Adoption Therapists in 06906
Cynthia Steele-Pucci
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NBCC, BCBA
Verified Verified
Stamford, CT 06906 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Cynthia is a LPC and BCBA in Connecticut specializing in children, adolescents, teens and young adults. Cynthia also provides family counseling and behavior management plans and ABA therapy to children 0-18 with special needs.
Cynthia is a LPC and BCBA in Connecticut specializing in children, adolescents, teens and young adults. Cynthia also provides family counseling and behavior management plans and ABA therapy to children 0-18 with special needs.
Zahida Nagy And Nina Nagy Somatic Associate
Psychologist, PhD, SEP
Verified Verified
Stamford, CT 06906
I deal with depression, anxiety, stress, panic, low self-esteem, or relationship problems. Have been practicing for thirty years. I know how to help people change their patterns, emotions, and distressing thoughts. I believe in human resilience, capacity and desire to move on to a better life. I try various modalities to assist you. Have recently hired an associate, Nina Nagy, a Somatic and Trauma Healing Therapist (SEP). She brings with her the expertise to regulate the ANS and work with trauma in the body. This approach works in addition/ stand alone to any verbal therapy, I offer. Nina's website awakeabiding.com.
I deal with depression, anxiety, stress, panic, low self-esteem, or relationship problems. Have been practicing for thirty years. I know how to help people change their patterns, emotions, and distressing thoughts. I believe in human resilience, capacity and desire to move on to a better life. I try various modalities to assist you. Have recently hired an associate, Nina Nagy, a Somatic and Trauma Healing Therapist (SEP). She brings with her the expertise to regulate the ANS and work with trauma in the body. This approach works in addition/ stand alone to any verbal therapy, I offer. Nina's website awakeabiding.com.
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Adoption Therapists
Does my adopted child need therapy?
Not every adopted child needs therapy. However, many can benefit from seeing an adoption-informed therapist, especially if they were victims of abuse or neglect, appear withdrawn or disconnected, have behavioral or developmental issues (which may or may not be related to their adoption), are struggling with feelings of grief or loss surrounding their birth parents, or find it difficult to establish an identity, a challenge that often becomes most apparent during adolescence.
When should adoptive parents seek therapy?
Prospective parents can benefit from therapy even before an adoption—for example, to voice worries and fears; to reconcile infertility struggles, if relevant; or simply to prepare themselves for parenthood. After the adoption, parents who are struggling to bond with their child; are unsure how to talk about adoption or related issues, such as race; or whose child is dealing with developmental, behavioral, or psychiatric concerns can address these and other issues with the help of an adoption-competent therapist.
Is family therapy appropriate for adoptive families?
Family therapy can be invaluable for strengthening the bond between adoptive parents and children, helping the latter feel more secure in their place in the family. Family therapy can also help adoptive families navigate complex communication issues—for example, parents who feel uncomfortable discussing race with their child, who in turn feels invalidated by their silence, or a child who has questions about his birth parents but avoids asking them out of fear of hurting his adoptive parents’ feelings.
What therapy is not appropriate for adoption issues?
A discredited therapy known as “attachment therapy” (sometimes called “holding therapy” or “rebirthing therapy”) should not be used to treat adopted and foster children, though it was largely designed for this population. Attachment therapy involves restraining, coercing, and punishing the child in order for them to “release” negative emotions and attach to their new caregivers—techniques that are abusive and dangerous and have even proven fatal in some cases.