Consultations
Feeling lost or unsure where to look for adoption support and resources? Many topics in adoption such as race, identity, and reunion can be incredibly challenging to address alone.
We are here for you.
We offer several types of consultations: individual, group or family services, and business services (click here).
In our individual and group non-therapeutic consultations, you will meet with empathetic, open-minded adoption experts who can provide customized resources and recommendations on topics specific to you and/or your family.
*Community support available for adult adoptees.
Individual and Group Sessions with Astrid
These sessions offer empathetic, experience, and education based listening, individualized advice based on you/your family’s situation, and one-on-one time with a caring, knowledgeable, open-minded adoption professional.
You will meet with Astrid, our founder and CEO. Read more about her by clicking on her photo.
Possible topics:
- Discussing adoption with your adoptive parents
- Strengthening relationships within your adoptive family
- Connecting with your adoptee community
- Exploring your adoption consciousness
- Transracial/interracial identity
- Navigating search and reunion
You will begin with a free 15 min meeting with Astrid to do some light introductions and review the main topics that you would like to discuss. If you decide to move forward, then we start you with a package of three sessions. We have found that it takes at least three visits to establish our working relationship and to dive into the topic(s) you are wanting to discuss. After our initial three meetings, if you decide to continue, we can decide on a schedule that works best for you and your needs.
If you want to pause after you have completed our initial package, you can always email us if you would like to start up again after some time has passed and we will be happy to work with you.
Our constellation member consultation package starts at $500* for three sessions. All sessions after that are $150 an hour.
These consultations are for not adopted folks such as extended adoptive family, non-adopted siblings, adoptive parents, partners of an adoptee, and biological children of adoptees.
Possible session topics:
- Deciding if adoption is right for you
- Birth family support
- Supporting adoptee/adoptive families in your life
- Building adoption competency
- Learning about race and racism
- Navigating search and reunion
You will begin with a free 15 min meeting with Astrid to do some light introductions and review the main topics that you would like to discuss. If you decide to move forward, then you start with a package of three sessions. We have found that it takes at least three visits to establish our working relationship and to dive into the topic(s) you are wanting to discuss. After our initial three meetings, if you decide to continue, we can decide on a schedule that works best for you and your needs.
If you want to pause after you have completed our initial package, you can always email us if you would like to start up again after some time has passed and we will be happy to work with you.
Our constellation member consultation package starts at $500* for three sessions. All sessions after that are $150 an hour.
Possible topics:
- Connecting with your adopted child of any age
- Navigating conversations with your adopted child
- Strengthening relationships within your adoptive family
- Connecting with adoption conscious adoptive parent community
- Searching for biological family members
- Reunion with biological family members
Family consultations begin with free 15 min meetings between Astrid and the various parties involved, whether that is the adoptee, one or more parents, siblings, significant others, and loved ones. These meetings are to get a better sense of the kind of support the situation may call for and can be done in a combination of meeting both separately and jointly.
Family consultations begin with a package of five sessions. After the initial meeting, Astrid will develop a tailored plan for the clients.
Family consultations start at $800* for five sessions. All sessions after that are $150 an hour.
Better Together is a weekly, one-hour group consultation group of adoptive parents and adult adoptees. Astrid facilitates the one-hour group discussion and we break out into rooms: one adoptive parents only and one for adoptees only. (Joining the break out rooms is optional.)
Better Together meets every Thursday from 10 am-11 am PT/1-2 pm ET on Zoom
What are the Benefits of Better Together?
- FOUR one-hour, live Zoom meetings with Astrid, other adoptive parents, and adult adoptees every month.
- A COMMUNITY of value-aligned adoptive parents and adult adoptees who are ready to “roll up their sleeves” and listen and learn to unpack the TOUGH conversations surrounding adoption. Parents who are working through similar challenges can collectively offer a sense of camaraderie as we discuss similar questions, doubts, fears, successes, and more.
We do charge a $100/month fee for all non-adoptees to attend. This goes towards compensating our team members for their emotional labor as well as covering adoptees who access our Community Support Fund for our other services. We believe the value of our services far outweighs the monetary amount we charge and encourage you to give this group a try, especially if you are unsure.
Ready to get started?
Individual and Group Sessions with Jennifer
We also offer sessions with Jennifer Poole, our Adoptee Outreach Coordinator and Parenting Coach. She specializes in Compassionate Communication and Connection Parenting Counseling and provides parenting education for all families.
Read more about Jennifer by clicking on her photo.
Jennifer specializes in addressing these topics:
- Interfaith and Spiritual Counseling
- Strengthening relationships within your adoptive family
- Compassionate/non-violent Communication
- Whole Person life coaching
- Co-Parenting, Parallel Parenting, and High Conflict Diversion techniques for divorce and separation
- Using the Enneagram to facilitate personal growth
You will begin with a free 15 min meeting with Jennifer to do some light introductions and review the main topics that you would like to discuss. If you decide to move forward, then we start you with a package of three sessions. We have found that it takes at least three visits to establish our working relationship and to dive into the topic(s) you are wanting to discuss. After our initial three meetings, if you decide to continue, we can decide on a schedule that works best for you and your needs.
If you want to pause after you have completed our initial package, you can always email us if you would like to start up again after some time has passed and we will be happy to work with you.
Our individual consultation package starts at $500* for three sessions. All sessions after that are $150 an hour.
Jennifer specializes in addressing these topics:
- Interfaith and Spiritual Counseling
- Strengthening relationships within your adoptive family
- Compassionate/non-violent Communication
- Whole Person life coaching
- Co-Parenting, Parallel Parenting, and High Conflict Diversion techniques for divorce and separation
- Using the Enneagram to facilitate personal growth
Family consultations begin with a free 15 min meeting between Jennifer and the various parties involved, whether that is the adoptee, one or more parents, siblings, significant others, and loved ones. These meetings are to get a better sense of the kind of support the situation may call for and can be done in a combination of meeting both separately and jointly. Family consultations begin with a package of five sessions. After the initial meeting, Jennifer will develop a tailored plan for the clients.
Family consultations starts at $500* for three sessions. All sessions after that are $150 an hour.
