR, TF-CBT or a cognitive behavioral approach to develop effective coping skills to increase personal functioning and resilience. EMDR (eye movement desensitization & reprocessing) is a powerful therapy designed to help people...
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I know that coming to therapy can be challenging and I am committed to creating a warm, empathic, and safe space for our time together. I tailor the treatment to meet your individual needs and goals. My priority is to meet you where you are in order to help you on your journey to a more authentic and fulfilling life. I have an integrative style, drawing on psychodynamic, systems, and attachment...
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My ideal client would be a person hoping to heal their trauma that they have encountered in life and would like to use EMDR, (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) in order to do so. I offer both DBT and EMDR treatment to help people process and handle trauma in a more effective way. My passion is to help people to process their trauma. I desire is to provide an environment for children,...
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