Adoption Therapists in Winter Garden, FL
I have experience working with individuals, couples, families, teens and children dealing with a variety of issues including relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, codependency, adoption, infertility, marriage issues, grief and loss issues, and eating disorders.
Sometimes life is hard and you may feel like giving up. Perhaps you know that you want to move forward, but you are just not sure how to take the next step. I want to encourage you to not give up. Know that regardless of what you are currently experiencing, you can still find peace and hope. The greatest challenges and obstacles can also bring the greatest opportunities for growth and change. I consider it a great privilege to walk with you on your journey to find direction and peace through this challenging time.
I have experience working with individuals, couples, families, teens and children dealing with a variety of issues including relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, codependency, adoption, infertility, marriage issues, grief and loss issues, and eating disorders.
Sometimes life is hard and you may feel like giving up. Perhaps you know that you want to move forward, but you are just not sure how to take the next step. I want to encourage you to not give up. Know that regardless of what you are currently experiencing, you can still find peace and hope. The greatest challenges and obstacles can also bring the greatest opportunities for growth and change. I consider it a great privilege to walk with you on your journey to find direction and peace through this challenging time.
Amanda Dumas
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Winter Garden, FL 34787
I use TF-CBT and Attachment theory and am an Adoption Competent Therapist.
My approach to therapy is that every client is different and has unique experiences and needs. Sometimes current life experiences such as school, work, and family dynamics can be stressful. Sometimes it is traumatic experiences from the past that impact people in the present. I can help people of all ages (children, teens, and adults) develop an understanding of their experiences and learn coping skills for the present. I work with people who have experienced trauma and loss including challenges regarding divorce, adoption, and abuse.
I use TF-CBT and Attachment theory and am an Adoption Competent Therapist.
My approach to therapy is that every client is different and has unique experiences and needs. Sometimes current life experiences such as school, work, and family dynamics can be stressful. Sometimes it is traumatic experiences from the past that impact people in the present. I can help people of all ages (children, teens, and adults) develop an understanding of their experiences and learn coping skills for the present. I work with people who have experienced trauma and loss including challenges regarding divorce, adoption, and abuse.
Megan has had a wealth of experience with grief, infertility and adoption.
There are so many ways trauma can come into our lives: abuse, death, divorce, infertility, miscarriage, and through losses of a loved one, a job, our security, or our stability. As humans, we are all susceptible to traumatic experiences and the ways they impact our bodies. But there is HOPE! I am confident that much healing comes from the experience of the therapeutic relationship, one of trust, encouragement, non-judgment, and professionalism. As I have done for so many clients in my career, let me walk alongside you and assist you on your personal path to healing.
Megan has had a wealth of experience with grief, infertility and adoption.
There are so many ways trauma can come into our lives: abuse, death, divorce, infertility, miscarriage, and through losses of a loved one, a job, our security, or our stability. As humans, we are all susceptible to traumatic experiences and the ways they impact our bodies. But there is HOPE! I am confident that much healing comes from the experience of the therapeutic relationship, one of trust, encouragement, non-judgment, and professionalism. As I have done for so many clients in my career, let me walk alongside you and assist you on your personal path to healing.
Natali Frisby
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Winter Garden, FL 34787 (Online Only)
I enjoy helping individuals and families to cope with anxiety, depression, trauma, sleep disturbance, parenting concerns, stress management, relationship conflicts, communication difficulties, grief and loss, life transitions, feeling overwhelmed, and feelings of low self-worth. I have extensive experience working with children in foster care and adoption. I have provided individual and family therapy services to adults and children for the past 5 years. I have also worked with families for the past 10 years to assist them in transforming their families to collaborate and thrive with each other.
I enjoy helping individuals and families to cope with anxiety, depression, trauma, sleep disturbance, parenting concerns, stress management, relationship conflicts, communication difficulties, grief and loss, life transitions, feeling overwhelmed, and feelings of low self-worth. I have extensive experience working with children in foster care and adoption. I have provided individual and family therapy services to adults and children for the past 5 years. I have also worked with families for the past 10 years to assist them in transforming their families to collaborate and thrive with each other.
Liza Frank Caraglio
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Winter Garden, FL 34787 (Online Only)
I hold a Post-Master's Certification in clinical issues in adoption.
I strive to assist my clients in reaching their full potential by helping them to develop positive self esteem and strong coping skills, and to have healthy relationships, personally and professionally. Whether you are struggling with life's everyday challenges, or more serious trauma, we can work together to provide you with the tools you need to be happy and healthy. I provide a comfortable, judgment free environment. Please contact me to discuss your therapeutic needs and together we can develop a plan for how you can reach your goals!
I hold a Post-Master's Certification in clinical issues in adoption.
I strive to assist my clients in reaching their full potential by helping them to develop positive self esteem and strong coping skills, and to have healthy relationships, personally and professionally. Whether you are struggling with life's everyday challenges, or more serious trauma, we can work together to provide you with the tools you need to be happy and healthy. I provide a comfortable, judgment free environment. Please contact me to discuss your therapeutic needs and together we can develop a plan for how you can reach your goals!
Connected Counseling Orlando
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT, RPT
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Winter Garden, FL 34787
I believe that we can only be seen and healed within the context of relationships. My passion is to serve my clients by providing them with the tools and resources needed to live an abundant life and maintain healthy relationships. Marriage, parenting, blended families, adoption, relationship issues, self-esteem, anxiety, and stress can become challenging. My job as your therapist is to guide and support you on your healing journey towards living an abundant life.
I believe that we can only be seen and healed within the context of relationships. My passion is to serve my clients by providing them with the tools and resources needed to live an abundant life and maintain healthy relationships. Marriage, parenting, blended families, adoption, relationship issues, self-esteem, anxiety, and stress can become challenging. My job as your therapist is to guide and support you on your healing journey towards living an abundant life.
Jennifer Lombardo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CCTP
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Winter Garden, FL 34777 (Online Only)
Hello, I look forward to working with you! I imagine you're here because it's time to find more fulfillment, clarity, peace and joy in your life and maybe less anxiety, sadness, confusion. Or maybe you're already aware of what is working well for you and just need extra support to achieve greater understanding and mastery of self. From many years of working with diverse clients and populations, I've learned that one style does not fit all. While I customize various approaches for anxiety and depression, I also specialize in trauma, strategic solutions, and working with other "helpers".
Hello, I look forward to working with you! I imagine you're here because it's time to find more fulfillment, clarity, peace and joy in your life and maybe less anxiety, sadness, confusion. Or maybe you're already aware of what is working well for you and just need extra support to achieve greater understanding and mastery of self. From many years of working with diverse clients and populations, I've learned that one style does not fit all. While I customize various approaches for anxiety and depression, I also specialize in trauma, strategic solutions, and working with other "helpers".
Feeling trapped in a repetitive cycle? Maybe it's time to make a change. Relationships can grow stale to the point of living as roommates. Personal obstacles might be holding you back from reaching your full potential. Families can fall apart over unresolved conflict. How would each day differ if you overcame your own struggles, mended broken family relationships, or brought your marriage back from the brink to full restoration? Isn’t it worth trying for?
Feeling trapped in a repetitive cycle? Maybe it's time to make a change. Relationships can grow stale to the point of living as roommates. Personal obstacles might be holding you back from reaching your full potential. Families can fall apart over unresolved conflict. How would each day differ if you overcame your own struggles, mended broken family relationships, or brought your marriage back from the brink to full restoration? Isn’t it worth trying for?
We all have times in our lives when we need someone to walk with us through the challenges of life. We are here to be your support, no matter the challenges. The Nurture Place provides opportunities for individuals and families to discover and develop their strengths, heal from adversity and grow thriving and strong connections.
We all have times in our lives when we need someone to walk with us through the challenges of life. We are here to be your support, no matter the challenges. The Nurture Place provides opportunities for individuals and families to discover and develop their strengths, heal from adversity and grow thriving and strong connections.
There are times in all of our lives when we experience challenging emotional situations.When these situations arrive we can benefit from the support of a person outside of our inner circle. Whether you are struggling with an crisis or change in your life, or even if you are just feeling mildly upset, it can take a toll on your life. Everyone can benefit from psychotherapy. No problem is too minor, severe, or unusual to be explored and healed. I approach my clients with care so that together we can built a plan that will help them achieve their goals.
There are times in all of our lives when we experience challenging emotional situations.When these situations arrive we can benefit from the support of a person outside of our inner circle. Whether you are struggling with an crisis or change in your life, or even if you are just feeling mildly upset, it can take a toll on your life. Everyone can benefit from psychotherapy. No problem is too minor, severe, or unusual to be explored and healed. I approach my clients with care so that together we can built a plan that will help them achieve their goals.
Are you ready for positive change? Call now. Secure Telehealth sessions are available.
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Marriage & family are simple words, but often complex environments. My own marriage, children, & now grandchildren have combined with years of counseling experience to give me both the desire & the knowledge to be helpful. I have been a new bride, a mother, and a grandma who takes the little one’s while my children travel with their spouse. I understand the challenges of marriage, and enjoy helping others find solutions to the deepest of issues. I also enjoy getting down on the floor with the little ones to use my unique skillset as a child therapy specialist to help them through things like trauma, difficulties in school and more.
Marriage & family are simple words, but often complex environments. My own marriage, children, & now grandchildren have combined with years of counseling experience to give me both the desire & the knowledge to be helpful. I have been a new bride, a mother, and a grandma who takes the little one’s while my children travel with their spouse. I understand the challenges of marriage, and enjoy helping others find solutions to the deepest of issues. I also enjoy getting down on the floor with the little ones to use my unique skillset as a child therapy specialist to help them through things like trauma, difficulties in school and more.
I take a strength-based, problem-solving approach with each client by extending a hand of grace through compassion, building trust, and offering hope. I highlight positive aspects of self that propel my clients toward healing and growth.Diverse life experiences have provided insight and passion for helping others. Using CBT techniques from a Christian Worldview, I collaborate with clients and support them as they walk though the changes necessary to fulfill their goals and experience the abundance of what God has planned for them. Let's work together to restore your life, rebuild your relationships, and renew your hope.
I take a strength-based, problem-solving approach with each client by extending a hand of grace through compassion, building trust, and offering hope. I highlight positive aspects of self that propel my clients toward healing and growth.Diverse life experiences have provided insight and passion for helping others. Using CBT techniques from a Christian Worldview, I collaborate with clients and support them as they walk though the changes necessary to fulfill their goals and experience the abundance of what God has planned for them. Let's work together to restore your life, rebuild your relationships, and renew your hope.
Noris DeJesus-Petrone
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, LP-MFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Winter Garden, FL 34787 (Online Only)
I have always known that helping others is my purpose. My own personal life challenges and feeling that I was in a dark place pushed me a strong desire to understand myself and my feelings at a deeper level. I realized that I wanted to leave the world better than I had found it, and I wanted to do so by helping others to heal. My own healing journey brought me to help others through therapy. I use a strengths-based approach to help my clients ease the pain that they are experiencing, by not only being there and offering an empathetic ear, but by helping them to find the joy in life that they may have thought would be lost forever.
I have always known that helping others is my purpose. My own personal life challenges and feeling that I was in a dark place pushed me a strong desire to understand myself and my feelings at a deeper level. I realized that I wanted to leave the world better than I had found it, and I wanted to do so by helping others to heal. My own healing journey brought me to help others through therapy. I use a strengths-based approach to help my clients ease the pain that they are experiencing, by not only being there and offering an empathetic ear, but by helping them to find the joy in life that they may have thought would be lost forever.
Sandra Moenssens
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LMHC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Winter Garden, FL 34787
Are you looking for an experienced, well versed counselor to help you overcome obstacles that stand in the way of your achieving personal and professional goals? You have come to the right place. After having more than 30 years of experience in the mental health field, I am perfectly suited to help you in the quickest way possible.
Are you looking for an experienced, well versed counselor to help you overcome obstacles that stand in the way of your achieving personal and professional goals? You have come to the right place. After having more than 30 years of experience in the mental health field, I am perfectly suited to help you in the quickest way possible.
Do you feel empty? Hopeless? Do you feel as though your alone on a journey that never seems to end? Is your life a black hole that you just can't fill? You are not alone! I understand the loss of hope. I understand the pain and lonliness can be too great to bear. The great news is that you can move past this place to restore your physical, emotional and spiritual health! I believe in you! I believe that whatever pains you may be suffering, whatever heartache you may feeling, that you are bigger than your pain and suffering.
Do you feel empty? Hopeless? Do you feel as though your alone on a journey that never seems to end? Is your life a black hole that you just can't fill? You are not alone! I understand the loss of hope. I understand the pain and lonliness can be too great to bear. The great news is that you can move past this place to restore your physical, emotional and spiritual health! I believe in you! I believe that whatever pains you may be suffering, whatever heartache you may feeling, that you are bigger than your pain and suffering.
As a therapist, I feel it is most important for a client to feel heard, safe, cared for, and understood by the therapist they choose. I believe that when a client experiences this level of comfort with their therapist, that is when the most positive changes occur. I enjoy working with motivated clients who are seeking to make positive changes in their lives. I support my clients with patience, guidance, empathy, and understanding throughout each unique journey.
As a therapist, I feel it is most important for a client to feel heard, safe, cared for, and understood by the therapist they choose. I believe that when a client experiences this level of comfort with their therapist, that is when the most positive changes occur. I enjoy working with motivated clients who are seeking to make positive changes in their lives. I support my clients with patience, guidance, empathy, and understanding throughout each unique journey.
Natalie Lewis
Counselor, MA, LMHC, MA-MFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Winter Garden, FL 34777 (Online Only)
Relationships can be very fulfilling. Many strive to have meaningful relationships and positive connections in their lives. With the stress that comes with parenting, managing finances as well as past traumatic experiences, relationships can become overwhelming, dysfunctional and some times complicated. As a therapist, my goal will be to provide you with the tools and techniques essential to improving your relationships and enjoying your everyday life.
Relationships can be very fulfilling. Many strive to have meaningful relationships and positive connections in their lives. With the stress that comes with parenting, managing finances as well as past traumatic experiences, relationships can become overwhelming, dysfunctional and some times complicated. As a therapist, my goal will be to provide you with the tools and techniques essential to improving your relationships and enjoying your everyday life.
Charis Counseling Center has been providing expert counseling in the central Florida area since its inception in 2000. Charis offers the services of trained professionals who provide comfort and hope as they guide you toward overcoming obstacles and experiencing the authentic, abundant life. We also provide psychiatric medical management quickly and efficiently.
Charis Counseling Center has been providing expert counseling in the central Florida area since its inception in 2000. Charis offers the services of trained professionals who provide comfort and hope as they guide you toward overcoming obstacles and experiencing the authentic, abundant life. We also provide psychiatric medical management quickly and efficiently.
Simone is interested in girls’ and women’s mental health across the life span, and specifically in perinatal mental health. Simone is also concerned about the emotional impact of the experience of immigration on her clients’ lives. Simone is attentive to the intersection of culture and her clients’ identities and approaches her clients through a psychodynamic lens and with attachment, trauma, cognitive behavioral and narrative theories. Simone is an empathetic professional who focuses on the importance of the therapeutic relationship for the success of the therapeutic process.
Simone is interested in girls’ and women’s mental health across the life span, and specifically in perinatal mental health. Simone is also concerned about the emotional impact of the experience of immigration on her clients’ lives. Simone is attentive to the intersection of culture and her clients’ identities and approaches her clients through a psychodynamic lens and with attachment, trauma, cognitive behavioral and narrative theories. Simone is an empathetic professional who focuses on the importance of the therapeutic relationship for the success of the therapeutic process.
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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.