About

The AWC is a collective of mental health and wellness professionals with a shared commitment to fostering healing and belonging in adoptee communities. Founded by licensed clinicians and intercountry transracial adoptees, we aim to expand access to trusted educational and healing resources. We center providers who are adoptees themselves or who bring deep experience working with adoptee communities, creating spaces of connection, learning, and care that honor the many paths to healing.

Our Team

  • Jessica Kim Gruber, LMFT (she/her)

    CO-FOUNDER

  • Kim Konopka, LCSW (they/them)

    CO-FOUNDER

  • Joy Lieberthal-Rho, LCSW (she/her)

    CO-FOUNDER

  • Melinda McCulloch, LCSW (she/her)

    CO-FOUNDER

Learn more about our individual practices


Kim


Joy



“Belonging is being seen and loved for who you are. Community is where that becomes possible.”