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Do you have a request for an adoption-related event and/or learning experience?
We can custom curate for you and your community!

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Mother’s Day carries more than one meaning. Insid

Mother’s Day carries more than one meaning.

Inside adoption, the word mom can touch daily life, origin, memory, privacy, loyalty, grief, connection, tenderness, questions, and the ongoing becoming of a family story.

Beyond Mom is a way to make room for the whole constellation with care.

Space for you and your full story, today and everyday.

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Adoption does not end at placement. It continues t

Adoption does not end at placement.
It continues to unfold across a lifetime.

Identity evolves.
Questions surface at new stages of life.
Relationships shift.
Meaning deepens.

For many people connected to adoption, there comes a point where the story asks to be revisited — with more space, more understanding, and more support.

Beyond the Sun offers therapeutic work grounded in both conversation and creative process, supporting adoptees, birth and first parents, and adoptive families as they navigate the evolving realities of adoption across the lifespan.

We are here to support you as you navigate the layers of your story with clarity, steadiness, and expert care.

Beyond the Sun Therapy, helping you thrive on the other side of adoption.

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We're excited to share our first weekend group-stu

We're excited to share our first weekend group-studio opportunity!

Creative La’Boratory: Possibility Over Perfection (for adoptees in 4th–6th grade)

Middle childhood is a competence-building chapter of development, when adoptees are testing ideas about identity, belonging, and capability.

Creative La’Boratory offers a whimsical space where boredom can artfully transform. Curiosity leads & trying counts more than finishing.

Saturday, March 21
3:00–5:30 PM
Beyond the Sun Studio · Carmel, Indiana

All materials provided.
Scan the code to join this constellation or visit our website to reserve your space.

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ABOUT BEYOND THE SUN Founded by Amanda Carr ADOPT

ABOUT BEYOND THE SUN
Founded by Amanda Carr

ADOPTION IS NOT ONE MOMENT.
It is a lifelong emotional and nervous system journey.
Beauty.
Grief.
Love.
Loss.
Often, all at once.

After three decades in the private adoption field—walking alongside expectant mothers, adoptive families, and adoptees navigating some of life's most complex decisions—I created Beyond The Sun to bridge the gap between adoption as an event and healing to thrive as an ongoing, embodied process.

WE SPECIALIZE IN:
Adoption-informed therapy & support for all members of the constellation across the lifespan.
Infertility grief
Infant loss
Trauma recovery
Reunion discovery
Post-placement healing
Nervous system regulation
Craniosacral Therapy
Talk+Art Therapies & Coaching

This practice is built on both professional expertise and personal healing.
I came to understand firsthand that trauma does not only live in thoughts—
it lives in the body.
When words are hard to find, the nervous system still speaks.

Craniosacral Therapy became part of my own healing, and at 49, I returned to school to become licensed in bodywork so I could offer this modality within a trauma-informed framework.

AT BEYOND THE SUN, HEALING IS:
Gentle
Trauma-informed.
Respectful.
Unrushed.

THIS IS A SPACE FOR THOSE WHO ARE:
Living in survival mode
Holding quiet grief
Navigating adoption, reunion, or infertility
Recovering from betrayal or relational trauma, including domestic abuse
Managing chronic stress or persistent physical tension
Or simply needing a place to exhale.

You do not have to push through here.
You do not have to hold it together here.
You are welcome here.
It is safe.

— Amanda Carr, Founder

#craniosacraltherapy #somatictherapy #nervoussystemregulation #traumatherapy #bodybasedtherapy #carmelindiana #indianatherapy #indianatherapist #indianamentalhealth #somatichealing #traumarecovery

Considering reconnecting with a biological parent

Considering reconnecting with a biological parent or relative? This series of Discovery Sessions offers structured, adoption‑competent support to help you move at a pace that honors your story.

These sessions create space to explore readiness, clarify hopes and boundaries, and anticipate the emotional, relational, and day‑to‑day impact of contact. Together, we focus on grounded preparation, emotional containment, and thoughtful planning before, during, and after reconnection.

Designed for adoptees of any age and adoptive parents seeking informed guidance, Discovery Sessions center the adoptee’s voice while offering steady, reflective support for everyone involved.

Based in Carmel, IN with in-person, virtual & telehealth options available. Swipe through to learn more and visit the link in bio to inquire about scheduling Discovery Sessions with Beyond the Sun.

Beyond The Sun, helping you thrive on the other side of adoption - your support for all things post-placement life.

#adoptionreunion #adopteereunion #searchandreunion #reunionjourney #reunionstory #birthfamilyreunion #biologicalfamily #beyondthesun #carmelindiana #adoptionsearch #adopteesearch #reconnectingroots #adoptee #adultadoptee #adopteevoices #adopteecommunity #adoptioncompetenttherapy #therapyforadoptees #indiana

Click the link in bio to register today! We’d love

Click the link in bio to register today! We’d love to see you there!

Beyond the Sun is a private therapeutic practice in Carmel, IN offering expert counseling and coaching services specialized in adoption, blended family dynamics, assisted reproductive technology, and related struggles.

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