Birth Mother Support Groups in Colorado and Support Post-Placement
The adoption journey can be lonely and isolating if you don’t have a support system in place. Unexpected pregnancies may throw you for a loop and can be a tumultuous and chaotic experience. Having someone there who understands what you are going through and is willing to provide you with the support and encouragement you need to get through the adoption process is vital.
Adoption Choices of Colorado is a reputable adoption agency in Colorado that can connect you with the resources you need to thrive during and after your adoption journey. We know that an unplanned pregnancy can throw your life out of balance and create an unplanned obstacle in your life. It can be a chaotic time, especially emotionally, which is why we find it so important to provide birth mothers with the counseling and supportive services they need.
Benefits of A Birth Mother Support Group in Colorado
If you are considering adoption, you should know that birth mother support groups provide you with an outlet for your emotions and a safe place to share how you’re feeling with other mothers who may be going through the same thing. Some of the benefits of birth mother support groups are listed below!
Validation From Other Colorado Birth Mothers
Sometimes people simply need their feelings validated by others – this doesn’t make you weak! Many other birth mothers are experiencing the same emotions you are. Don’t be afraid to reach out and connect with them to share your concerns and work through them together. Empathy is the main focus of a birth mother support group, so don’t be scared to share your story with others.
Healing From Your Colorado Adoption Journey
Sharing your feelings is one of the first steps in the healing process. It begins the journey of acknowledging your emotions and then healing from them. Expressing these emotions makes them easier to process, especially with the added validation of your feelings you’ll receive from birth mothers who share your experience!
Celebrating Each Other and Making Support Systems With Colorado Birth Mothers
Adoption is a tough choice on the birth mothers side that should be celebrated, just like you should be! These support groups can help you make life-long friendships that will help you heal and place your adoption journey in a more positive light. Adoption support groups for birth mothers help you create a cheerleading team that will always be in your corner rooting for you!
Finding a Reliable Adoption Support Group in Colorado
If you are pregnant but not in a good place to parent and are seeking out an adoption, you should also be looking for a reliable adoption support group for birth mothers. Adoption Choices of Colorado can help connect you with these groups as well as provide you with more personalized one-on-one emotional counseling with a professional to help you work through your feelings in a more intimate setting. Either way, we understand the importance of processing the emotions you may feel during or after the adoption process.
If you’re considering adoption, our adoption agency in Colorado will provide you with the means to create an adoption plan and access all the resources you need to get through the process. Finding a reputable support group for you in Colorado is one of our priorities. We will always place you in the best care.
Adoption Agency Support for Colorado Birth Mothers Post-Placement
Not only does Adoption Choices of Colorado provide you with access to support groups during and after your pregnancy, we also provide professional counseling and financial assistance post-placement. Our counseling services are provided by licensed professionals who will help you work through your feelings, similar to birth mother support groups.
Financial assistance is available to you during and after your adoption process to cover necessities such as rent and housing, food, utilities, transportation, medical bills, and any other expenses you may need help with. Reach out to Adoption Choices of Colorado if you are in need of financial assistance post-placement.
Continuing Your Colorado Adoption Journey
If you are a birth mother thinking about adoption for your baby, reach out to Adoption Choices of Colorado to assess your options. We provide valuable services to birth mothers from the beginning to the end of their adoption journeys. Don’t let yourself go through adoption in Colorado and its aftermath alone. Take advantage of our counseling and emotional support services as well as anything else you might need to get through this journey!
Stephanie joined the Adoption Choices family in 2014 as the Child Placement Supervisor. Her love for adoption began in first grade when she made friends with twins adopted from Vietnam. Her heart grew strong over the years for adopted children and ultimately led her to graduate school where she continued her focus to her dream of working in the adoption field. Stephanie earned a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Denver in 2001. Over the past 15 years, Stephanie has worked as a pregnancy counselor and as an adoptive parent counselor for foster care, international adoption and domestic adoption, writing hundreds of home studies for families, and helping build their forever families. Stephanie is married and has three boys ages 12, 9, and 5. Together with her family she enjoys riding bike, playing games, watching her three sons compete in their various sporting and musical activities and go on vacations.
Christy Ikeler, is our Executive Director and Birth Parent Director. Christy has been with Adoption Choices Team for 18 years, since opening the doors in 2002! Christy has a true passion for what she does and her true love is working with and helping each birth parent. Whether she is up all night on the phone talking with them, taking them to doctors appointments, out for their favorite treat, providing counseling or at the hospital during labor and delivery, Christy is very involved every step of the way. She has a contagious laugh and a spunky personality that our birth moms all can bond with and relate to. As an adoptive parent herself, adoption holds a very special place in her heart and she can relate on every level with both birth parents and adoptive parents. In her free time Christy loves spending time with her daughter, gardening, baking and taking vacations with her family. Christy is an excellent leader for our team at Adoption Choices and is truly one of a kind!! As Executive Director, Christy spends time with the staff, birth parents and adoptive families in order to ensure that the agency is running smoothly. She has placed a huge emphasis on community outreach and programs for birth parents. Christy loves the opportunity to lead the agency into a brighter future.
Ms. Mackenzie has built a successful counseling career over the past 20 years, supporting mothers and families, people of all ages and genders, students, community professionals and fellow clinicians. Liv values a diverse professional focus, including the entrepreneurial life of a sole proprietor, the evaluative process of certifying foster/adoptive homes, the insightful and mindful one-on-one one work with enthusiastic clients, and serving as an advocate for underserved populations. Liv is a Licensed Professional Counselor and holds a BA in Pre-Law and Economics from American University, an MA in Counseling from Adams University and a certificate in Human Resource Management from Villanova University. Away from work you will find Liv spending time in nature, biking to the farmer’s market and adventuring with her family.
Catherine A. Madsen, joined the Adoption Choices family as legal counsel in 2013. Catherine is responsible for providing legal guidance to the Agency, training and updating staff on developments in adoption law and legislation, and program development. Catherine
Virginia Frank is an adoption attorney accredited since 1991 with the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. Ms. Frank is a leader in the field of private adoption and has completed over 4,000 adoptions in her career. Ms. Frank has a law degree from Oklahoma City University and a BA in both Political Science and Communications from the University of Oklahoma.
Cassidie has been with Adoption Choices since 2015, she has her bachelors in Interdisciplinary Affairs with concentrations in both Sociology and Business Management. Cassidie has additional training in Victim Advocacy, foster care and has been working in women’s services for over 10 years. Cassidie has always had a heart for adoption and it was her career dream to work in adoption. She started off doing volunteer work for advocacy programs, adoption organizations and worked in High Risk Maternal Fetal Medicine through the University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Colorado. Cassidie is also blessed to have personally experienced an adoption of her own in 2012, completing her family of five! Cassidie loves what she does as a case worker from initial phone calls, meetings, doctor appointments, interaction with the adoptive families to delivery and counseling. Cassidie has a passion for those in need and strives to help make a difference in the lives of the people she meets. She is a firm believer in being kind, compassionate and open minded in all situations. “Unless you’ve walked in their shoes, there’s no place for judgment. A kind word or compliment can go a long way!” The bittersweet moments in adoption reminds Cassidie each and every time, why she loves what she does!