I provide emotional support and process education to individuals and couples navigating adoption—at any stage of their journey. My role is to walk alongside clients as they navigate uncertainty, fear, decision-making, waiting, identity shifts, and the emotional weight that naturally comes with building a family through adoption.

I help clients:

• Make grounded, values-aligned decisions
• Understand the emotional and practical flow of the adoption process
• Build resilience during waiting and uncertainty
• Feel supported, seen, and emotionally equipped

I do not provide legal services, facilitate matches, design profiles, or direct agency steps. My work exists to support—not replace—professional adoption services.

I encourage you to explore my site to learn more.

Adoption agencies manage the operational, regulatory, and matching aspects of adoption. You guide clients through applications, home studies, education, matching, and post-placement services.

My role is entirely separate and complementary. I focus on:

• Emotional preparation and regulation
• Decision-making support during waiting, matching, and transitions
• Helping families process expectations, grief, fear, and uncertainty
• Supporting identity, relationship dynamics, and burnout prevention

I do not:

• Influence matching decisions
• Interfere with agency processes
• Advise on agency-specific policies
• Replace education or services required by your organization

Clients remain fully under your professional guidance for all agency-related matters.

Adoption attorneys provide legal counsel, documentation, compliance, and representation. Your work protects the legal integrity of both birth and adoptive families.

My role is strictly non-legal and emotionally supportive. I:

• Help clients emotionally process legal steps and timelines
• Support stress management during legal uncertainty
• Assist with boundary-setting, communication confidence, and emotional readiness

I do not:

• Interpret laws or legal documents
• Offer legal advice
• Direct legal strategy or next steps
• Communicate with other parties on behalf of clients

All legal matters remain exclusively with you.

Consultants provide advice, strategies, and actionable recommendations to help clients reach a specific outcome. My role as a coach is not about giving answers or directing choices—it’s about supporting clients to find clarity and confidence for themselves.

I help clients:

• Explore their own values, goals, and priorities
• Process emotions and decision-making in real time
• Build resilience during waiting and uncertainty
• Reflect and take empowered steps aligned with their personal journey

I do not:

• Advise on which agency, attorney, or profile designer to choose
• Provide strategic planning or problem-solving in a directive way
• Replace any professional consultation

In short, I guide clients through their emotional and decision-making process, while consultants provide external solutions or strategies.

My ideal coaching clients include:

• Prospective parents feeling overwhelmed by the adoption process
• Families navigating long waits or multiple disappointments
• LGBTQ+, single, and nontraditional families seeking affirming support
• First-time adoptive parents needing emotional clarity and preparation
• Anyone struggling with fear, grief, uncertainty, or decision fatigue

If a client is emotionally stuck, burned out, anxious, or needing grounded support, they are likely a perfect fit for coaching.