Therapy
Dance / Movement Therapy and Adoption-Competent Therapy
Traumatic experiences leave a profound impact on our physical bodies. Sometimes those implicit memories or deeply buried traumas are inaccessible to verbal processing, and only accessed through body-focused and somatic-focused work. Here’s how Dance/Movement Therapy and Adoption-Competent Therapy intersect very effectively.
Read MoreWhy BPAR Has to Talk About the Hard Stuff in Life After Adoption
Over the course of our eleven years at BPAR, we have witnessed a drastic change in the complexities faced by the clients coming for post-adoption therapy, especially in the past three years. To address the realities of post adoption challenges, BPAR has to take a stance and do what is right: we have to talk about the hard stuff.
Read MoreDrama Therapy — Mental Health Awareness Month Spotlight
A person may feel the impact of the traumatic experience without having language to talk about it. Drama therapy can evoke, hold, and assist in the processing of feelings when there are no words. For adoptees, it offers an opportunity to change a person’s view of their life story.
Read MoreAdoption-Competent Therapy — What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Find It
Adoption-competent therapists have a trauma lens and understand that our body has memory through our senses even before we had verbal language.
Read More“the Me you See” – Using Performance Art to Share a Personal Adoption Experience
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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