IN-PERSON IN LAFAYETTE, LA | TELEHEALTH IN LA, GA, IN, MN, & OH
Therapy for Adult Adoptees, Relationships & Life Transitions in Lafayette, LA
Grounded, specialized counseling for individuals navigating adoption identity, relational patterns, and major life changes. In-person in Lafayette or online across Louisiana, Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio.
Specialized Counseling In-Person in Lafayette, LA & Online Across LA, GA, IN, MN, & OH
Stop Carrying Your Story Alone: Specialized Adoption & Attachment Therapy
Compassionate counseling for adult adoptees ready to stop bracing for rejection, and adoptive parents looking to understand their child before the hard questions come.
There’s only one you. Let’s get to know them.
I’m Melissa LaCour — a Licensed Professional Counselor based in Louisiana, practicing in-person and via telehealth across Louisiana, Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio.
I became a therapist because I know what it feels like to have questions about who you are — and not have a safe place to ask them. I'm adopted. I've changed careers. I've loved and lost and started over. Those experiences don't make me your therapist because I've "been through things." They make me your therapist because I understand that the most important work a person can do is the work of knowing themselves.
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Adoption & Identity Therapy
You turned out "fine," but fine isn't the same as whole. If you are tired of performing gratitude, carrying an unspoken fear of rejection, or feeling like you have to explain the basics of adoption to your therapist, you are in the right place.
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Relationship & Attachment Counseling
Break free from repeating unhealthy relational patterns, heal anxious or avoidant attachment styles, and learn to set firm boundaries, without building walls. Build meaningful connections grounded in clarity and self-worth.
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Life Transitions & Identity Counseling in Lafayette, LA
For individuals and families in Lafayette facing major identity shifts, repeating unhealthy attachment patterns, or navigating pivotal life changes. Learn to build firm boundaries and authentic connection without building walls.
Meet Melissa LaCour, LPC | Adult Adoptee & Licensed Therapist
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Lafayette, LA, specializing in adoption, relationships, and life transitions. More than that, I am an adoptee myself.
When you walk into my office or log into telehealth, you won't spend half our time explaining family dynamics or educating your therapist. I bring professional training—including specialized training through C.A.S.E. (Center for Adoption Support and Education)—alongside lived understanding.
Credentials & Adoption-Competent Training:
Licensed Professional Counselor (LA #7708)
Telehealth Provider in LA, GA, IN, MN, & OH
Trained in Adoption Competency (C.A.S.E.)
M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
What Therapy Looks Like: An Evidence-Based, Lived-Experience Approach
Warm, Direct, and Uniquely Yours
You won't receive generic worksheets or a rigid script here. My approach is warm, direct, and deeply personalized. We integrate cognitive-behavioral tools with attachment-based and family systems therapy to help you understand yourself fully so you can show up with confidence.
Frequently Asked Questions about Therapy for Adult Adoptees
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You can work with a specialized adoption therapist in Lafayette by looking for clinicians trained in adoption competency or with lived experience in the adoption constellation. At my office in Lafayette, LA, I offer specialized counseling for adult adoptees, adoptive parents, and families. As both an adult adoptee and a Licensed Professional Counselor with C.A.S.E. (Center for Adoption Support and Education) adoption-competent training, I provide care rooted in the 7 Core Issues in Adoption—so you won't have to waste time explaining basic adoption dynamics.
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A therapist who is also an adult adoptee offers lived experience alongside clinical training. Clients don't have to spend sessions explaining basic adoption dynamics or managing feelings around performative gratitude. Melissa LaCour, LPC, integrates C.A.S.E. adoption-competent training with lived understanding to provide specialized care for adoptees and families.
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Yes, many licensed counselors in Louisiana provide hybrid care. I offer in-person therapy sessions at my office located at 143 Ridgeway Drive in Lafayette, LA, as well as telehealth therapy for clients anywhere in Louisiana. (Additionally, I am able to provide virtual therapy to clients residing in Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio.)
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Yes. Melissa LaCour provides telehealth adoption therapy across Louisiana, Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio. In-person counseling sessions are also available at her office in Lafayette, LA.
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You can access specialized relationship counseling in-person in Lafayette or online statewide across Louisiana. My practice focuses on helping adults untangle unhealthy relational patterns, resolve anxious or avoidant attachment styles, and set firm boundaries without building walls. Whether you are navigating relationship transitions, identity shifts, or recurring conflict, therapy provides a space to understand how past experiences impact your current connections.
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Because I am a specialist, I am a private-pay, out-of-network provider. My standard fee is $175 for a 50-minute individual session and $250 for a 60-minute couples/family session. Being private pay allows us to focus entirely on your clinical care without session limits, mandatory diagnoses, or insurance company oversight.
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Adoption-competent therapy directly addresses the 7 Core Issues in Adoption—Loss, Rejection, Shame & Guilt, Grief, Identity, Intimacy, and Control—developed by Sharon Kaplan Roszia and Deborah N. Silverstein. Rather than treating adoption as a single past event, we use this framework to examine how these seven themes impact your adult life, attachment style, and relationships. As an adoption-competent therapist trained through C.A.S.E. (Center for Adoption Support and Education) and an adult adoptee myself, I use this model to help you unpack systemic adoption dynamics, navigate search or reunion, process abandonment wounds, and build an authentic sense of self.
You don't have to carry this alone anymore. Take the first step with a brief, no-pressure 10-minute consultation call.
Schedule a free 10-minute consultation. I'll answer your questions and we'll see if I'm the right fit for you.