*The individuals listed in this Directory have successfully completed the training required by TAC and/or NTI. TAC indicates individuals who have successfully completed the 72-hour instructor-led Training for Adoption Competency (TAC™), which is the only accredited, evidence-based, assessment-based adoption competency training in the country. NTI indicates individuals who have completed the 30-hour web-based National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative (NTI™). The completion of this training reflects their commitment to learning and growth within the specialization of adoption competence. However, their inclusion in this Directory is not intended to be and does not serve as an endorsement or certification of their clinical skills or proficiency in practice. C.A.S.E. does not warrant the expertise or capabilities of any individual therapists.
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Vanessa Vaziri, MSW, LCSW completed the Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) program in 2020. Vanessa is currently a Behavioral Health Therapist at the UW Health Behavioral Health Youth & Family Clinic in Wisconsin. Vanessa currently serves the Dane County area specializing in Trauma Focused CBT (TFCBT), Seeking Safety, Eye Movement Desentization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Multidemsional Family Therapy (MDFT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing Interventions. Vanessa works with adolescent aged adoptees and their parents, typically around issues of identity formation, racialized and complex trauma, grief and loss, trauma informed parenting, and enhancing family connection. UW Health Behavioral Health Youth & Family Clinic currently accepts: Quartz and Quartz MA Insurance. Some clients may also be eligible to receive low to no cost grant-funded services, please inquire directly for additional information.
Vicki K. Colls, MA completed the Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) program in 2021. Vicki is currently an Adoption Coach in Georgia. Vicki currently serves the Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Alabama areas specializing in adoption coaching for expecting mothers and fathers, birth mothers, and adoptive parents. Vicki currently accepts private and sliding scale payments.
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Due to traumatic life experiences and compromised beginnings, many children who are adopted, who are being raised by relatives (kinship care), or have experienced foster care have higher risks for developmental, health, emotional, behavioral, and academic challenges.
Individuals and participating family members received Adoption Competent Therapy in 2024.
Parents and professionals registered for the Strengthening Your Family (SYF) Webinar Series in 2024.
Children and families have received adoption-competent mental health services since 1998.
