Adoption Therapists in Delano, Wichita, KS
In over 30 years, I have had the privilege of helping clients recognize their own strengths and walk beside them through hard things. I am committed to helping you remove or work through barriers that are preventing you from living your most authentic life. I utilize a strengths based and collaborative approach to problem solving for ages 18+. I am LGBTQIA+ affirming and highly experienced with Autism, ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD. I am Advanced Trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy. My office is set up for comfort and can accommodate your sensory needs.
In over 30 years, I have had the privilege of helping clients recognize their own strengths and walk beside them through hard things. I am committed to helping you remove or work through barriers that are preventing you from living your most authentic life. I utilize a strengths based and collaborative approach to problem solving for ages 18+. I am LGBTQIA+ affirming and highly experienced with Autism, ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD. I am Advanced Trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy. My office is set up for comfort and can accommodate your sensory needs.
I help children and caregivers build skills to regulate emotions during challenging situations without shutting down or lashing out, with an emphasis on collaboration, resilience, and healing from past trauma. I offer practical, strengths-based strategies for children with ADHD, FASD, autism, and anxiety, tailored to neurodivergence, developmental needs, and family dynamics. I also support caregivers in reducing the guesswork around when to apply consequences versus when accommodations are needed.
I help children and caregivers build skills to regulate emotions during challenging situations without shutting down or lashing out, with an emphasis on collaboration, resilience, and healing from past trauma. I offer practical, strengths-based strategies for children with ADHD, FASD, autism, and anxiety, tailored to neurodivergence, developmental needs, and family dynamics. I also support caregivers in reducing the guesswork around when to apply consequences versus when accommodations are needed.
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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can benefit from seeing an adoption-informed therapist, especially if they were victims of abuse or neglect, appear withdrawn or disconnected, have behavioral or developmental issues (which may or may not be related to their adoption), are struggling with feelings of grief or loss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.