When you experience a DNA surprise, it can be a major shock to your emotional system. Due to technical advancements and increased popularity of DNA sites, these discoveries are happening more frequently than ever. 

There are many different ways one might experience a DNA Discovery:

• A Non-Parental Event (NPE): When a person makes the discovery that at least one assumed parent is not their biological parent.

• Late Discovery Adoptee (LDA): is someone who discovers in adulthood that they are adopted.

• When a person learns that they have a sibling who they did not know about or when a person discovers that their grandparent is not their biological grandparent, Etc.

After this kind of discovery you might be asking yourself big questions like:

Who am I?

Who can I trust?

What do I really want to do with this new information?

This is tough ground to cover alone. Lets talk.

Are you thinking about searching for family, in the process of reunion or trying to grow a new relationship with a long lost family member? Navigating search and reunion of a lost family member without a roadmap can be difficult and bewildering to say the least. Grief is almost always involved in search and reunion, regardless of whether family is found, and regardless of whether they are interested in reunion.

You do not have to walk this path alone. I can help you learn about the ways to prepare, and the steps you might consider to take along the way. There will be times to wait and times to act and there are many resources, guides and tools that I can connect you with.

The adoption experience is complex and often minimized by society. The truth is, feelings and thoughts that have gone unacknowledged and unprocessed throughout an adoptee's life might force their way out through life experiences, such as; having a child of one's own, reunion or rejection with biological family, physical or mental disease created from stress held in the body, or patterns of real difficulty with intimate relationships. I work with adults who were relinquished, adopted, or who spent time in foster care. Is this you?

I also work with parents (both adoptive and biological), siblings, and partners of adult adoptees, so that they can gain a better understanding of what might be going on with their loved one and move towards more authentic connection with them.

Is your relationship with alcohol, other substances, gambling, work, screen time, romance, shopping or people pleasing, making your life unmanageable?

Are you in recovery from an addictive pattern and starting to feel the emotional pain from underlying issues?

Let's talk.

I also work with the family members of people struggling with addiction. It is heartbreaking and frustrating when you love someone with an addiction. It may feel next to impossible to navigate how you might actually help them. Loved ones often become sick themselves due to the cycles of stress and fear involved. No matter where you are in the family system of the disease, I can help guide you to better ground.