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Adoption-Competent Therapy — What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Find It

By Brittany Purrington | June 23, 2022
adoption competent therapy

Adoption is a word that holds so much under the surface for adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents (the triad) including grief, attachment, trauma, and questions of culture and identity…

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Film Review: Reckoning with the Primal Wound

By Elena Li | June 9, 2022
Reckoning with the Primal Wound documentary

Reckoning with the Primal Wound, a documentary, asks us to understand relinquishment trauma. The child and birth mother’s separation is a profound loss that needs to be acknowledged, seen, supported, and cared for.

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“the Me you See” – Using Performance Art to Share a Personal Adoption Experience

By Guest Writer | April 21, 2022
Maria Finkelmeier photo credit Adam DeTour

Composer and percussionist Maria Finkelmeier will premiere her performance art “the Me you See” as part of the New Gallery Concert Series’ Adopt and Adapt concert. Maria reflects on the value of therapy and performance art in connecting to her personal story.

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Make a Wish

By Maya Rogers-Bursen, LMHC, Expressive Therapist | February 7, 2022

Maya’s ice cream cake recipe isn’t just an ordinary recipe. See how she crafts the layers to reflect the complexities of her experience as a transracial adoptee and the idea of family.

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Through Every Season — Parenting with Melodies

By Guest Writer | January 14, 2022

For adoptive parent and songwriter Lissa, memories, stories, and emotions get woven into melodies as she navigates parenting a child with a history of trauma. Learn how she uses songwriting for both communicating and healing.

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