Post Adoption Resources for Teen Adoptees

Teen Adoptees: This page is for YOU! You are the expert on what it's like to be a teen adoptee. Here we offer resources to help you feel connected and understood.

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Express Yourself

"The most important thing adoptees need is the freedom to express their conflicting emotions without fear of judgment. This is the final step towards healing, the one that brings release and freedom."

—SHERRIE ELDRIDGE, AUTHOR OF TWENTY THINGS ADOPTED KIDS WISH THEIR ADOPTIVE PARENTS KNEW

Blogs for Teen Adoptees

Check out BPAR blogs written especially for teens.
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The Impact of Breakups on Adoptees

Romantic relationships carry an unavoidable risk of possible loss and rejection. This blog explains why adoptees may feel particularly vulnerable in breakups and offers tips on how to tap into the resiliency that comes from being an adoptee.

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How Does Play Therapy Help Adoptees and Therapists?

By Carolyn Brazil

Play therapy acts as a medium for communication, rapport building, and the exploration of themes related to safety, abandonment, identity, and integration for adoptees. Therapists strategically use play to help children express what is troubling them when they don’t have the verbal language to express their thoughts and feelings.

Adoption In the Media: The Unseen, Unrecognized Struggle of JuJu in “The Chair” TV Series

By Marta Isabella Sierra, LMHC

As an adult adoptee, Marta watched the Netflix series “The Chair” through the eyes of JuJu, the lead’s daughter. “My heart felt rage, grief and deep isolation. I see a child so completely alone in her trauma and loss that she has had to abandon her own narrative.

Sharing LGBTQ Resources with Pride

By Kelly DiBenedetto, LMHC, ATR

In honor of PRIDE month, we wanted to highlight some important resources to support LGBTQIA individuals and families in the post-adoption community. We want everyone in the adoption constellation to feel safe and valued, and to be able to live healthy, productive lives.

College Search for Adoptees — Tips for Parents

By Erica Kramer, MSW

The college search process can bring up unique emotions and challenges for adoptees. Here are themes parents may expect and 5 tips for how to help their child, based on our interview with Kate Peltz, Director of College Counseling.

Tips for Supporting LGBTQ Kids in Adoption

By Kelly DiBenedetto, LMHC, ATR

Many of our adoptee clients are exploring their gender and sexual identity, and we feel it is vital for foster and adoptive parents, social workers, mental health workers, teachers and other individuals who work with fostered or adopted children and teens to be aware of the challenges, needs and best practices for working with SOGIE issues.