Adoption Support for Adoptees, Birth Parents & Adoptive Families
Therapy That Honors the Layers of Loss, Love & Complexity in the Adoption Experience
Do you find yourself grappling with emotions that are hard to name or share?
Adoption is layered. It can be beautiful and complex, joyful and painful, filled with emotions, questions, and identities that take time to understand and integrate.
At Haven Wellness Therapy, I offer adoption counseling that holds the full spectrum of your experience. As both a licensed therapist and an adoptee, I know adoption isn’t a single moment; it’s a lifelong journey.
In our work together, we can explore:
Grief and loss
Identity and belonging
Attachment and relationships
Navigating open or closed adoption dynamics
Unspoken challenges within the adoption triad
In our work together, we can explore:
Grief and loss
Identity and belonging
Attachment and relationships
Navigating open or closed adoption dynamics
Unspoken challenges within the adoption triad
Whether you’re:
An adoptee sorting through identity, belonging, and family connections
An adoptive parent navigating the complexities of parenting and attachment
A birth parent processing loss, choice, and ongoing emotional impact
Or a family adjusting to the realities of adoption beyond the initial transition
You deserve space to explore it all with compassion and honesty.
You don’t have to make it neat. You don’t have to explain it away. You just have to bring your truth.
You deserve support that sees the whole picture because your story deserves room to breathe, and you deserve to feel held in it.
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Hi, I’m Sophie Bain-Tohl (she/her), a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and adoptee. I bring both professional training and lived experience to adoption support, honoring the layers of loss, identity, and relationship that adoption can carry, without flattening it into a one-size-fits-all narrative.
What to Expect:
Whether you’re an adoptee, adoptive parent, or birth parent, we’ll create space for the full truth — the beauty, the grief, the questions, and the complexity. You don’t have to perform gratitude or keep things “positive.” Therapy is a place to be honest, held, and witnessed. -
I show up with warmth, honesty, and zero judgment. I’m not a blank slate kind of therapist — I’ll reflect, ask thoughtful questions, and gently challenge you when it feels supportive. Our work is collaborative, embodied, and paced with care. You don’t have to have it all figured out to start.
