Meet Robin Elkins, LPC | Healing Through Adoption

Posted by Gladney Center for Adoption on 5/7/25 8:41 AM

 

Meet Robin Elkins, LPC: Healing Through Adoption with Sand Tray Therapy

At the Gladney Counseling Center, we know that healing from trauma, grief, and life’s challenges requires a unique approach for every individual. That’s why we’re excited to introduce Robin Elkins, LPC, a dedicated therapist who brings a specialized focus on Sandtray Therapy and trauma-informed care. With a passion for helping adoptive families, birth parents, and adoptees, Robin creates a safe, creative, and empowering space for healing.

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Topics: Counseling Services

6 Signs It’s Time to Start Counseling | Adoption Support

Posted by Gladney Center for Adoption on 4/23/25 4:30 PM

Adoption is a lifelong journey, and while it brings love and connection, it can also come with emotional complexities. Whether you are an adoptee, birth parent, or adoptive family, seeking counseling can be a powerful step toward healing, understanding, and growth. But how do you know when it’s the right time to start? Here are six key signs that counseling could help support you or your family.

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Topics: Counseling Services

Gladney Counseling Center | Fort Worth

Posted by Gladney Center on 4/17/25 9:15 AM

Healing Starts Here: Gladney Counseling Center at Our Fort Worth Headquarters

At the heart of Gladney’s mission is a commitment to serving children and families—and that mission comes to life every day at our Fort Worth campus, home to the Gladney Counseling Center. As the headquarters for all of Gladney’s operations, the Fort Worth office isn’t just where important decisions are made—it’s also where deep, meaningful healing begins for individuals, couples, and families across Texas.

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Topics: Counseling Services

8 Common Adoption Challenges and How Therapy Can Help

Posted by Gladney Center for Adoption on 4/4/25 9:00 AM

Adoption is a beautiful and life-changing journey, but it also comes with emotional complexities that can affect adoptees, children affected by foster care, birth parents, foster parents, and adoptive families in different ways. Whether you’re struggling with identity, attachment, or past trauma, therapy provides a safe space to explore emotions, develop coping skills, and find healing. Here are eight common adoption-related challenges and how counseling can help you navigate them.

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Topics: Counseling Services

Making a Difference in Adoption: Gladney's Impact in 2023

Posted by Mark Melson on 12/29/23 8:00 PM

You are an important part of our strategy as we strive to make adoption better now … and in the future. 

For 136 years, the Gladney Center for Adoption has never wavered on one thing: our steadfast belief that every child deserves a loving and caring family.  

Adoption has evolved over the past century, and friends like you have enabled Gladney to adapt the ways we support those whose lives are connected to adoption. Thank you.

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Topics: Support, Gladney Home, Post Adoption Support, Counseling Services

Gladney Counseling Services Available

Posted by Kristin Porter, LCSW-S on 4/17/23 1:30 PM

Gladney has developed a new counseling program for adoptive families and birth families. We have experienced therapists who understand loss, attachment, trauma, and brain development.

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Topics: Post Adoption Support, Counseling Services

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