Melanie Chung-Sherman, LCSW-S
Ms. Chung-Sherman, LCSW-S, brings sensitive insight, understanding and empathy when working with those attempting to make sense of their life experiences.
Find her online:
Marta Isabella Sierra, LMHC
Marta is a fellow adoptee and licensed mental health counselor trained in Internal Family Systems, a model she believes to be especially powerful in helping adoptees learn to love and welcome all their internal parts. Marta's practice is focused on adult adoptees of the global majority.
Find her online:
martasierralmhc [at] gmail [dot] com
Pam Cordano, MFT
Pamela is a fellow adoptee and psychotherapist who specializes in helping you to discover meaning in your life.
Find her online:
Email pcordano@comcast.net
Pam Greenstone, MA, LPC
Pam is a fellow adoptee and a licensed professional counsellor in private practice in Austin, Texas. She has been leading psychotherapy groups since 2002.
Find her online:
Jennifer Griesbach, LCSW
Jennifer is a fellow adoptee and New York based therapist. Jennifer uses the mind-body connection to help adoptees heal from adoption trauma.
Find her online:
Abby Hasberry, LMFT
Abigail Hasberry, LMFT, is a Marriage & Family Therapist, Educational Leadership Coach, Author, & Life Coach.
Find her online:
Therapy: dearabbycounseling.com
Coaching: dearabbyllc.org
Consulting: dearabbyconsulting.org
Lesli A. Johnson, MFT
Lesli is a fellow adoptee and licensed therapist and who helps her clients connect the dots of their story and live with resilience.
Find her online:
Twitter: @lesliajohnson
Facebook: Ask Adoption
Instagram: @askadoption
Kristin Jones, CMHC
Kristin is an adoptee and trauma-informed therapist working with children, teens, and adults.
Find her online:
Facebook: Kristin Jones
Instagram: Adoptees Connect Salt Lake City
Dr. Julie Lopez
Dr. Julie is a trauma-informed practitioner and founder of The Viva Center, a Washington, DC based mental health and wellness organization committed to reducing the stigma surrounding mental health and encouraging individuals to live empowered lives.
Find her online:
Twitter: @drjulielopez | @thevivacenter
Instagram: @drjulielopez | @vivacenterdc
Facebook: Dr. Julie Lopez | Viva Center
LinkedIn: Dr. Julie Lopez | Viva Center
Kathy Mackechney, LCSW
Kathy Mackechney’s personal experiences led her to become a therapist who specializes in helping other adoptees, and the people close to them. She is a Certified IFS Therapist and approved consultant.
Find her online:
Katie Jae Naftzger, LICSW
Katie is an experienced psychotherapist who works with adoptees through the life cycle, adoptive parents and families.
Find her online:
Melissa K. Nicholson, LMSW
Melissa is an adoptee and psychotherapist who specializes in helping adopted teens and adults who have experienced complex trauma and loss, discover a life worth living.
Find her online:
Twitter: @AdoptTherapyGR
Facebook: Melissa K. Nicholson, LMSW
Janet Nordine, MS, LMFT, RPT-S
Janet is an adoptee and a licensed marriage and family therapist who works with foster children who have experienced trauma.
Find her online:
Facebook: Experience Courage and Janet Nordine
Instagram: @experiencecouragelv
Twitter: @janetpatrice
Macy Oosthuizen, LCSW
Macy is an adoptee specializing in working with teens, young adults and adults, LGBTQ teens and adults and persons of all ages connected to adoption and donor conception.
Find her online:
Stephanie Oyler, MSW, LSW
Stephanie is an adoptee and adoption professional for all members of the adoption triad.
Find her online:
Instagram: @adopteelit
Sharon Stein McNamara, Ed.D.
Sharon Stein McNamara, Ed.D. is a psychologist who provides a supportive, non-judgmental atmosphere to help you decide how to make changes that improve your quality of life.
Find her online:
Email ssmcnamara [at[ comcast [dot] net
Laura Summers, LMFT
Laura Summers, LMFT, is a fellow adoptee and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in Emotion Focused Therapy, EMDR, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). Laura believes in the healing power of relationship in therapy.
Find her online:
Blog: LauraIsALot.com
Therapist website: LauraSummersLMFT.com
Podcast: Adopting Wellness
Amanda Transue-Woolston, MSS, LSW
Amanda’s trauma-informed, client-centered perspective provides unique clarity and compassion to cases of all complexities where client self-determination is most important of all.
Find her online:
Instagram: @AmandaTDA
Twitter: @AmandaTDA
Diego Vitelli, LMFT, is an integrative therapist specializing in helping adoptees, individuals, partners, and relationship systems navigate the complexities of identity, attachment, and relational healing. With a focus on Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) for youth and Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for adults, Diego applies a culturally and feminist-informed framework to his practice.
Find him online:
Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker
Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker is a licensed psychologist, international/transracial adoptee of color, and an adoptive parent who specializes in providing mental health support focused on adoption, trauma, and racial identity work. She is the creator of the U.S.-based National Adoptee-Therapist Directory and the author of the "Adoptees Like Me" book series.
Find her online:
The podcast where adoptees discuss the adoption experience. Adult adoptees share stories of search, reunion, and secondary rejection. Adoptees On also curates recommended resources to encourage and educate the adoption community about adoptee issues.
Adoptees On is a gathering of incredible adopted people willing to share their intimately personal stories with you about the impact adoption has had on our lives. Listen in and you will discover that you are not alone on this journey.
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