Foster Care & Adoption

What Is Foster Care & Adoption Therapy?

The experiences surrounding foster care and adoption are deeply personal and often deeply complex. Whether you were adopted as an infant, placed in foster care as a child, or are an adult still processing what happened, these experiences shape how you see yourself, how you form relationships, and how you navigate the world. The questions, the grief, and the identity challenges do not disappear with time. They evolve and require ongoing support.

Micah brings direct professional experience working in foster care and adoption agencies. This is not textbook knowledge. It is grounded in real work with real families navigating the system. That experience means you do not have to spend your sessions explaining the basics. Micah understands the unique dynamics of placement, attachment disruption, identity formation, and the lifelong impact of these experiences.

Therapy provides a space to explore the complexity of your story without judgment. Whether you are struggling with belonging, processing grief over a childhood you did not choose, or navigating relationships with birth or adoptive families, this work meets you where you are.

How Therapy Can Help

Foster care and adoption therapy honors the complexity of your experience. The goal is not to simplify your story but to help you integrate it into a coherent sense of who you are. Micah uses approaches that address identity, attachment, and family dynamics.

• ✓ Narrative Therapy helps you integrate the complexity of your story into a coherent identity. Rather than being defined by your placement or adoption, you can build a narrative that includes all parts of your experience while centering your strength and resilience.
• ✓ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) addresses the attachment beliefs that develop from early disruption, such as "I am not lovable," "People always leave," or "I do not deserve a family." Challenging these beliefs opens the door to healthier relationships and self-perception.
• ✓ Solution-Focused Therapy helps with practical challenges like navigating family communication, making decisions about reunion or contact with birth family, and building supportive relationships.

Last reviewed: March 2026