Adoption Therapy Near Me

Why Work with an Adoption Therapist?

An adoption-competent therapist understands the unique challenges faced by adoptive families and adults who were adopted as children. They provide specialized support to help navigate identity, family dynamics, and attachment, ensuring therapy is tailored to you and your story.

Looking for Adoption Therapy Near You? We’re Here to Help

Adoption can be beautiful, complicated, emotional, and deeply personal. Whether you’re an adoptee, a birth parent, or an adoptive family, you might find yourself dealing with big feelings, unanswered questions, or unexpected challenges.

We specialize in adoption therapy across Texas at Sagebrush Counseling, offering a supportive space to process your emotions and strengthen relationships.

How Adoption Therapy Can Help

Adoption is a lifelong journey, and everyone’s experience is different.

Adoption therapy can help with:

• Understanding your adoption story and how it affects your emotions

• Working through grief, loss, or feelings of disconnection

• Strengthening family bonds and improving communication

• Processing emotions related to open or closed adoptions

• Navigating search and reunion experiences

• Building self-esteem and confidence for adoptees

Whatever brought you here, therapy can give you the tools and support to move forward with clarity and confidence.

Adoption Therapy for Adoptees

Being adopted can bring up a lot of emotions.Through therapy, adoptees can:

• Explore their identity and what adoption means to them

• Process feelings of grief or loss in a safe space

• Build confidence and self-esteem

• Navigate search and reunion decisions

• Strengthen relationships with adoptive and birth families

It’s okay to have questions. It’s OK to feel a mix of emotions. Therapy gives you a place to work through it all.

Adoption Therapy for Birth Parents

Placing a child for adoption is a life-changing decision. Whether it was recent or years ago, it’s common to experience grief, loss, and lingering questions about your role.

Therapy for birth parents provides:

• A safe space to process emotions

• Support in navigating open or closed adoption relationships

• Guidance on setting healthy boundaries

• Help to work through feelings of regret or uncertainty

Adoption Therapy for Adoptive Parents

Raising an adopted child is a beautiful journey. It can come with a lot of feelings for you as the adoptive parents and your children. There are many avenues for adoption: embryo adoption, foster care adoption, international adoption, domestic adoption, and adoption within families. You might wonder how to talk about adoption in a way that supports your child or how to help them navigate questions about their birth family.

Adoption therapy can help adoptive parents:

• Understand the emotions their child may experience

• Navigate attachment and bonding challenges

• Handle difficult questions about birth parents

• Support their child’s identity and emotional well-being

No one hands you a guidebook on navigating adoption and related struggles. Therapy can help you feel more confident and supported when parenting your child.

Supporting Kids & Teens in Adoption

Children and teens who were adopted may struggle with big emotions but not know how to express them. Some start asking more questions as they grow, while others might experience anger or anxiety they can’t quite explain.

Therapy can help kids and teens:

• Feel comfortable talking about adoption

• Strengthen their self-esteem and confidence

• Express emotions in a healthy way

For younger children, play therapy techniques may help them process emotions naturally. For teens, therapy can offer a private space to talk about their adoption journey.

Common Challenges in Adoption & How Therapy Can Help

Everyone’s adoption story is different, but some everyday struggles include:

• Grief and loss – Even in loving adoptive families, these emotions can come up.

• Identity questions – Understanding origins, birth family connections, and cultural heritage.

• Attachment struggles – Learning how to build trust and emotional security.

• Anxiety and depression – Feelings of disconnection or fear of rejection.

• Navigating open adoption – Managing relationships between birth and adoptive families.

Is Adoption Therapy Right for You?

If you’ve ever wondered whether adoption therapy could help, it probably can. Some people seek therapy soon after adoption, while others don’t realize they need support until years later. There is no "right time" to seek therapy, but if you’re considering it, reach out to see if we’d be a good fit.

Adoption therapy is for:

• Adoptees struggling with identity or relationships

• Birth parents seeking support and healing

• Adoptive parents looking for guidance in supporting their child

• Families navigating open adoption relationships

• Anyone affected by adoption who wants to feel more at peace with their story

Online Adoption Therapy in Texas

We offer online adoption therapy across Texas, making it easy to get support no matter where you live. Whether in Houston, Southlake, Austin, or a small town in Texas, help is just a call away.

With online therapy, you can:

• Talk to an adoption therapist from home – No commuting, no stress.

• Find support on your schedule. Flexible appointment times are available.

• Work with a therapist who understands adoption – We specialize in adoption-related concerns.

Find Adoption Therapy Near You in Texas

If you or your family are looking for adoption therapy in Texas, we’re here to help. Whether you’re an adoptee, a donor-conceived person, a birth parent, or an adoptive family, you deserve a space to process your emotions and feel more at peace with your adoption story.