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S. Abigail McCarrel, LCSW, DCSW

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Post-Adoption Family Therapy

 

Smiling female therapist in a blue top sitting at a wooden dining table promoting her options for Family Therapy in Client's HomePost-Adoption Family Therapy may be the answer. You’ve been an adoptive parent for some time now and all the support you had in the beginning stages have faded away. Now more than ever, though, it feels really hard. You remember everything the adoption worker said. You read all the books and attended all the trainings but the challenges have grown now that your child is older.

Your adopted child continues to test your love and commitment with more and more risky behaviors. You worry they are trying to prove, once and for all, how truly “bad” they are and that you never really wanted them from the beginning. Your family continues to be torn apart by this adoption.

In your isolation, you may find yourself thinking, who is this stranger in my home? You may be questioning why you adopted at all. You no longer recognize yourself or your family. Your marriage is also taking a hit and you fear you may lose it all. Everything is still so hard with this kid in the family and secretly you wonder if you can just give them back, and that feels horrible!

It is Never Too Late:

Going it alone, even long after the adoption papers are signed, is not easy. I work with everyone in the family to learn new ways to calm down big feelings that trigger all the fighting and yelling. Movement-based, brain balancing techniques are taught to increase a state of safety and calm. With calmer minds, we then turn our attention to healing relationships and creating solutions to unsolved problems in the family.

Our overall goal is to strengthen the bonds in the family by getting parents and kids talking and listening. Parents and kids are seen as members of the same team, working for the good of the entire family. Healthy connections are built through family traditions and culture. Parents learn to influence their children by letting go of control while still being in charge.

I can help you be that parent; you know, the one whose adopted kid actually comes and talks to them, especially when they are in trouble. It all begins with trust!

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Contact Abby for a free, 20-minute phone consultation for post-adoption family therapy: (626)755-4059. It is never too late to bond with your child!

I provide online family therapy throughout communities in California.

 

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S. Abigail McCarrel, LCSW, DCSW



Phone: (626) 755-4059
sabigail@protonmail.com
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“Adoptive parents become biological parents through connection. We change their biology.”
Dr. Karen Purvis

“Abby cares deeply about ensuring the foundations for relationships between parents and kids is strong and meets fundamental needs that are oft looked over. She has a kind and intelligent methodology that is tangible, that honors how humans are built, from the ground up. She is a lifelong learner, with a wide swath of skills, that addresses ways of being close to kids, including kids that have extraordinary needs of one kind or another. I highly encourage working with her.”
Petar Sardelich, LMFT/PT/MAC

Abby not only does amazing work with families, but she also takes the time and effort to thoughtfully engage with her community and educate them on important topics such as family systems, mental health, child development, nervous system regulation, the parent/child bond, the needs of Highly Sensitive People and much more. When you read Abby’s work, you know immediately that she “does her homework,” as it’s well-researched, but more importantly you can sense her passion and commitment. I highly recommend Abby for anyone looking to improve the harmony within their family!

S. Abigail McCarrel, LCSW, DCSW

Phone: (626) 755-4059 sabigail@protonmail.com

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236 E. Foothill Blvd., Ste, C
Arcadia, CA19006

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