It’s part of each of our lives. It is still shaping our journeys.
We have years of licensed experience, and a variety of professional specialties.
Truth-filled education can lead to better empathy and effect change in the current narrative for children, parents and families touched by adoption and foster care.
Patricia A. Jones, LCSW-R, ACSW is an adoptive parent of two grown children adopted internationally and transracially. Before becoming an adoptive parent, Patricia worked at outpatient mental health agencies in various roles interfacing with the world of adoption and foster care. In private practice, she works with individuals of all ages, has an expertise in providing psychotherapy to children and adolescents, with an ongoing specialty and love of working with foster and adopted children and their families. She uses a holistic, strength-based, trauma-informed approach, is intensively trained in DBT, and uses Theraplay® informed (Attachment-Based) practices in her work. In addition to 30+ years of clinical experience, she has held administrative, consultant, supervisory and teaching positions in a variety of settings throughout her career. Touched by adoption personally and professionally, she is inspired to be a compass to others who are affected by the world of adoption and foster care.
“Shooing away the pain doesn’t cut it. The only way is through. Having the courage to be vulnerable, to find compassion for yourself and your story, makes all the difference.”
Favorite Quote
“A child born to another woman calls me mom. The depth of the tragedy and the magnitude of the privilege are not lost on me.” – Jody Landers, Blogger: Love What Matters
Marcella Moslow, LCSW, RPT is a Colombian adoptee who works as a trauma therapist and Registered Play Therapist. She is certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), and trained in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Anger Management. Marcella currently works with children, adolescents, adults and families in private practice in Buffalo, NY and specializes in the areas of attachment, complex trauma, dissociation and foster care and adoption related issues. She also provides consultation to families at all stages of their foster care and/or adoption journeys as well as providers working with these populations. She is an advocate for education at all stages of the adoption/foster care journey and is passionate about helping to shape a new narrative regarding adoption and foster care for families, professionals and society as a whole.
“The goal is to educate to reduce fear and discomfort of the unknown. The only way to do that—is to listen. Positive change comes through the voices whose stories shake us to our core and cause us to look at things from a different perspective.”
Favorite Quote
“I have lived a life full of love. Adoption still affected me, and it always will.” – Jamie Weiss, Reporter/News Anchor.
