Adoption Therapists in McCordsville, IN

Brittany M Madison
Counselor, MA, LMHC
4 Endorsed
Serves Area
I have extensive experience working with a wide range of issues, but my true passion lies in helping older teens, young adults, and individuals navigating life's challenges. I specialize in parenting issues and family communication, with a strong focus on enhancing overall family happiness. My goal as a therapist is to inspire change and empower people to identify solutions that improve their ability to function and foster meaningful, lasting connections with others.
I have extensive experience working with a wide range of issues, but my true passion lies in helping older teens, young adults, and individuals navigating life's challenges. I specialize in parenting issues and family communication, with a strong focus on enhancing overall family happiness. My goal as a therapist is to inspire change and empower people to identify solutions that improve their ability to function and foster meaningful, lasting connections with others.
(317) 548-8479 View (317) 548-8479
Rugged Grace Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, EMDR
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
We are a group of therapists with years of experience walking with people through the difficulties of life. Our wide ranging specialties and training provide our patients a unique group of professionals to assist you. It is an honor to meet people where they are and start the healing journey together.
We are a group of therapists with years of experience walking with people through the difficulties of life. Our wide ranging specialties and training provide our patients a unique group of professionals to assist you. It is an honor to meet people where they are and start the healing journey together.
(317) 399-5146 View (317) 399-5146
Grant L Anderson
Counselor, LMHC, LPCC, PC
Serves Area
My heart is to help individuals and families in need. I am passionate about helping the broken, the lonely, and those in pain. I believe in a person-first approach in which we work together to help address needs and solve problems.
My heart is to help individuals and families in need. I am passionate about helping the broken, the lonely, and those in pain. I believe in a person-first approach in which we work together to help address needs and solve problems.
(317) 934-2545 View (317) 934-2545

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Danelle King, LCSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Online Only
I also specialize in supporting those impacted by foster care and adoption.
I help clients work through trauma, behavioral challenges, relationship issues, and mental health concerns with honest, compassionate support. With 30 years of experience, I specialize in foster care and adoption. I offer a safe, non-judgmental space and can integrate Christian faith to support healing, growth, and lasting change.
I also specialize in supporting those impacted by foster care and adoption.
I help clients work through trauma, behavioral challenges, relationship issues, and mental health concerns with honest, compassionate support. With 30 years of experience, I specialize in foster care and adoption. I offer a safe, non-judgmental space and can integrate Christian faith to support healing, growth, and lasting change.
(765) 345-8282 View (765) 345-8282
Danelle King
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Online Only
I am Danelle King, MSW, LCSW, and for over 30 years I have been dedicated to walking alongside individuals and couples and families as they navigate life’s challenges. With a natural gift for nurturing and support, I strive to create a safe, non-judgmental space where my clients can be open and honest without fear of criticism. I believe that healing begins with honesty, and I am gentle in my approach, offering genuine feedback and personalized guidance tailored to each person’s unique circumstances.
I am Danelle King, MSW, LCSW, and for over 30 years I have been dedicated to walking alongside individuals and couples and families as they navigate life’s challenges. With a natural gift for nurturing and support, I strive to create a safe, non-judgmental space where my clients can be open and honest without fear of criticism. I believe that healing begins with honesty, and I am gentle in my approach, offering genuine feedback and personalized guidance tailored to each person’s unique circumstances.
(317) 733-7204 View (317) 733-7204
Hannah O'Rear
Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate, LMHCA, ATR-P
5 Endorsed
Indianapolis, IN 46220
Sometimes life leads you down a path where you end up feeling disconnected, unsettled, and unsure where to even start. Maybe you’re in the midst of major life changes, a new chapter, or have things from the past making it hard to move forward. Perhaps you find yourself getting stuck doom scrolling, have a hard time creating fulfilling relationships, or struggling to adapt. If this sounds like your current season of life, then I would love to work with you! Let’s learn how to manage, family, school, relationships, the past, and all the things life throws at you. You deserve to find ways to enjoy life, connect, and be present.
Sometimes life leads you down a path where you end up feeling disconnected, unsettled, and unsure where to even start. Maybe you’re in the midst of major life changes, a new chapter, or have things from the past making it hard to move forward. Perhaps you find yourself getting stuck doom scrolling, have a hard time creating fulfilling relationships, or struggling to adapt. If this sounds like your current season of life, then I would love to work with you! Let’s learn how to manage, family, school, relationships, the past, and all the things life throws at you. You deserve to find ways to enjoy life, connect, and be present.
(463) 292-2898 View (463) 292-2898
Nicole Merrill
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
1 Endorsed
Online Only
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by infertility, grief, anxiety, depression, or the emotional complexities of adoption, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to navigate it by yourself.
Therapy with me is a place to be honest about what you’re carrying and to feel supported as we begin to make sense of it together.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by infertility, grief, anxiety, depression, or the emotional complexities of adoption, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to navigate it by yourself.
Therapy with me is a place to be honest about what you’re carrying and to feel supported as we begin to make sense of it together.
(270) 918-4839 View (270) 918-4839
Ashley Peres
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Online Only
For over 19 years, I have worked in the field of social work, addressing issues such as involvement in the child welfare system (foster care and adoption), trauma, anxiety, and depression.
Everyone has a story, so our first session will be spent discussing your primary reason for seeking therapy. I would love to hear in your own words what you believe your strengths are and what you are hoping to achieve in our sessions. I'd also be curious to know if you've attended therapy in the past and what has worked for you, and what has not.
For over 19 years, I have worked in the field of social work, addressing issues such as involvement in the child welfare system (foster care and adoption), trauma, anxiety, and depression.
Everyone has a story, so our first session will be spent discussing your primary reason for seeking therapy. I would love to hear in your own words what you believe your strengths are and what you are hoping to achieve in our sessions. I'd also be curious to know if you've attended therapy in the past and what has worked for you, and what has not.
(219) 587-5622 View (219) 587-5622
Kate Creason
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Fishers, IN 46037
I work with adults, children, and families that have experienced trauma, adoption, or attachment concerns.
I approach each individual or family with a desire to understand what has happened and how we can work together to heal past wounds. What sets me apart are my expertise in the field and my commitment to each individual and family I serve. It would be an honor to walk along side you in healing.
I work with adults, children, and families that have experienced trauma, adoption, or attachment concerns.
I approach each individual or family with a desire to understand what has happened and how we can work together to heal past wounds. What sets me apart are my expertise in the field and my commitment to each individual and family I serve. It would be an honor to walk along side you in healing.
(463) 300-5336 View (463) 300-5336
We Are Relationships
Licensed Professional Counselor, MAMFT, LPC, NCC
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Love Is War. Gear Up! We are a different kind of professional mental health clinic, allowing you to connect with a licensed therapist, trained to offer help from a Christian background. By combining Biblical wisdom with clinical expertise in mental health, we invite God into the conversation and formulate actionable plans that best address the unique challenges you face. Our goal is to holistically improve clients’ well-being, so that they may feel mentally, emotionally, and spiritually healthy. In order to provide the best experience possible, our unique approach offers both online services and traditional face-to-face therapy.
Love Is War. Gear Up! We are a different kind of professional mental health clinic, allowing you to connect with a licensed therapist, trained to offer help from a Christian background. By combining Biblical wisdom with clinical expertise in mental health, we invite God into the conversation and formulate actionable plans that best address the unique challenges you face. Our goal is to holistically improve clients’ well-being, so that they may feel mentally, emotionally, and spiritually healthy. In order to provide the best experience possible, our unique approach offers both online services and traditional face-to-face therapy.
(630) 426-7511 View (630) 426-7511
Jennifer Mysogland
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Fishers, IN 46038
Waitlist for new clients
In my practice, I provide mental health therapy for individuals and families with specialty in trauma/complex trauma, attachment, grief/loss and adoption.
Specialized Training: EMDR, EMDR with Children/Adolescents, Sandtray/EMDR with Sandtray, Theraplay, Certified Advanced Grief Specialist, Certified AutPlay Therapy Provider, Accelerated Resolution Therapy.
In my practice, I provide mental health therapy for individuals and families with specialty in trauma/complex trauma, attachment, grief/loss and adoption.
Specialized Training: EMDR, EMDR with Children/Adolescents, Sandtray/EMDR with Sandtray, Theraplay, Certified Advanced Grief Specialist, Certified AutPlay Therapy Provider, Accelerated Resolution Therapy.
(317) 480-1510 View (317) 480-1510
Dr. Jana Hunsley
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW
Online Only
I work with teens & adults who are healing from complex trauma & adoption-related issues.
Together we'll explore how your past influences your present while building skills to regulate emotions, strengthen relationships, & reconnect with parts of yourself that may have been overlooked or silenced. Therapy isn't just about talking through problems—it's about understanding patterns, developing new ways of responding, & creating lasting change.
I work with teens & adults who are healing from complex trauma & adoption-related issues.
Together we'll explore how your past influences your present while building skills to regulate emotions, strengthen relationships, & reconnect with parts of yourself that may have been overlooked or silenced. Therapy isn't just about talking through problems—it's about understanding patterns, developing new ways of responding, & creating lasting change.
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Lindsey Garrigus
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Carmel, IN 46032
I help women, children, and families find a sense of wholeness by connecting to themselves and others so they can live to their utmost potential. I use EMDR, Internal Family Systems(IFS), Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), and TheraPlay to help each client reach the wholeness they long for.
I help women, children, and families find a sense of wholeness by connecting to themselves and others so they can live to their utmost potential. I use EMDR, Internal Family Systems(IFS), Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), and TheraPlay to help each client reach the wholeness they long for.
(463) 666-7019 View (463) 666-7019
Cherish Asha Bolton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
2 Endorsed
Indianapolis, IN 46205
I focus on identity development after childhood trauma (i.e. religious fundamentalism or adoption).
I help individuals and partners working to find who they are in relationship with themselves and within their larger world. I am passionate about supporting clients through changes and challenges encountered throughout their lifetime (i.e. school, work, marriage/intimate partners, loss, and other issues that arise. I work with adolescents (15+), and adults, inclusive of all genders, abilities, cultures, and expressions. As an intercountry, transracial adoptee, I understand and work with clients who struggle to form a strong identity and self-worth due to push and pull and expectations of everyone else in their lives.
I focus on identity development after childhood trauma (i.e. religious fundamentalism or adoption).
I help individuals and partners working to find who they are in relationship with themselves and within their larger world. I am passionate about supporting clients through changes and challenges encountered throughout their lifetime (i.e. school, work, marriage/intimate partners, loss, and other issues that arise. I work with adolescents (15+), and adults, inclusive of all genders, abilities, cultures, and expressions. As an intercountry, transracial adoptee, I understand and work with clients who struggle to form a strong identity and self-worth due to push and pull and expectations of everyone else in their lives.
(463) 466-5986 View (463) 466-5986
Susan Conner
Pre-Licensed Professional, LMHCA
1 Endorsed
Carmel, IN 46032
I am certified as Adoption Competent and credentialed as a Sexual Abuse Youth Professional (CSAY-P).
I am a Master’s Level Mental Health provider serving clients in an outpatient setting. I received a Bachelors in Elementary Education in 2004 from Adrian College and a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling in 2022 from Indiana University Kokomo. I enjoy working with youth, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
I am certified as Adoption Competent and credentialed as a Sexual Abuse Youth Professional (CSAY-P).
I am a Master’s Level Mental Health provider serving clients in an outpatient setting. I received a Bachelors in Elementary Education in 2004 from Adrian College and a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling in 2022 from Indiana University Kokomo. I enjoy working with youth, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
(463) 263-9064 View (463) 263-9064
Lea Darido
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MA, LMHC
Fishers, IN 46038
If you want to better understand your past and how it is shaping your current relationships, you are in the right place. If you are struggling to feel connected in your relationship, as if you and your partner are living in separate worlds and speaking different languages, this space is for you. If you are part of a family that feels a sense of disconnection or brokenness but has a strong desire to rebuild and be together, you are where you need to be. If you are a family with adopted, foster, or kinship children navigating complex relational dynamics, I invite you to reach out.
If you want to better understand your past and how it is shaping your current relationships, you are in the right place. If you are struggling to feel connected in your relationship, as if you and your partner are living in separate worlds and speaking different languages, this space is for you. If you are part of a family that feels a sense of disconnection or brokenness but has a strong desire to rebuild and be together, you are where you need to be. If you are a family with adopted, foster, or kinship children navigating complex relational dynamics, I invite you to reach out.
(463) 252-3451 View (463) 252-3451
Rachel Heinhuis
Counselor, LMHC
Indianapolis, IN 46260
“Together we will cry and face fear and grief. I will want to take away your pain, but instead I will sit with you and teach you how to feel it.”- Brené Brown We are often met with experiences in life that shape us and create patterns of responding to our environments in both healthy and unhealthy ways. We may feel alone in moments of darkness, confusion or in the presence of the unknown; you are not alone! We will work to trust the process of sitting with the uncomfortable, embracing uniqueness and vulnerabilities and identifying thoughts and feelings that prevent us from seeing our best selves.
“Together we will cry and face fear and grief. I will want to take away your pain, but instead I will sit with you and teach you how to feel it.”- Brené Brown We are often met with experiences in life that shape us and create patterns of responding to our environments in both healthy and unhealthy ways. We may feel alone in moments of darkness, confusion or in the presence of the unknown; you are not alone! We will work to trust the process of sitting with the uncomfortable, embracing uniqueness and vulnerabilities and identifying thoughts and feelings that prevent us from seeing our best selves.
(317) 666-6702 View (317) 666-6702
Sarah Craft
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, QS
1 Endorsed
Online Only
I have worked with a variety of different mental health issues over the past 20 years including: Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar d/o, Schizophrenia, ADHD, Substance Abuse, Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Sexual Abuse, End of Life, Grief, Foster Care, Adoption, Relationship Issues, Work related issues, Anger Management and Chronic Illness (Crohn's disease, Cancer, CKD, Diabetes, etc
For more than 20 years, I’ve worked in behavioral health, supporting individuals from a wide range of backgrounds. While working with me you can expect a safe place to be your authentic self. You can say what you need to say and feel how you need to feel without fear of judgment. As your therapist, I will be fully engaged in your treatment. I will provide active listening, work with you on identifying destructive thought patterns and teach you how to change the narrative. You will be heard. You will be validated. You will learn how to respond to stressful situations without looking back in regret for what you said or did.
I have worked with a variety of different mental health issues over the past 20 years including: Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar d/o, Schizophrenia, ADHD, Substance Abuse, Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Sexual Abuse, End of Life, Grief, Foster Care, Adoption, Relationship Issues, Work related issues, Anger Management and Chronic Illness (Crohn's disease, Cancer, CKD, Diabetes, etc
For more than 20 years, I’ve worked in behavioral health, supporting individuals from a wide range of backgrounds. While working with me you can expect a safe place to be your authentic self. You can say what you need to say and feel how you need to feel without fear of judgment. As your therapist, I will be fully engaged in your treatment. I will provide active listening, work with you on identifying destructive thought patterns and teach you how to change the narrative. You will be heard. You will be validated. You will learn how to respond to stressful situations without looking back in regret for what you said or did.
(813) 680-5098 View (813) 680-5098
Paige Bemiller
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Westfield, IN 46074
My ideal client is someone who wants to actively pursue new paths to find their true, healthy self. Ideally, ready to do the work. I am here to challenge cognitive distortions. I will be a partner in brainstorming issues and goals. Hard work from the client and support from an intuitive counselor will clear the path to the answers within.
My ideal client is someone who wants to actively pursue new paths to find their true, healthy self. Ideally, ready to do the work. I am here to challenge cognitive distortions. I will be a partner in brainstorming issues and goals. Hard work from the client and support from an intuitive counselor will clear the path to the answers within.
(463) 224-6683 View (463) 224-6683
Mark R Roth
Psychologist, PhD, HSPP
Indianapolis, IN 46204
I work with a variety of individuals, couples, and families dealing with such problems as anxiety, depression, stress management, and relationship difficulties. One of my special interests is assisting clients with improving their decision-making in important life areas. Recently I published a book on judgment and ways to enhance it. I am also experienced in providing psychological evaluations for assessment of attention deficit disorders, fitness for bariatric surgery, and court-related issues. I look forward to helping others explore strategies to enhance well-being and lead more fulfilling lives.
I work with a variety of individuals, couples, and families dealing with such problems as anxiety, depression, stress management, and relationship difficulties. One of my special interests is assisting clients with improving their decision-making in important life areas. Recently I published a book on judgment and ways to enhance it. I am also experienced in providing psychological evaluations for assessment of attention deficit disorders, fitness for bariatric surgery, and court-related issues. I look forward to helping others explore strategies to enhance well-being and lead more fulfilling lives.
(317) 653-6527 View (317) 653-6527

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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.