Providing education, coaching and counseling to equip and empower families to form healthy connections.
a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable corporation
"A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling toll free 800-435-7352 within the State. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the State." Solicitation of Contributions # CH55508
Each donation helps us to continue programming and expand new programs to benefit children adopted from orphanage or foster care.
Call 561-289-4472 or email cellis@spanishriver.com
Recognizing that adopted children and children in state or institutional care often experience early childhood trauma before they come to their new homes, we work in a team approach with the whole family towards equipping and empowering family members to form healthy attachments.
Recover joy in parenting, motivation and perspective.
We are adoptive parents, former foster parents and relative caregivers. Recognizing the need in the community for services to support foster and adoptive families, we became professional therapists forming this organization to mentor and counsel parents and children. Our experience and training enables us to offer effective individualized outpatient care. We look forward to serving you,
Matt and Carrie Ellis
MS Counseling Psychology
Licensed Mental Health Counselors
We are available to provide individual and family based services using a variety of tools and strategies as appropriate to the family dynamic to increase awareness, understanding and behavior with the goal of facilitating secure attachment individually and within the family relationships. Through counseling and treatment, we can assist you to recover joy in parenting, motivation, and perspective.
We offer a number of groups and classes throughout the year to families formed through adoption and fostering. Some of these groups are:
Email us for more information or to receive notices of when and where these classes will begin. We are also open to discuss bringing these materials to your community, church, place of worship or support group.
We believe early awareness provides the best opportunity for emotional family health. Families we have worked with have expressed they wished such services were available early in placement. A majority also acknowledged they did not know what they did not know.
We are not an adoption or placement agency. Our goal is to assist you in deciding what is best for you and your family.