Ann Marie Morello LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, State of New York
About Me
Calm Water Mental Health Counseling PC established in 2018 was born from a desire to create a niche counseling practice focusing on therapy services for adult adoptees. My specialty of working with adoptees comes from understanding the trauma/separation from first family (family of origin) as an adoptee myself. In reunion with first family provides me with a unique lens of the complexities of identity, search/reunion, loss, trauma responses.
Whether you are just "coming out of the fog", or need assistance with navigating adoptee consciousness, new relationships from reunion, handling the pain of estrangement or other trauma-related experiences, I can help you gain clarity. Choosing a therapist is like choosing a life partner, trust and a good fit is an essential combination for a successful therapeutic relationship.
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About
License & Certifications
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New York State Licensure with Diagnostic privilege as Mental Health Counselor
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Certified EMDR Clinician
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Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
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Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional
Services
Adoptee competent counseling
Attachment Difficulties
Adoptees often struggle in relationships. Have you feared abandonment? Pushed others away? Learn about your attachment style and how to overcome the urge to detach rather than get hurt.
Search & Reunion
Whether you are searching for first family, or discovered you are adopted (late discovery adoptee), complexities of search and reunion can be overwhelming. Speaking with a professional who understands can help you navigate the uncertainty.
Post-reunion
Navigating New Relationships
After the euphoria of reunion wears off, relationships get real! Expectations, developing healthy boundaries are essential. Perhaps things were great and now it feels distant, or first family has severed contact. I can help you process the grief associated with secondary rejection/abandonment.
Ridge, NY
Virtual Office
Suffolk County NY
631-793-8420
631-793-8420
Santino F, Long Island, NY
Ann Marie has been a blessing in my life. She is very easy to talk to and I feel like I can speak with her about anything. She has helped me tremendously in healing from my adoption traumas.
Jen S, Long Island, NY
Ann Marie recognized that I needed a particular kind of support at the beginning of my LDA journey. She helped me immensely with issues and feelings only other adoptees can understand.
