Services

Therapy

Adoption-Sensitive Therapy

Drawing upon my extensive knowledge, experience, and skills developed throughout my 20+ years of providing adoption-sensitive therapy, I seek to provide adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents with empathy, understanding, support, and practical tools to cope with the complexity associated with adoption. I recognize that being adopted is not a single event; it has lifelong implications. Adoption can lead to significant identity challenges that include questions about biological origins, racial and cultural identity, the seven core issues in adoption, and trauma.

My practice focuses on empowering adoptees and their families to cope with the complexity of adoption, to manage adoption-based trauma, to prepare for and cope with the ups and downs of searching for birth relatives, and to gain the skills and perspectives that can support adoptees as they navigate their lives. I specialize in working with transracial and transnational adoptees and their families to do the racial and cultural analyses that can aid in their adoption journey.

In my practice, I see children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Presenting issues range from symptoms associated with depression, anxiety, trauma, and other emotional concerns. Although I specialize in adoption-sensitive therapy, most of my clients address a range of issues from early childhood concerns, relationship issues, stress, and career-related challenges..

Sessions can be in-person in my Flatiron NYC office (for fully vaccinated and boosted individuals) or via telehealth for those in New York State.

Consultations

Supervision

As a licensed psychologist in private practice for 20+ years, I provide clinical supervision for recent graduates from Mental Health Counseling (seeking their LMHC) or from Social Work (seeking their LCSW) who need supervised clinical hours to obtain their clinical licensure. Additionally, therapists seeking a specialization in working with adoptees, adoptive families, and birth families may also be candidates for supervisory practice. Given my specialization in adoption, supervisees will be given weekly supervision and can work within my practice.

For those interested in either supervision alone or contracting as clinical supervisees within my practice, please contact me.