I have worked in the counseling field for the past five years. My background was originally in high school counseling and I worked as a teacher prior to that. I specialize in working with teens, young adults, and adults and pride myself on being a great advocate for my clients and building a strong therapeutic …

Alexis V. Irene Read More »

When Alyona learned about her own misattributed paternity, she felt like a found a missing piece of a very complicated puzzle, and without that piece, the puzzle would have never been completed. As she purchased a DNA test back in 2016, she was a successful marketing executive, delivering ambitious projects nationally and internationally. But her …

Alyona Cerfontyne, MCouns, GradDipScMed, DipEd Read More »

Amy Barker D’Alessandro, LMHC, owner & founder of Adoption Savvy, is an Adoption & Trauma Therapist who offers individualized counseling, coaching, consulting, clinical supervision, and public speaking services. Amy holds a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology, is licensed with Washington state as a Mental Health Counselor (LMHC). Her practice focuses on individuals and families impacted …

Amy Barker D’Alessandro, LMHC Read More »

Whether you wish to gain clarity about a life challenge or seek to resolve a deeper change from within, our work together will present an opportunity to rework the patterns that may be disrupting your relationships or preventing you from fulfilling your life goals. I am trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy, viewing our therapeutic relationship as …

Amy Groessl PhD, LCSW Read More »

Andre is Co-Owner and Managing Partner of Solutions Counseling Group, here in Little Rock. The staff consists of male and female clinicians of color, with the insight and experience to serve the unique needs of a typically underserved population. Andre has a particular passion for helping brothers become their optimal selves. He wants every black …

Andre Jones, LCSW Read More »

Andrea is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Kentucky where she received her MSW from the Univeristy of Kentucky. In addition to her 17+ years of experience in the field of mental health, she has also spent the last six years assisting adult adoptees and those experiencing MPE/NPE as a volunteer DNA …

Andrea Coates, LCSW Read More »

Annette is a licensed clinical social worker and nationally board-certified clinical hypnotherapist and heart-centered hypnotherapist.  She is also a level 2 EMDR clinician.  Annette is in private practice and works with children and families and has a specialty in Autism and developmental differences. Primary concerns revolve around loss, anxiety, trauma, depression, and other mental health …

Annette Becklund, MSW, LCSW, NBCCH Read More »

My core training is psychodynamic, but I utilize interventions from several different philosophies, including ACT, DBT CBT, mind and body connection, and mindfulness. I am trained in Nurturing Parenting, and Trust Based Relational Interventions. I hope to assist any and all children, families, teens and adults who are struggling with emotional challenges to find strength, …

Beth Carter, LPCC Read More »

Bobi is passionate about working with individuals using a strength-based approach as they overcome, heal, and thrive. She facilitates an understanding focusing on attachment and feeling secure, trauma recovery, and working through grief and loss; providing a safe environment to explore, enhancing healthy identity formation/re-formation. She teaches individuals how to develop and strengthen self-compassion and …

Bobi Spilker, MS, LPC, NCC Read More »

Brooke Randolph, LMHC, LPC, LPCC-S, is a therapist, author, speaker, and trainer. Her primary specialty is adoption, particularly working with adult adoptees, but she has enjoyed working with MPE individuals and found many similarities to work with late discovery adoptees (LDA). She is the Founder & Executive Director of Counseling at The Green House where …

Brooke Randolph, LMHC, LPC, LPCC-S Read More »

I first became familiar with misattributed parentage in 2017 with the discovery that I had an MPE myself. The emotions that I felt were unexpected, and led to feeling alone because no one around me understood what I was going through. What I learned through this experience is that there are others out there like …

Carla Barnes, MS, LPC Read More »

Carole is a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice and author of Let’s Talk About Egg Donation:  Real stories from real people. Her experience creating a family through adoption and egg donation deepened her understanding of the challenges faced when exploring complex family building options. Because the focus of her work has always …

Carole LieberWilkins, MFT Read More »

Cassandra Weisman is a late-discovery donor conceived person with over 17 years of counseling experience, both as a licensed therapist and an interfaith minister. Cassandra specializes in helping children (ages 6+), teens, adults, and couples heal from chronic stress or trauma, including the trauma that comes from DNA surprises. In addition to her experience in …

Cassandra Weisman, LLMSW Read More »

Cori is a psychotherapist and the founder of Thriving Path, PLLC – a counseling and coaching practice based in Chicago providing local and international tele-sessions. Cori brings deep respect, personal warmth, strong clinical experience, insight and humor to her practice. She creates a safe, non-judgmental and calming space to pave the way for you reaching …

Cori Dixon-Fyle, LCSW, PMH-C Read More »

Supervised by Brandi Smith, MA, LPCS Cotey has a soft spot for working with MPE clients as they navigate their surprise DNA discoveries, late discovery adoptions and donor-conceived experiences. This passion to help comes from discovering that he has an MPE. Cotey understands the emotions that ensue from a experience such as making an unexpected …

Cotey Bowman, MA, LPC Associate Read More »

Danielle works with clients ages 11-24. She is passionate about helping clients explore identity and build self-esteem. She deeply values personal growth, in both her private and professional lives. To that end, she is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision. She approachs counseling with a trauma-informed lens and a focus on solutions …

Danielle Zink, LMHC Read More »

Delmaliz Montes de Oca is a bilingual, bi-cultural therapist clinician helping adults struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, and the stressors of parenting.  She obtained her Masters in Social Work from the University of Connecticut in 2006 and has over 16 years experience working with a variety of populations. Delmaliz specializes in working with the MPE …

Delmaliz Montes de Oca, LCSW Read More »

Dori takes great pride in helping patients become the narrators of their own stories while on their journey to healing. She’s passionate about working with those that identify as part of a more complex family formation, including those that are a part of the adoption constellation, those that are struggling with an infertility diagnosis and considering …

Dori Kavanagh, LCSW Read More »

Dr. Alissa Beuerlein is a licensed professional counselor (LPC-MHSP) in private practice in Nashville, TN. She has her PhD and Master’s degrees in clinical counseling. Dr. Alissa specializes in complex trauma, using Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) among other trauma-aware therapeutic interventions. Dr. Alissa also specializes in working with people with attachment trauma, such as …

Dr. Alissa Beuerlein, PhD, LPC-MHSP Read More »

Dr. Gina Daniel, DSW, LCSW has been working as an outpatient counselor in private practice since 2012 in central Pennsylvania. As a school social worker for over twenty years, she has extensive experience working with adolescents, however, works primarily with adults in private practice. It is her belief that there are a number of benefits …

Dr. Gina Daniel, DSW, LCSW, PhD Read More »

Krista was born to a teen mother and was a child of the foster care system for four years before she was adopted.  Dr. Krista Driver started out as the epitome of the “underdog.” It was as an adult that she discovered she was also an NPE (non-parent expected) and has focused her clinical practice …

Dr. Krista Driver Read More »

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 …

Emelia Thygesen LCMHC, LMHC, LPC Read More »

Erica has been working in mental health for 22 years. Erica got into this line of work because of her sheer love for spending time with children and realizing how much she could impact their lives by spending time truly focused on them. As education enhanced this belief and substantiated this approach, it was a …

Erica Van Leuven, LCPC Read More »

Erika Schmitt is a social worker licensed in the state of Pennsylvania. Erika’s background is in adoption and she is also Director of Adoption & Permanency at The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center. As the agency’s counseling services were expanding beyond post-adoption work, and Erika became aware of the need for counseling …

Erika Schmitt, MSW, LSW Read More »

Using her education, compassion, and experience, Eve helps individuals, couples, and families heal their pain. Eve’s therapy is an eclectic blend of Jungian depth psychology and a contemporary utilization of creativity. Clients are asked to collaborate in the therapeutic process, thereby embracing the power within themselves to create change. By developing small pieces of inspiration …

Eve Sturges, MA, LMFT Read More »

Hello, let me introduce myself, my name is Fran. I am accepting new clients including those who are dealing with a misattributed parentage experience.  Currently I am working with this population in the state of Ohio.  I offer over decade of professional experience working as a counselor and art therapist helping individuals manage mental or …

Franette Mok, MA, LPCC-S, ATR Read More »

Gus specializes in addictions and recovery. He is a Certified Brainspotting Therapist and also enjoys CBT and Gestalt therapies. Gus is becoming an adoption competent therapist. Gus is licensed in the state of Indiana.

Jana is a licensed professional counselor and consultant specializing in fertility and family building. Her best-selling book, Three Makes Baby-How to Parent Your Donor-Conceived Child, introduced the “five common fears” that parents face as they contemplate having a non-biological child. Thousands of readers around the world have trusted the wisdom and guidance because she knows firsthand what it’s …

Jana M. Rupnow, MA, LPC Read More »

Jason B. Hobbs, LCSW, MDiv, is a licensed clinical social worker in an outpatient mental health clinic. He has been in private practice for fifteen years in addition to having worked in hospice and homeless services. Jason also pastored a small United Methodist congregation near Savannah for three years. Jason’s own journey with a DNA …

Jason Hobbs LCSW, MDiv Read More »

Jeanette Yoffe, M.A., M.F.T. earned her Master’s in Clinical Psychology, specializing in children, from Antioch University in June of 2002. She treats children, teens and adults with serious psychological problems secondary to histories of abuse, neglect, and /or multiple foster care and adoption placements. She is the Clinical Director of Yoffe Therapy Inc. A mental health center …

Jeanette Yoffe, MA, MFT Read More »

Greetings, my name is Jenni and my pronouns are she/her/hers. I’ve spent the last fifteen plus years , mostly in Chicago, working in areas such as sexual abuse/assault and domestic violence, community-based trauma and mental health, neighborhood-based health care, and corrections. I currently reside in the pacific northwest, on the border of Portland, OR and Southwest …

Jennifer Bivona LCSW ORLICSW WA Read More »

As a registered nurse and licensed therapist, Jennifer has a unique perspective to help people impacted by misattributed parentage experiences. Her medical background as a nurse allows her to truly understand an individual’s point of view on fertility medicines and procedures. While her experience as a Social Worker equips her to facilitate discussion within families, …

Jennifer Gamper Meenan, RN, LCSW Read More »

Jennifer is a Licensed Social Work Associate Clinician and Mental Health Professional in the State of Washington. She specializes in working with children, teens, adults, and families impacted by adoption, foster care, trauma, attachment challenges, and grief. She is a First Mom of a teenage daughter in an open adoption. Her passion, both professionally and …

Jennifer Joy Phoenix, MSSW, LSWAIC, MHP Read More »

Jill is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in the state of Maine.  She is also able to provide telehealth services to residents of Florida.  She has been working with children, adolescents, adults and families for more than 25 years.  Her work has always had a strong trauma focus and she is trained in EMDR.  Her …

Jill Copeland, LCPC Read More »

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 …

Jodi Klugman-Rabb, LMFT, LPC Read More »

I discovered my MPE status after my sister and I tested in 2019. The numbers were off and I realized that I had no matches on my birth certificate father’s side. I was mostly hurt that I would not be inheriting Dad’s longevity since he lived to be nearly 100 years old. My younger brother …

John Moyer, LPC Read More »

“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.” …

Joni Mantell, MSW, LCSW Read More »

As an NPE myself, and also as the grandmother of four adopted children, I bring personal perspectives to this area, as well as a deep interest in the individuality of each person’s experience. My life’s work is to help people achieve emotional healing, improve self-esteem, resolve childhood issues, and attain personal goals. My therapy style …

Joy Davy, MS, LCPC Read More »

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. …

Kara Holmes Araujo, LMSW Read More »

Anxiety, depression, grief, and childhood trauma are my specialties. This work coincides well when working with adults who are processing the unique and often overwhelming misattributed parentage experience. Exploring a client’s unique story is a huge privilege and I take the work I do very seriously. I know that it takes a lot of guts to enter …

Kate Murphy, LCSW Read More »

Katherine is a therapist and NPE coach who is dedicated to helping clients process identity disruptions and move forward with a greater understanding of who they are.   Her personal and professional experiences have curated an interest in identity, origins, genealogy and how the many facets of culture contributes to our concept of “roots”. She …

Katherine Burns, LCSW, NPE Certification Read More »

My approach to therapy is authentic and relational. I seek to meet you where you are on the journey of exploration and healing; whether for trauma, depression, anxiety, daily life stress, or life transitions. My passion is to help you heal your inner wounds and cultivate a compassionate relationship with yourself, and healthy relationships with …

Laura Sullivan, MSW, LSW Read More »

Lesli Johnson is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Coach specializing in adoption and related issues. Her clients include members of the adoption and foster care community and individuals with misattributed parentage experiences (MPE). An adoptee in reunion, Lesli’s personal experience allows her to connect with this community in a unique way. Lesli is …

Lesli Johnson, MFT Read More »

Leslie Pate Mackinnon is a therapist who specializes in issues that impact families conceived through adoption and third-party reproduction. For three decades she’s been sharing her expertise on these topics at conferences and events across the country and around the world. Her lived experience is that of a first mother who relinquished two sons for …

Leslie Pate Mackinnon, LCSW Read More »

Lisa is an adult adoptee who understands what it is like to not know biological parents, search for them, and work out the complexities of a relationship. Her approach to healing trauma is to involve the body in therapy and to begin to process trauma emotionally for deeper healing. She employs a trauma-informed approach, which …

Lisa Floyd, LMHC Read More »

I have been a licensed therapist for over 20 years and am interested in working with people experiencing misattributed parentage experiences (MPEs) as these experiences can cause you to question the identity you have formulated about yourself and cause emotional duress. I offer a complimentary 20 minute consultation, and provide Zoom, phone, FaceTime. and phone sessions to you …

Lisa Tahir, LCSW Read More »

Macy Oosthuizen (pronounced wist-hay-zen) is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and the founder of Finding Spaces Therapy in Jupiter, FL. As an adoptee and someone who has experienced an NPE, she’s passionate about providing therapy to teens & adults who need help navigating post-adoption issues, non-paternity events, and post-donor/third party conception. Other specialties include …

Macy Oosthuizen, LCSW Read More »

Mary McIntosh is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Virginia and Pennsylvania) and a Board-Certified Behavioral Analyst. She has been interested in genealogy for over 40 years and has been working with people who have experienced NPE for the past ten years. She is currently working on her dissertation with a focus on the mental health …

Mary McIntosh, LCSW, BCBA Read More »

Megan’s specialties are working with all facets of the adoption constellation and with women experiencing stress, anxiety, and burnout. She’s trained in TBRI, Theraplay, Brainspotting, and Trauma Informed Care and has worked with families in the child welfare/ adoption realm for the last 18 years. She’s very passionate about this work as she is an …

Megan Stroup MSW, LSW Read More »

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) …

Michael B. Greene, Ph.D. Read More »

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 …

Michele Grethel, PhD, LCSW Read More »

My primary focus is building an authentic client-therapist relationship. I aim for my client to fully understand that our space is judgment-free where they can feel safe. With my unpretentious authenticity, I hope to make individuals feel like they are at home. I possess a practical, down-to-earth approach that allows individuals to feel the support …

Mindy Grulke Read More »

Individuals who work with me are looking to heal from past wounds and find their highest self. With a multidimensional background, I will meet you where you are and we’ll explore the barriers that may be preventing you from moving forward. I believe you already have the tools you need. It takes a safe space …

Morgan Grace LCSW, LCDC, CCTP, EMDR, TCYM Read More »

Moses Farrow, LMFT specializes in Trauma and is an Educator, with a background in marriage and family therapy. Having been adopted transracially from Korea into a high profile family with multiple adopted siblings, he raises awareness for issues of racism, adoption reform, mental health stigma, and suicide prevention. With over 20 years in the mental …

Moses Farrow, LMFT Read More »

I 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 …

Nancy Freeman-Carroll, Psy.D Read More »

Sasha  is a psychotherapist currently in private practice with over two decades of experience working as a social worker with children, youth, adults and families in various settings, Sasha is an experienced, dynamic, outcome-oriented professional with a strong ability to develop rapport with diverse groups of people. She has been described by colleagues as “unflappable” …

Sasha Martone, LICSW Read More »

Sheridan is a compassionate therapist and engaging speaker who specializes in supporting individuals navigating the complexities of misattributed parentage (MPE): Non-Paternity Events (NPE), Late Discovery Adoptees (LDA), and Late Discovery Donor Conceived People (LDDCP) . With personal experience of their own MPE event, Sheridan provides a safe and understanding space for clients to explore their …

Sheridan Anderson, MA, LPCC Read More »

I have spent much of my life seeking a way to blend a deep desire to help people with my need for creative practices. A love of stories led to studies in English and then teaching Rhetoric and Writing at the college level. While I enjoyed crafting language and analyzing texts, engaging with my students …

Stephanie Leftwich-Needham, LMHC, ATR-BC Read More »

Taylor has spent the majority of her life in Nashville, TN. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Belmont University in Religion & The Arts, as well as a Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Trevecca Nazarene University. Before beginning her career as a counselor, Taylor owned her own company employing and working with sexually …

Taylor Rose-Allen LPC-MHSP(temp) Read More »

I work with adult women through life transitions, pregnancy and postpartum, loss, infertility, DNA discoveries, anxiety, and depression. I’m passionate about helping women recognize they are powerful and worthy just as they are. I am transparent, relaxed, warm, and welcoming. I’m a real-life human being, flaws and all. If “f bombs” are your thing, let’s …

Tiffani Rose-Wilhelm LISW-S, LLC Read More »

Tim enjoys family therapy and working with high conflict couples. He’s a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University, with a Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and is working under supervision as he pursues his Indiana MFT Licensing. His passion is working with teens, couples, and families through conflict and crisis. Change is …

Tim Mallory, MFT Read More »

Tori has been practicing in her field for over four years. She graduated from Florida Atlantic University with Honors, specializing in self-discovery and interpersonal conflict. She uses a compassion-focused and strength-based approach to uncover and process your self-discovery journey. You’ve spent years trying to better understand your family of origin and always felt something was …

Tori Stetzer, LCSW, MSW, BSW Read More »