CONSULTATIONS
ARE YOU:
- Needing a sounding board or extra support while unpacking issues like race, identity, and adoption?
- Looking for resources and support for adoption related situations such as birth/first family search, birth/first family reunion, openness in adoption, etc?
- Unsure how to address the tension or conflict conversations about adoption brings up?
- Wanting to be a better support person or ally for the adoptee in your life?
- Wanting to ask someone in your life to be a stronger ally and support?
WE PROVIDE:
- Non-therapeutic consultations for individuals and families
- Empathetic, open-minded adoption professionals
- Resources and recommendations on topics specific to you and/or your family
- Support to shoulder the burden of unpacking and processing the adoption experience
Individual and Family 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 consultation 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
How do I begin?
- Schedule a free 15 minute meeting with Astrid to introduce yourself and share the main topics that you would like to consult about.
- Engage a consultation package (three sessions). We have found that it takes at least three visits to establish our working foundation and then to dive into the topic(s) you are wanting to discuss.
- After your package sessions conclude, you can schedule individual sessions as desired thereafter.
Has is been a while?
- Schedule a free 15 minute meeting with Astrid to discuss if a new package or individual sessions are your best option.
What is the cost?
- Consultation packages cost $500 for three sessions.
- Individual sessions after package sessions conclude are $150 an hour.
Adoption Mosaic believes no adoptee should be denied services because of financial hardship. Adoptees seeking financial support should contact programs@adoptionmosaic.com.
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.
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.
