Adoption-competent therapy provides tailored support to adoptive, foster, and kinship care families, addressing unique challenges such as trauma, grief, identity struggles, and behavioral issues. Therapists trained in this approach understand the impact of pre-placement history and offer compassionate, trauma-informed care.
This therapy emphasizes a strengths-based, family-inclusive model, empowering parents with psychoeducation and trauma-focused parenting strategies. It equips families to address emotional outbursts, attachment challenges, and neurological impacts of early trauma effectively.
For adolescents, adoption-competent therapy helps navigate identity and self-esteem challenges, fostering stronger family connections and supportive environments. Early intervention is vital, as it prevents minor issues from escalating into more significant problems, such as social isolation or risky behaviors.
Ultimately, this approach provides caregivers with tools and confidence, while offering children and teens a safe space to heal, grow, and build a stronger sense of self, ensuring long-term family stability and well-being.
