Therapists in 10025
Lauren Kraver
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10025
I also have extensive experience working with birth parents, adoptees, and adoptive parents throughout the adoption process and provide adoption counseling for individuals and couples.
Feeling overwhelmed or stressed and don’t know where to begin? Life changes are hard and you’re not alone. If you are stuck or there’s a pattern you can’t break, I’m only a phone call away. Whether you’re faced with a big life decision, struggling with anxiety or depression, or just need someone in your corner - I’m here to help. Or, maybe you are deciding if you want to add to your family and have questions on what that looks like. Reaching out is one of the hardest parts about starting therapy and you deserve to be heard. You deserve someone who will listen and help you consider your options in an open-minded way.
I also have extensive experience working with birth parents, adoptees, and adoptive parents throughout the adoption process and provide adoption counseling for individuals and couples.
Feeling overwhelmed or stressed and don’t know where to begin? Life changes are hard and you’re not alone. If you are stuck or there’s a pattern you can’t break, I’m only a phone call away. Whether you’re faced with a big life decision, struggling with anxiety or depression, or just need someone in your corner - I’m here to help. Or, maybe you are deciding if you want to add to your family and have questions on what that looks like. Reaching out is one of the hardest parts about starting therapy and you deserve to be heard. You deserve someone who will listen and help you consider your options in an open-minded way.
Footprints to Feel Better
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10025
Footprints was started by a therapist who realized that often times the services provided to low socio-economic communities is lacking quality care. We noticed these communities were confronted with long wait times, disrespectful admins, and subpar treatment. The one and only purpose was to exploit the community for profit without providing the level of care deserved. Feel Better Therapy began from the inspiration to provide quality mental health care to the poorest of communities and treating the clients of this community the same way a rich patient would be treated in a clinic treating affluent clients.
Footprints was started by a therapist who realized that often times the services provided to low socio-economic communities is lacking quality care. We noticed these communities were confronted with long wait times, disrespectful admins, and subpar treatment. The one and only purpose was to exploit the community for profit without providing the level of care deserved. Feel Better Therapy began from the inspiration to provide quality mental health care to the poorest of communities and treating the clients of this community the same way a rich patient would be treated in a clinic treating affluent clients.
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Adoption Therapists
Does my adopted child need therapy?
Not every adopted child needs therapy. However, many can benefit from seeing an adoption-informed therapist, especially if they were victims of abuse or neglect, appear withdrawn or disconnected, have behavioral or developmental issues (which may or may not be related to their adoption), are struggling with feelings of grief or loss surrounding their birth parents, or find it difficult to establish an identity, a challenge that often becomes most apparent during adolescence.
When should adoptive parents seek therapy?
Prospective parents can benefit from therapy even before an adoption—for example, to voice worries and fears; to reconcile infertility struggles, if relevant; or simply to prepare themselves for parenthood. After the adoption, parents who are struggling to bond with their child; are unsure how to talk about adoption or related issues, such as race; or whose child is dealing with developmental, behavioral, or psychiatric concerns can address these and other issues with the help of an adoption-competent therapist.
Is family therapy appropriate for adoptive families?
Family therapy can be invaluable for strengthening the bond between adoptive parents and children, helping the latter feel more secure in their place in the family. Family therapy can also help adoptive families navigate complex communication issues—for example, parents who feel uncomfortable discussing race with their child, who in turn feels invalidated by their silence, or a child who has questions about his birth parents but avoids asking them out of fear of hurting his adoptive parents’ feelings.
What therapy is not appropriate for adoption issues?
A discredited therapy known as “attachment therapy” (sometimes called “holding therapy” or “rebirthing therapy”) should not be used to treat adopted and foster children, though it was largely designed for this population. Attachment therapy involves restraining, coercing, and punishing the child in order for them to “release” negative emotions and attach to their new caregivers—techniques that are abusive and dangerous and have even proven fatal in some cases.