Emelia Thygesen LCMHC, LMHC, LPC
https://www.courageforchange.org/Are you taking care of everyone else but yourself. Do you find that you have to keep busy all the time, or else it feels like you’re wasting time. Are the emotions so much bigger than you can handle, and yet people just tell you “it is not that big of a deal.” Is it …
Hilary H. Myerberg, MSW, LICSW
https://www.seattlefamilysupport.org/I believe in building strong connections with my clients. From this foundation, we can identify challenges and address patterns that no longer serve you, allowing us to make meaningful progress toward your goals. Together, we will work gently but steadily to ensure lasting change. I specialize in trauma, anxiety, stress management, life transitions, identity exploration, …
Jodi Klugman-Rabb, LMFT, LPC
https://www.jkrabb.com/Jodi’s passion for the NPE population was born from her own 2016 DNA discovery, leading her to create the Sex, Lies & The Truth podcast, the Finding Family blog on Psychology Today and pioneering the only clinical training for mental health professionals she coined Parental Identity Discovery™. Jodi uses her expertise to guide people and …
Joni Mantell, MSW, LCSW
https://iaccenter.com/“I understand that finding a family member through adoption search/reunion or DNA discovery is just the beginning of the journey, not the endpoint. The emotional reactions come in layers, and I can help you work through each complex feeling, question of identity, and relationship as we revise your personal narrative to include this new information.” …
Kara Holmes Araujo, LMSW
https://www.twobridgestherapy.com/As a psychotherapist and NPE myself, I deeply understand the depth and breadth of feelings and responses that can arise when making a life-changing discovery about misattributed parentage. Although each person’s journey is unique, it’s common to feel confused, betrayed, elated, dejected, vindicated—the list goes on and on, and feelings change as the experience unfolds. …
Michael B. Greene, Ph.D.
Michael’s commitment to donor-conceived family members, and to individuals who discover their unexpected genetic parentage in general, is deep and very personal. He was a sperm donor in the 1970s and was “found” by one of his biological children in December 2019. He believes he is the genetic father of approximately 20 children (now adults) …
Michele Grethel, PhD, LCSW
https://www.michelegrethel.com/Dr. Grethel has a private practice on the UWS in Manhattan & Connecticut, as well as offers telehealth services, group and retreat experiences for both clients and mental health providers. Additionally, Dr. Grethel is a faculty member at USC Suzanne-Dworak Peck School of Social Work, and clinical researcher. All of Dr. Grethel’s professional endeavors begin …
Nancy Freeman-Carroll, Psy.D
http://www.drnancyfreeman.comI am a licensed clinical psychologist-psychoanalyst in private practice since 1996 in New York City. I received my doctorate in clinical psychology from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, and my certificate in psychoanalysis from The William Alanson White Institute in 2001, where I am currently a Supervising Psychoanalyst. I hold a …