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Adoption-Competent Counseling

The Cradle is here to serve anyone touched by adoption. We offer both in-person and telehealth sessions. To make an appointment, please call 1-847-475-5800. You may also request counseling through our online form.

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Our therapists offer adoption expertise and can work with all members of birth or adoptive families at any stage of life — whether the adoption was through The Cradle or not, and however the placement was made: through agencies, attorneys, foster care or kinship. 

The issues you are facing may not seem related to adoption or foster care, but our therapists will be able to help you think about your concerns in a way that takes those experiences into account. Whether you are interested in short-term help or ongoing therapeutic support, our trauma-informed therapists provide specific guidance to promote effective communication and improve interpersonal relationships. 

We can help you:

  • Recognize if challenges are adoption- or foster care-related or a typical life stage
  • Develop more effective ways of managing challenging behaviors 
  • Help you and/or your child understand their adoption story
  • Build adoptee self-esteem
  • Process grief and loss
  • Navigate an open adoption relationship between family members
  • Help you and your child manage learning challenges at school

Meet Our Therapists

Dori Fujii, LCSW

Senior Therapist & Clinical Lead

Deva Suckerman, LCPC

Therapist

Senior Therapist & Clinical Lead

Dori Fujii, LCSW

Dori Fujii is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has worked in the field of public and private child welfare and adoption since receiving her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana. She has consulted with DCFS in their pre- and post-adoptive services programs and since 1997 and has worked at The Cradle with families adopting domestically and internationally.

Dori has specialized training in attachment focused, trauma-informed treatment modalities and is a registered Circle of Security® Parent Educator and registered TBRI® Practitioner. She has particular interest in helping parents find effective ways of understanding, communicating and connecting with their children and teens. Her approach is practical and relationship oriented. She stresses the importance of being aware of how past experiences play a role in shaping the thoughts, feelings and actions of all members of the adoption circle.

Therapist

Deva Suckerman, LCPC

Deva Suckerman is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. She received her Masters Degree in Art Therapy and Counseling from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has focused her career on working with children, youth and families in the context of child welfare.

Deva is trained in adoption competent mental health and has extensive experience working with individuals with tough starts and developmental trauma. She is attachment focused and trauma informed in her approach. Her work with families emphasizes therapeutic parenting and helping families build connection, communication, emotional attunement, and an understanding of the impact of their individual and collective histories. Children and youth can benefit from incorporating art into the therapy space as an alternate and sometimes less threatening mode of communication and self-expression. In addition, Deva has particular interest in mindfulness skills for people of all ages as a means of increasing self-awareness, learning to respond rather than react, and building compassion for self and others.

Fees and Insurance

Fees

  • Initial Session: $165
  • Ongoing Sessions: $154

Insurance

Clients are responsible for contacting their insurance companies and understanding their insurance benefits. Charges for services not covered by insurance (e.g., co-payments, deductibles, uncovered and ineligible services, and all charges for services provided over the maximum allowable benefit for the year) are the clients’ responsibility.

Clients who change insurance companies while in therapy at The Cradle must immediately notify their therapist. A change in insurance while in therapy may mean that The Cradle can no longer submitting claims on behalf of the client.

Covered Plans

  • The Cradle’s Center for Lifelong Adoption Support is a Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Illinois Preferred Provider Organization (PPO). We will submit claims for clients who have BCBS PPO for their insurance. Secondary insurance claims are submitted by the client.


Note: Before your first session, please check with your insurance provider about coverage for mental health services. Even if you carry BCBS PPO, your mental health benefits may be outsourced to another provider (e.g., United Behavioral Health, Value Options, etc.). Outsourced providers are considered out-of-network, meaning you will have to submit on your own for insurance reimbursement.

Other Insurance Or No Insurance Coverage

For all other insurance carriers or for clients without insurance, we require payment in full. The Cradle will bill the credit card that is on file, unless you choose to pay by cash or check at the time of the session. For clients submitting claims for out of network reimbursement, The Cradle will provide the documentation necessary to include with your claim.

 

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800-CRADLE4 (800-272-3534)

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