Joni Mantell
LCSW
Joni Mantell, LCSW
Director
(609) 213-0977
Virtual support and counseling for all members of the adoption constellation including birth parents, pre and post adoptive parents and adopted individuals; and for donor-conceived individuals or NPE's (not parent expected) individuals who may have learned about their genetic heritage through DNA testing (23andMe; Ancestry). We also offer family building guidance for couples and singles considering their options (fertility treatments, third party reproductive options, adoption)
Virtual counseling for Individuals whose lives are touched by infertility or adoption, and those who made surprising discoveries via DNA testing (23andMe, Ancestry, etc.)
All IAC Counselors are professionally licensed in NJ or NY
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Licensed in NJ and NY
Our group of specialized counselors can help you with any infertility and adoption issues that occur over the course of the life cycle. Our staff has experience in dealing with some general mental health and relationship concerns that may be exacerbated, related, or occurring in tandem to the infertility and adoption topics that we specialize in. IAC Center Counselors have all been trained and are supervised by Joni Mantell, LCSW in the lifelong, short-term therapy model that the Center is known for. They also bring to this work a variety of counseling techniques including supportive, expressive, insight-oriented cognitive, interpersonal, play, individual, couples and family therapies.