• All Coaching and Consultation for Individuals will be charged session by session and based on a sliding scale fee (see FAQ)

    From Chaos to Clarity: A 6-Session Coaching Program for parents of teenagers, or adult children, who are struggling with addiction.
    Feel supported, informed, and empowered as you navigate the challenges of loving someone struggling with addiction while gaining clarity on your role and learning to set boundaries that no longer protect the progression of the illness. Over six sessions, you’ll build practical skills in communication and recovery support without enabling, with space for reflection and a final session focused on integrating progress and planning next steps.

    Reunion 101: Preparation, Engagement, Contact, and Beyond
    For anyone searching for, reconnecting with, or navigating an ongoing relationship with a long-lost family member

    This program offers guidance, structure, and emotional support for people at any stage of reunion with a long-lost family member. Whether you are considering making contact, actively searching, preparing for a first meeting, or already in reunion and finding it confusing, overwhelming, disappointing, or emotionally intense, this program helps you navigate the process with greater clarity and support.

    You’ll learn how to move through the different phases of reunion—including preparation, engagement, initial contact, and the evolving relationship afterward—with intention, boundaries, and realistic expectations, while staying grounded in your own emotional needs and wellbeing.

    Understanding the Adoptee Journey: for anyone who loves an adopted person and for families considering adoption
    Consultation to help you deepen your understanding of the adoptee experience, including identity, loss, attachment, and the lifelong impact of adoption. With increased awareness and insight, you’ll be better equipped to show up in ways that foster connection, validation, and meaningful support.

    Writing a Pivotal Life Story: 6-Session Coaching Program
    This six-session program guides you in identifying, shaping, and writing a pivotal true-life story while helping you find clarity in your voice, themes, and lived experience. Through structured reflection and narrative work, you’ll create a 3,000–6,000 word story that integrates insight, meaning, and a path forward.

  • The Wound Beneath: Understanding Addiction Through the Lens of Adoption
    For Substance Use Disorder Programs, Group Practices, and Recovery Centers

    Holding the Adoption Story: Clinical Work with Adult Adoptees
    For Group Practices and Mental Health Organizations

    What We Lost, What We Needed, What Helps: Adult Voices from Foster Care and Adoption | For anyone who works with or loves an adopted person

    Consultant’s rate reflects clinical expertise, professional experience, and the delivery of trauma-informed, evidence-based educational content. Any additional services, including extended training time, substantial content development beyond agreed scope, or follow-up consultation, will require a separate written agreement and may be billed at an additional rate. Inquire within.

    • 2 hour training

    • Non-profit fee | Negotiable, Contact us!

  • I work with therapists who want specific consultation around working with Adult Adoptees, their families, MPE’s and Addiction or SUD.

    Cost:

    • 50 minutes: $150

    • 25 minutes: $75

Coaching, Consult & Trainings

Interview & Writing Requests

Please reach out for information on my up to date availability for podcast, interviews and writing projects.

My email is lc@coppolacandc.com

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  • I first connected with Lisa’s work after reading some of her articles (in particular, "The Drained Brain") and immediately knew she would be an ideal fit for Adoption Services at JCFS Chicago. We had the privilege of hosting her for two trainings, where she was both a thought leader and a true partner. Her workshop for adoptive parents exploring the connection between adoption and addiction was crafted with exceptional care, clarity, and respect for lived experience. Participants left feeling grounded, understood, and empowered. LC is a thoughtful collaborator who listens, adapts, and brings passion into trainings. I highly recommend partnering with LC to train your organization!

    —Andrea Jacobs, Community Engagement and Education at JCFS Chicago

  • Thanks to Lisa’s work and book, we have become increasingly aware of how many of the clients seeking services through our co-occurring treatment programs have experienced adoption and how it has affected them.

    DAVID R. SELDEN, LICSW, CLINICAL DIRECTOR, THE SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

  • I came to LC for coaching to prepare for my first meeting with my birth mother. Her guidance and support in the months that followed made all the difference during what became a very complicated experience.

    —Maura | Former Coaching Client