Elliott Manago-Lawler (Odendahl)Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, PMH-C

About

Do you feel like you’re carrying the weight of trauma— always tense, as if the people around you are walking on eggshells? Are you an adopted person who struggles to connect—even with yourself? Do you know the sting of being “the only one,” wrestling with loss, shame, or the sense that life is out of your control and no one truly understands? To feel whole again, many adoptees and trauma survivors need space to tell the truth of their experience—without judgment, dismissal, or pressure to “move on.” For many, wholeness also means reconnecting—with lost parts of self, with safe others, and with a story that finally makes sense.

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